Education for Teachers
Marijuana Risks: Build A Brain
Marijuana is stronger, more available than ever, and use in the U.S. is on the rise. In Build A Brain, viewers learn how marijuana can interfere with the delicate machinery of the brain including erasing I.Q. points and deleting memories. To learn more about marijuana, visit https://www.samhsa.gov/marijuana or call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) for 24/7 free and confidential information and treatment referral.
Short videos
The Reward Circuit: How the Brain Responds to Marijuana
Mind Matters: How Does Marijuana Affect Your Brain and Body?
Addiction : the Hijacker Episode 1
Real Risks of Marijuana
Created by: Scholastic and the National Institute on Drug Abuse
In this lesson, developed in partnership with Scholastic, students will understand the health risks associated with marijuana use. An article and worksheet get students to think critically about the short- and long-term health effects, the science of addiction, and how marijuana use can affect their lives.
Mind Matters: The Body’s Response to Marijuana
Created by: National Institute on Drug Abuse
A visually appealing booklet for students that explains how marijuana changes the way the communication centers in the brain work and ultimately cause their effects. This booklet is part of the Mind Matters series focused on easy-to-understand scientific facts.
Mind Matters Series
Created by: National Institute on Drug Abuse
A set of visually appealing booklets—The Brain’s Response to: drugs, marijuana, nicotine, opioids, cocaine, inhalants, methamphetamine, prescription stimulant drugs, and synthetic drugs like K2/spice and bath salts—that explain how the drugs change the way the communication centers in the brain work and ultimately cause their effects. All of the booklets are available in both English and Spanish.
Lesson Finder: Marijuana
Lessons and Classroom activities on marijuana use and its effects.
Teachers: Classroom Resources on Drug Effects
Lessons, activities, and drug facts to educate teens about the effects and consequences of drug use.
Documentaries
Chronic State: How Marijuana Normalization Impacts Communities small picture
Smokescreen: Every state that has legalized recreational marijuana started by passing seemingly harmless “medical marijuana” laws
Seattle is Dying: An in-depth look at the impact of drug and homelessness crisis in Seattle
