Substance use resources
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Self-assessment
Presentation material
The following lesson plans are available by email:
- Truth about illegal drugs
- Drugs, the law, and saying no when you want to say no (Grades 7-8)
- Drugs: Benefits and harms (Grades 9-10)
- Drug-impaired driving overview (Grades 9-12)
- Drug-impaired driving: Youth engagement (Grades 9-12)
- Preventing drug-impaired driving (Grades 9-12)
- Vaping (Grades 5-12)
Please send an email to cycp_cpcj@rcmp-grc.gc.ca to request a copy.
Handouts
- Brochure: Things you should know about cannabis
- What is fentanyl?
- Methamphetamine fact sheet
- Marijuana myths and facts
- Vaping fact sheet
Video-based learning
Abbotsford Police Service – Operation X: The Straight Goods on "E"
- This YouTube video created by the Abbotsford Police Service is focused on ecstasy. Throughout the video you hear from real Canadian youth, parents and experts whose lives have been touched first hand by the harmful and deadly effects of ecstasy. A great video to use as a discussion starter in both the classroom and other group settings.
High stakes
- High Stakes, created by the RCMP National Youth Services, is an animated video which focuses on myths and facts about cannabis consumption and is presented in the form of a video game played by a youth.
Programs and initiatives
Mobile application
Related resources
- Canadian drugs and substances strategy
- Youth vaping prevention resources
- Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction - Youth and Emerging Adults
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) - Mental Illness and Addiction Index
- Drug Free Kids Canada – Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment and Recovery
- Talking with teenagers about drugs and alcohol
- Is cannabis safe to use? Facts for youth aged 13–17 years
- Cannabis and Canada's children and youth
- Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
- Cannabis: Important things to know (Kids Help Phone)
- Helping Reduce the Risks – First Nations Health Authority
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