Too Good for Drugs is a school-based prevention program for students
in kindergarten through 12th grade that aims to increase students’
resiliency by teaching them
Good for Drugs is delivered on a 10-week cycle that focuses on
developing personal and interpersonal skills for resisting peer pressure,
goal setting, decision-making and social interaction. The program also
provides information and gives students knowledge about the negative
lifestyle. Students are taught to develop personal and interpersonal
skills to counteract the pressures of drug use.
Too Good for Drugs and Violence
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Too Good for Drugs
Too Good for Drugs and Violence is an evidenced-based practice
designed for students in high school who are in a new environment and
navigating brand new situations and challenges. Based on a 10-week
cycle that is delivered once a week for one hour, students discuss the
negative effects of drinking on the developing brain and how to
distinguish between healthy and unhealthy relationships, as well as
learn to recognize the misconceptions about tobacco, prescription,
over-the-counter and other drug abuse. Students also learn how to