Drug and Alcohol Attention Grabbers™ - THE FAD

Drug and Alcohol Attention Grabbers™ - THE FAD

Over the next few weeks, NIMCO will be sharing some "Attention Grabber™" ideas that you can use in class to help teach about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. The “Attention Grabbers™” are designed to assist with teaching and speaking about the adverse effects alcohol and drugs cause to all who are exposed to these addictive drugs. We live in a visual society, making visual aids a needed resource to assist with speaking or teaching thus enabling you to reach your entire audience. The suggestions are designed to assist your alcohol and drug education programs. You may expound upon each scenario as your presentation or speaking time allows. Each “Attention Grabber™” is very cost effective to present with the suggested visual aids to reiterate the information given during your presentation. These "Attention Grabber™" ideas are also great for Red Ribbon Week!

Supplies:

Assorted Beanie Babies

Directions:

Start by showing the audience your collection of Beanie Babies. Briefly explain that several years ago

when collecting Beanie Babies was a fad many of these Beanies were quite expensive. People were

spending a lot of money on these stuffed animals. Many adults as children were hooked on the “Beanie Baby Craze”. The funny thing is, now you can find them everywhere, even at garage sales. For the most part they are very inexpensive. Now these cute little bears are just a trinket that some people still collect but the majority of people have moved on to the newest craze. Ask the group to give an example of something that is the latest fad.  

Alcohol advertising can affect youth!

Ask the students to think about alcohol advertising and the way it targets youth across America. Many ads and commercials are focused on appealing to youth and focus on the latest trends. They know exactly the clothes, hair, cars, and even music to make the products appealing to young people. Think of all the alcoholic products that are centered on sporting events. The alcohol companies are smart. They want to “hook you” when you are young because they know the younger you start using alcoholic products, the harder it is to quit. The sad part is the “Alcohol Companies” don’t care about you as a person. They just want your money. Your habit makes the alcoholic beverage companies a lot of money. They don’t care about your health or the number of traffic accidents caused by drunk drivers each year.

Alcohol is a high-risk “fad” that can very easily turn into a life long addiction. Don’t support the alcoholic beverage companies with your money. Enjoy life and don’t be fooled by gimmicks designed to be costly and ruin your life.

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Drug and Alcohol Attention Grabbers™ - Consequences

Over the next few weeks, NIMCO will be sharing some "Attention Grabber™" ideas that you can use in class to help teach about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. The “Attention Grabbers™” are designed to assist with teaching and speaking about the adverse effects alcohol and drugs cause to all who are exposed to these addictive drugs. We live in a visual society, making visual aids a needed resource to assist with speaking or teaching thus enabling you to reach your entire audience. The suggestions are designed to assist your alcohol and drug education programs. You may expound upon each scenario as your presentation or speaking time allows. Each “Attention Grabber™” is very cost effective to present with the suggested visual aids to reiterate the information given during your presentation. These "Attention Grabber™" ideas are also great for Red Ribbon Week!

Supplies:

• Red and Green food coloring

• A clear container filled with water

• Towel or plastic tablecloth to cover display area

• Eye Dropper

Directions:

Begin the demonstration by displaying a clear container filled with water. Tell the audience this represents a body before drugs or alcohol are introduced. All it takes is one time of introducing drugs or alcohol into your body to cloud your judgment and have negative effects on your body. Add a few drops of red and green food coloring to the water and stir it around. The water will appear a murky color. Explain that after only one time of using drugs or alcohol it can have an effect on your body.

Add a few more drops of the food coloring (red and green). As the water, turns darker explain that the more you abuse drugs and alcohol, the more your body is affected. Many times, we feel that once we have used drugs or alcohol and become addicted there is absolutely no hope. Explain to the audience that there is always hope, and they can turn their lives around. 

Drop a few drops of bleach in the colored water and stir. Keep adding drops of bleach until the water is clear again. Explain that it took effort to clean up the water just as it will take time and effort to clean up your life if you choose to use drugs or alcohol. Tell the assembled group that choosing to be drug and alcohol free is the only safe choice for youth and adults.

* Adjust the amount of food coloring and bleach to amount of water used. You should practice this demonstration prior to presentation.

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Red Ribbon Week Is Over...What's Next!

Red Ribbon Week Is Over...What's Next!

