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Welcome! Life is a journey everyone takes. There are unseen, misleading and dangerous obstacles that can get us off the safest road. We all can use road signs and "driving instructors" to help us avoid being hijacked, sidetracked, or broken down!
This blog is designed to provide Trinity students and their parents "road maps" that can enable our students to stay on the safest and smoothest road for their journey.

Daily in Drug Education class we will be discussing information obtained from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Most specifically we will be using the "Mind Over Matter" curriculum. You will find this same information through the Drug Education Resources link on the sidebar.

Parents may follow along with the daily classroom topics by reading this blog. By checking the NIDA website parents will be able to electronically view the same information that the students will be seeing in brochure form. It is our hope that this will facilitate even more discussion between parent and child!

Contact information: sfaulkner@trinitywildcats.com

Parents: we urge you to peruse any drug education website to ascertain it's age-level appropriateness for your child before allowing full access.

Bible Verse for this year: "Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil." Hebrews 5: 13 - 14




Thursday, October 14, 2010

Session Two: Day Five   We began our discussion on Methamphetamine.  It is considered one of the most, if not THE most dangerous drug at this time.  It's use  can have some of the most devastating physical effects of any drug.

Great Student Question today:  "If Methamphetamine has such serious side effects when you use it the first time, why would someone want to try it again?"  What side effects?  It may make you stay up for days, it makes your heart beat much faster, you lose your appetite and may not eat for days (lack of energy), and it is extremely addictive. And if you become addicted:  let's talk about rotten teeth, sores on your skin, malnutrition, and accelerated aging!

I encourage you to watch the "Above the Influence" commercials on the website for the Office of National Drug Control Policy with your daughter.  They are great conversation starters!!
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