PEERx Initiative To Educate Teens on the Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse

April 10–12, 2012 Walt Disney World Swan Resort

Accepted Learning Objectives 1.  Describe NIDA's free educational

resources for prescription drug abuse prevention among teens.

2.  Explain how to best use the interactive PEERx resources for maximum impact.

3.  Identify real-world strategies for integrating the free NIDA resources into existing programs.

Disclosure Statement

•  All presenters for this session, Shelley Caplan and Roseline Hooks, have disclosed no relevant, real, or apparent personal or professional financial relationships with NIDA.

Share  a  Dose  of  Reality:  Prescrip4on  Drug  Abuse  IS  Drug  Abuse  

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Funded by: Fresno County Department of Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse Services

•  Increase awareness of the risks and consequences associated with abusing prescription painkillers.

•  Teach interactive refusal skills.

•  Achieve student engagement with the PEERx “Choose Your Path” activity. –  Encourage healthy decision-making and implementation of refusal skills.

•  Mentors successfully complete the program.

•  Through a subcontract, mentors are required to complete an internship.

•  Mentors are required to implement at least one PEERx activity in their assigned school.

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