Now that another Red Ribbon Week has come and gone, it's never too early to start planning for next year. Our staff at NIMCO, Inc. is busy brainstorming on new ideas and new products for the 2014 Red Ribbon Week celebration.

Never to early to plan for Red Ribbon Week 2014

In the meantime to help with your planning, we have put together some websites that have valuable information about drug prevention and treatment. It's never to soon to start planning and NIMCO is here to help.

Red Ribbon Week Resources

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

National Family Partnership

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)

Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)

Enrique S. Camarena Foundation

Parents: The Anti-Drug

Office of National Drug Control Policy

The Partnership for A Drug Free America

Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)

Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)

Drug Free Communities Support Program (DFCSP)

Get Smart About Drugs

Check Yourself

National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign

Car Safety Resource/Car Insurance Calculator

All Treatment: Drug Rehab Center Directory and Substance Abuse Information Resource

Can you think of other websites or organizations that would be great to have on file for Red Ribbon Week? We would love to know. 

Don't forget to head over to our website for more Red Ribbon Week information. We also sell many different promotional items that you can use and pass out to students during Red Ribbon Week Oct. 23-31st.

Happy Halloween and Red Ribbon Week!

Happy Halloween and Red Ribbon Week!

Happy Halloween and Red Ribbon Week to everyone across the country. We wish you a safe and happy trick-r-treating and most of all...a drug free night of fun and happiness.

Best Wishes on Red Ribbon Week

Best Wishes on Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon Week is in full swing around the country and NIMCO, Inc. would like to wish each and every one of you the best as your schools and communities celebrate this important event.

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Drug and Alcohol Attention Grabbers™ - Tug Of War

Over the next few weeks, NIMCO will be sharing some "Attention Grabber™" ideas that you can use in class to help teach about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. The “Attention Grabbers™” are designed to assist with teaching and speaking about the adverse effects alcohol and drugs cause to all who are exposed to these addictive drugs. We live in a visual society, making visual aids a needed resource to assist with speaking or teaching thus enabling you to reach your entire audience. The suggestions are designed to assist your alcohol and drug education programs. You may expound upon each scenario as your presentation or speaking time allows. Each “Attention Grabber™” is very cost effective to present with the suggested visual aids to reiterate the information given during your presentation. 

Tug Of War  

Supplies:

• A long length of rope
• 7 Volunteers

Directions:

Start by speaking to the group about the constant pressure the youth of today are faced with. Tell the audience that you realize that peer pressure is the number one reason that youth first try drugs or alcohol.

Having positive friends who make wise choices is ideally the group with which you would like to be

associated. Ask the group this question: Do you think that when someone starts using drugs they think about becoming addicted? On the other hand, what about alcohol? Do you really think that when someone starts drinking they plan to become an alcoholic?

Ask six equally sized volunteers to assist you in a demonstration. Hand six students the rope and ask them to try a tug of war with the rope. If both sides are equally balanced, it will be hard for one side to easily pull the other side over. After a few minutes, stop the demonstration. Ask the youth if they ever feel that they are in a tug of war with friends. Many times the constant tugging of peer pressure causes you to try drugs or alcohol.

Ask for another volunteer to come to the front and have them join one side of the tug of war. Now ask

the two teams to start again. The team with the fourth team member should have the advantage and

win. Tell the group that there is strength in numbers and when you make a decision to be with the positive group, it can make a difference in your future as well as your friend’s future. You have the “Personal Power” to be strong and say no to drugs and alcohol. DO NOT let anyone take your power away.

* Be selective so that the individual sizes of the teams will accomplish your goal with this presentation.

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More Fun Ideas for Red Ribbon Week!

Here are a list of a few ideas you can use during Red Ribbon Week! 

• Use red play dough to create magnets.

• Tie red balloons in your yard.

• Paint little stones red and make lady bugs.

• Write a poem about the color red and a “Drug Free” message.

• Check out and read a book about being “Drug Free.”

• Give a piece of red candy to anyone who tells you a drug fact.

• Visit a Web site about drug education and list facts you learn.  

• Make a link chain with red construction paper.

• Make a lunch with red items.

• Discuss safe and unsafe medicine.

• Write with only red ink all week.

Head over to our website for more Red Ribbon Week information. We also have a page dedicated to the National 2013 Red Ribbon Week Theme "A Healthy Me is Drug Free!" where you can purchase many different promotional items that you can use and pass out to students during Red Ribbon Week Oct. 23-31st.