Students role-play a pressure situation. The Pressure's On - Roles 5 Place the selected volunteers around the table in front of a plate with five healthy cookies. Remind the volunteers not to show their role sheets to each other. Have them follow the instructions for their roles. Let the role-play go on for four or five minutes.
Students describe how it felt to be pressured or to be persuasive.
Ask the role-play volunteers to discuss their feelings. Brainstorm effects of alcohol and other drug use. Have students brainstorm negative effects of alcohol and other drug use. Review how alcohol and other drugs, including inhalants, affect health. Effects of AOD use .