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By the end of Grade 2, students will:

1. Explain that some people cannot control their use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

2. Explain that people who abuse alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs can get help.

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 4, students will:

1. Discuss signs that a person might have a problem with the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

2. Identify where individuals with a substance abuse problem can get help.

3. Differentiate among drug use, abuse, and misuse.

4. Describe how advertising, peers, and adults influence children and teenagers to try alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 6, students will:

1. Describe the signs and symptoms of a substance abuse problem and the stages that lead to dependency/addiction.

2. Identify ways to quit using alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and discuss factors that support an individual to quit.

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.

4. Describe how substance abuse affects the individual and the family and describe ways that family and friends can support a drug- free lifestyle.

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 8, students will:

1. Analyze the physical, social, and emotional indicators and stages of dependency.

2. Discuss ways to quit using substances and discuss factors that support the ability to quit.

3. Analyze factors that influence the use and abuse alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

4. Describe how substance abuse affects the individual, the family, and the community.

5. Discuss how tolerance, synergistic effects, and antagonistic effects have an impact on the use of drugs and medicines.

6. Discuss theories about dependency, such as genetic predisposition, gender-related predisposition, and multiple risks.

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 12, students will:

1. Compare and contrast the physical, social, and emotional indicators of possible substance abuse.

2. Compare and contrast the physical and psychological stages of dependency.

3. Assess and evaluate factors that influence the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

4. Evaluate factors that support an individual to quit using substances.

5. Predict the short-and long-term impacts of substance abuse on the individual, the family, the community, and society.