MIA – Advanced – 3 Year

Marijuana Education Initiative Prevention Curriculum

Target Audience: High school-aged youth

Logic Model

Administration: This curriculum can be used by any agency that works with youth and that has a mission of supporting early, preventative substance abuse.

This curriculum is intended to be facilitated by a health or science teacher, mental health worker, law enforcement officer, or other youth services provider in a school or youth services agency.

SEL Workbook highly recommended (sold separately)

OBJECTIVES:

At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:

• Identify the effects marijuana has on their body, brain, and behavior
• Understand the risks associated with marijuana use
• Distinguish the differences between marijuana for medical use and marijuana for recreational use
• Understand how marijuana works in the brain
• Understand how neurotransmitters and receivers work in the brain

At the completion of this program, participates will know:

• How THC mimics anandamide and how each substance works in the brain
• The difference between two compounds in the marijuana plant, THC and CBD, and how they affect the body
• Specific details about the risks associated with marijuana use, particularly use by youth
• The impacts marijuana use has on the brain
• Which medical conditions medical marijuana treats
• The impact smoking or vaping has on the lungs and other body systems

PROGRAM DETAILS:

• Five engaging marijuana prevention units, each 45 minutes long:
• How marijuana works
• Marijuana and the brain
• Marijuana and the body
• Marijuana as medicine
• The risks of marijuana use
• Activity, lecture, and discussion based
• Web-based PowerPoint delivery
• Lessons align with National Health Education standards
• Lessons align with SEL programming and competency areas

Purchase grants one user,  individual use of course materials for a period of one year from date of purchase. This contract is extendable. Multi-year discounts available, contact us for details.