Too Good for Drugs is a comprehensive alcohol, tobacco and other drug use prevention program that
promotes positive norms for healthy, drug-free living. Research demonstrates that students who use
alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs have poorer academic achievement than students who are drug free.
Too Good for Drugs has been identified by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
(SAMHSA) as a model prevention program because it is science based and has shown evidence of success
in preventing drug use. The curriculum-based program, which meets Sunshine State Standards,
builds skills that include goal-setting, decision making, bonding with others, identifying and
managing emotions, and communicating effectively.
Whether children face peer pressure or their own curiosity, they need the skills to make the right decision.
Too Good for Drugs helps students develop the skills essential to making the right choices so that they can
grow up ready and able to reach their goals. Over 43,700 students in 71% of the elementary schools
received the Too Good for Drugs curriculum in School Year 2009.
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Comprehensive Too Good for Drugs teaches kids that they are indeed too good for drugs and violence. These programs effectively build protective factors that all kids need both in the classroom and beyond.
Builds Self–Efficacy Too Good for Drugs specifically teaches kids how to make good decisions in the context of goals, outcomes, and consequences. The program lessons and activities give them concrete, how-to skills to counter social influences and refuse peer pressure. It teaches them the facts about drugs – alcohol, tobacco and other drugs – as they relate to their health and well-being. Through role plays and age appropriate activities, it models healthy pro-social behaviors and attitudes, including identifying and managing emotions and communicating effectively.
Contact Information:
Susan Knight
Office: (561)366-6945 or PX 76945
Fax: (561) 366-6961 or PX 76961
