Comprehensive
Health and Physical Education Standards
Building
upon knowledge and sKills gained in preceding
grades,
by the end of Grade 6, students will:
Standard 2.3
(Drugs
and Medicines) All students will learn and apply
information about alcohol, tobacco, other drugs
and medicines to make decisions that support a healthy,
active lifestyle.
Standard 2.3.5.A
Medicines
Standard 2.3.5.A.1
Discuss
factors to consider when choosing an over-the-counter
medicine.
Standard 2.3.5.A.2
Discuss medicines used to treat common diseases
and health conditions.
Standard 2.3.5.A.3
Discuss the safe administration and storage of
over-the-counter and prescription medicines.
Standard 2.3.5.A.4
Describe factors that impact the effectiveness
of a medicine.
Standard 2.3.5.B
Alcohol,
Tobacco and Other Drugs
Standard 2.3.5.B.1
Describe
how tobacco use contributes to the incidence of
respiratory diseases, cancer, and cardiovascular
disease.
Standard 2.3.5.B.2
Describe
ways to reduce the health impact of tobacco smoke
on non-smokers.
Standard 2.3.5.B.3
Describe
how the use and abuse of alcohol impacts behavior
and contributes to the incidence of illness and
injuries.
Standard 2.3.5.B.4
Discuss
the short- and long-term physical and behavioral
effects of inhalant use, including brain, heart,
and lung damage and death.
Standard 2.3.5.B.5
Discuss the classifications of illegal drugs and
controlled substances and give examples of each.
Standard 2.3.5.B.6
Describe the physical and behavioral effects of
each classification of drugs.
Standard 2.3.5.B.7
Discuss the relationship between injected drug
use and diseases such as HIV/AIDS and hepatitis.
Standard 2.3.5.B.8
Discuss
the legal and financial consequences of the use,
sale, and possession of illegal substances.
Standard 2.3.5.C
Dependency/Addiction
and Treatment
Standard 2.3.5.C.1
Describe
the signs and symptoms of a substance abuse problem
and the stages that lead to dependency/addiction
Standard 2.3.5.C.2
Identify
ways to quit using alcohol, tobacco, and other
drugs and discuss factors that support an individual
to quit.
Standard 2.3.5.C.3
Discuss
factors that contribute to the use and abuse of
alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs by adolescents,
such as advertising and the media, group pressures,
low self-esteem, genetics, and poor role models.
Standard 2.3.5.C.4
Describe
how substance abuse affects the individual and
the family and describe ways that family and friends
can support a drug-free lifestyle.
