He said the studies aren’t uniform in their methods or results and that it will be challenging to characterize the “messy data,” but he said he anticipates creating a public database of research that will be kept up to date. Jon Samet, the dean of the Colorado School of Public Health, is overseeing the effort. Just email me, Brian Marquis, at sure to check out /ndafw to learn more.One of the legislation’s components directed the University of Colorado’s medical school to do a comprehensive review of more than 800 scientific articles on the physical and mental health impacts of high-potency THC. The report is due in July. Need any personal assistance? I am available to help you plan a successful event. It’s easy to get involved! Simply register your NDAFW event or activity online to link up with more than 2,000 others happening around the country and internationally. Give youth the IQ Challenge to test their knowledge on drugs and alcohol.Post videos of youth sharing the facts about drugs and drug use on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter.Share NDAFW messages and images on social media (be sure to use the official hashtag #NDAFW).Here are a few activities ideas to get you started:
#SHATTER DRUG FREE#
During NDAFW, hundreds of youth and youth influencers hold educational events in their communities that give teens the opportunity to learn the scientific facts about drugs and alcohol, using NIDA’s free materials designed for teens. What is National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week?Ĭoordinated by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NDAFW is a week-long health observance dedicated to providing youth with the science-based facts about how drugs and alcohol affect the brain, body, and behavior. I invite you to join me for National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® (NDAFW), January 22-27, 2019, to help educate youth about the consequences of drug use on their brain, body and behavior. It’s time to shatter these myths about drugs and alcohol to help teens make choices about their health based on the facts.
Let’s work together to arm youth with the scientific facts about drug and alcohol use to help them make smart decisions.Īfterschool and summer programs have an opportunity to use the latest data like these to challenge young people’s misperceptions and promote a culture of knowledge about drug use and its effects. And according to data from the 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, only 1 in 100 young adults between the ages of 12 and 17 currently misuse prescription opioids. Past-year misuse of prescription opioids among 12th graders has dropped dramatically in the past 15 years, from nearly 10 percent in 2002 to 2 percent in 2017. Data from the 2017 Monitoring the Future study, an annual survey of 8th, 10th and 12th graders on their attitudes and behaviors regarding drug, alcohol and cigarette use, tells part of the promising story. In general, young adults tend to perceive their peers as exhibiting higher rates of drug use than what is actually occurring. But the reality is that fewer teens than ever before are smoking cigarettes. Popular culture can make smoking appear commonplace. Out-of-school time (OST) programs can play a critical role in impacting the health and wellness of youth by helping them make choices about their health based on facts, not myths. Myths about drugs and drug use are pervasive, and for young people, it can be challenging to separate fact from fiction. By Brian Marquis, public liaison officer, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the National Institutes of Health.
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