Too Good for Drugs: Teaching Goal Setting and Decisionmaking Skills, Prosocial Skills, Resistance to Negative Peer Influence Skills, and Interpersonal Skills to Prevent Drug Use Among Students

Too Good for Drugs is a program intended to target student behavior and knowledge, attitudes, and values related to substance use. The program consists of 10 lessons at each grade level lasting 30-45 minutes per lesson, and includes information about the frequency of drug use among American youth and the harmful effects of drug use. Instructional strategies cover goal setting and decision-making skills, prosocial skills, resistance to negative peer influence skills, and interpersonal skills. Core values such as respect for self and others, empathic responding, and responsibility are integrated into the lessons. Cooperative learning activities, role-play, and skill-building methods reinforce positive behaviors and skills and encourage students to apply these behaviors and skills in other contexts.