Deal Us In
What You Need To Know
Drug overdose is now the leading cause of death among Americans under 50. In order to be safer, young people need accurate, honest, compassionate drug education.
"It is clear that just saying no is not sufficient," says Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Volkow says the failures of past drug education programs haunt current efforts to inform young people of the risks of fentanyl.*
Drug education should be:
scientifically accurate;
honest, not seeking to minimize or exaggerate the risks of drugs, acknowledging the fact that not all drugs carry the same risks;
interactive; and
compassionate, taking into account that some youth will have used and/or sold drugs – or have close friends and family members who have.
Programs To Know
Safety First (Stanford’s REACH Lab) is made up of 13 lessons on alcohol, opioids/fentanyl, psychedelics, and other drugs. The purpose of all of our curriculums is to encourage youth to abstain from use, but this curriculum also includes a clear harm-reduction message for youth who are experimenting or using, to provide high school students with scientifically accurate information to empower them to quit and/or reduce harm, should they choose to continue to use.