National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week®

Name: National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week®
Start: 2021-03-22T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2021-03-28T23:59:59+00:00

March 22 - March 28

Did you know you can overdose on cough medicine? Also known as: Candy, Dex, Drank, Lean, Robo, Robotripping, Skittles, Triple C, Tussin, and Velve

Cough and cold medicines are usually sold in liquid syrup, capsule, or pill form. They may also come in a powder. Drinking promethazine-codeine cough syrup mixed with soda (a combination called “lean” or “sizzurp”) was referenced frequently in some popular music beginning in the late 1990s and has become increasingly popular among youth in several areas of the country.

Young people are often more likely to misuse cough and cold medicines containing DXM than some other drugs because these medicines can be purchased without a prescription

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® (NDAFW) is a week-long health observance dedicated to providing youth with the facts about how drugs and alcohol affect the developing brain and body

NDAFW links students with scientists and other experts to counteract the myths about drugs and alcohol that teens get from the internet, social media, TV, movies, music, or from friends. It was launched in 2010 by scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to stimulate educational events in communities so teens can learn what science has taught us about drug use and addiction. the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism became a partner in 2016, and alcohol has been added as a topic area for the week. NIDA and NIAAA are part of the National Institutes of Health.

Drugs and Alcohol Chat Day

Drugs and Alcohol Chat Day: This annual live online chat held between high school students and NIDA scientists, during National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week®, gives students from around the country the opportunity to ask the questions they most want answers to about drugs, alcohol, and drug use, including drug and alcohol effects, how to help friends or family that are abusing drugs, and what causes addiction. NIDA expert scientists give them the facts.

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Take the National Drug & Alcohol IQ Challenge

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Start:: March 22
End:: March 28

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