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Too Good for Drugs™

Research Behind Too Good for Drugs
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Research Behind Too Good for Drugs™

Too Good for Drugs™ is a comprehensive school-based drug prevention education program designed to teach all students that they are too good for drugs and to equip them with the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to remain drug-free. The program is based on the latest research about resiliency, risk and protective factors, and developmental assets-factors which research has identified as critical for young people's successful growth and development. The program provides students with the proactive support, positive role models and high expectations that research has shown to be the building blocks of healthy development.

Too Good for Drugs includes five primary skill components:

  1. Goal Setting
  2. Decision Making
  3. Bonding with Others
  4. Identifying and Managing Emotions
  5. Communicating Effectively

Additional Research Resources:

Evaluation Results
(Elementary School)

Evaluation Results
(Middle School)

Components and Objectives

Principles of Effectiveness

Bibliography

Logic Model