Drug abuse and impairment

Dear Teacher:

As an educator, you know that the choices teens make can have profound effects, both immediate and long-term. You also know how important it is for your students to function to their full ability, both inside the classroom and beyond.

This latest installment of Heads Up from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and Scholastic alerts students to important information on how Impairment from drug abuse can affect a wide range of one's abilities and have Far-reaching consequences. There's also new information on the dangers of impairment and "drugged driving," an especially serious issue for teens.

I urge you to share this Heads Up article with your students, and thank you for working with NIDA to bring facts about drug abuse and real-world consequences to your class.

Sincerely,

Nora D. Volkow, M.D.

Director of NIDA

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