Community-Coalition On Drug Awareness

2017 Operation Prevention Video Challenge 

Operation Prevention is an initiative brought to you by the DEA and Discovery Education to educate middle and high school students about the true impacts of prescription opioid misuse and heroin use.

Operation Prevention's mission is to educate students about the true impacts of opioids and kick-start lifesaving conversations in the home and classroom.

Operation Prevention's classroom resources provide educators with engaging tools that are aligned to national health and science standards and integrate seamlessly into classroom instruction.

Through a series of hands-on investigations, these resources introduce students to the science behind opioids and their impact on the brain and body, and a discussion guide offers parents support for continuing the conversation at home.

Watch The Science Behind Opioid Addiction On Demand

 The Operation Prevention Virtual Field Trip will explore the science of addiction to help middle and high school students understand how prescription drugs and heroin affect the brain and body.

During this powerful forum, students will get the unfiltered facts about drugs and addiction and have their questions answered by leading experts, including DEA agents and pharmacologists.

Middle School Lesson

How do addiction and withdrawal affect the body's many systems? Students examine how drug use alters the mind and body and reinforces their understanding by creating a peer-to-peer social media campaign.

High School Lesson

Separate fact from fiction with this classroom-ready digital lesson. Through investigation and hands-on activities, students learn the science behind prescription opioid and heroin addiction, overdose, and withdrawal.