1. A Teaching Model That Kills:
Modern Drug Education
Cody Ziering

2. Can modernizing our teaching practices
actually save lives down the road?

3. Changing the content and methods of
drug and alcohol education will
significantly improve a teenager’s
future;
permanently.

4. Results of Modern Drug Education
Curtesy of Christian Hans

5. Some wake up, others don't
Curtesy of Angelo González

6. Lack of knowledge and experience

7. Experimentation Happens
Knowledge is Power
Adapt to the Modern Condition

8. Teens will experiment.
That’s fact.
Do NOT ignore it.

9. Appealing to the modern teenager

10. Alcohol Usage 2012
12th Grade
8th Grade
50
10th Grade
42
Value Axis
37.5
28
25
28
24
16
12.5
15
11
0
3
1
0
Drank Daily
5
Binge Drinking
4
Been Drunk Drank in Past Month

11. Knowledge is power

12. Knowledge allows for moderation

13. Knowing that two painkillers was enough
for a buzz…
would have been enough to save his life

14. Adapt

15. Lecturing is ineffective
Have a conversation

16. Harsh Reality

17. Conversation and Discussion
NOT Lecture

18. Do not ignore Reality
Educate yourself on Reality
Adapt to Reality

19. Change the way we teach our teenagers
about drugs and alcohol
and
SAVE LIVES

20. Be honest and Open
!
Share your experiences &
don’t pretend like you don’t have any
!
Knowing exactly what a consequence
might be
May change a decision