Students brainstorm and categorize problems caused by drug use. As students respond, ask them to identify a category in which the problem should be placed. Pairs identify newspaper articles related to alcohol or other drug use. Divide students into pairs and give each pair glue, construction paper, scissors and a newspaper. Tell pairs to find and cut out two newspaper articles that describe accidents or incidents related to drug use and to glue these to the construction paper.
Pairs analyze newspaper articles.
Drugs in the Newspaper Give each student a copy of the student page. Tell pairs to fill out the student page with the information from the articles they found. Walk students through this process by showing them an article you have already identified and glued onto construction paper. For example, an article may report about a driver who veered off the road and struck a tree because he was drinking. Another long-term consequence would be increased auto insurance.