Online Resources for Teachers:
Drugs
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Information
The following materials are intended to help teachers familiarize themselves with how the law addresses drugs, and to suggest some ways to help their students gain a greater understanding of drugs and their legal implications.
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Drugs: General Information and the Law
Intended For: Teachers
The Overview is intended to provide a basic working knowledge on the subject of drugs, including definitions, consequences for their use, and the legal aspects and implications.
Lessons
Drugs: Case Study (Taylor’s Story)
Intended For: Teachers, Secondary Grade Level
This package helps to facilitate a discussion of drug use by using a fictional case study of one person’s interaction with smoking. Students research and develop definitions, and discuss ways to assist someone struggling with an addiction. Includes student worksheets and companion teacher’s guide.
Links
The following links are to external resources that teachers may find useful for lesson plan source material, student exploration and expansion of personal knowledge on this topic. Please contact us to report any broken links.
Alberta Health Services – Community Action on Drug Abuse Prevention
This PDF document “offers information you can use to help prevent the abuse of drugs by youth in your community”.
The Alberta Youth Experience Survey (TAYES)
This survey measures alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use and gambling activity among Alberta students in grades 7 through 12.
Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
CCSA “has a legislated mandate to provide national leadership and evidence-informed analysis and advice to mobilize collaborative efforts to reduce alcohol- and other drug-related harms.” The site has research and statistics on a variety of topics.
Health Canada: Healthy Living
This site has extensive information on many health topics, including Drug Prevention and Treatment.
Youth Zone – Tobacco
Information and resources for youth, including Quit 4 Life, a youth-oriented smoking cessation program. Part of Health Canada’s National Anti-Drug Strategy site.
DrugsNot4Me (Youth Drug Prevention)
A Health Canada site about druge abuse aimed at youth.
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
The Odd Squad
“In 1997, seven police officers created Odd Squad Productions, making a choice to share with the public the story of their experiences ‘on the beat’. They wanted to educate young people on the realities of drug abuse.” The site has information on the Odd Squad’s past and current productions.
Saferoads.com – Driver Safety
“Impaired driving imposes enormous costs on our society. Families, health care, the legal system, insurance companies and the general public all pay the price for impaired drivers. In this section you will find useful information on the consequences of impaired driving, interventions that impaired drivers can face, and useful educational material.”
University of Alberta: Addiction and Mental Health Research Laboratory ”AMHRL investigates psychosocial aspects of addiction and mental health, including: studies of problem drinking, injection drug use, smoking, social policy related to addictions, continuity of care in mental health service delivery and the relationship between emotional expression and health. “ The website has project information, research and publications.
Law Related Links
The following are a few of the acts and regulations relating to drugs across Canada and in Alberta. In some cases, more than one link to a copy of the act is provided.
The Controlled Drug and Substances Act
Canadian Legal Information Institute
Department of Justice Canada
The Tobacco Act
Department of Justice Canada
The Food and Drugs Act
Canadian Legal Information Institute
Department of Justice Canada
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Act
Canadian Legal Information Institute
Alberta Government, Queen’s Printer: HTML, PDF
Tobacco Legislation in Alberta
Tobacco Reduction Act: HTML, PDF
Tobacco Reduction Regulation: HTML, PDF
Prevention of Youth Tobacco Use Act: HTML, PDF
Prevention of Youth Tobacco Use Regulation: HTML, PDF