Opioid Abuse Prevention
House Bill 367 - Opioid Abuse Prevention
Ohio’s 130th General Assembly enacted House Bill 367, which includes updated health education requirement for schools and districts. The law added requirements to health education to include instruction in phrescription opioid abuse prevention.
This webpage outlines the health education requirements surrounding opioid abuse prevention and provides resources for educators.
Health Education Requirements
Ohio law requires school districts to provide instruction on a variety of subjects which includes health education. Health education must include instruction on prescription opioid abuse prevention, with an emphasis on the prescription drug epidemic and the connection between prescription opioid abuse and addiction to other drugs, such as heroin.
Drug Use Prevention Resource Guide
In 2016, the Ohio Joint Study Committee on Drug Use Prevention Education recommended that every Ohio student receives annual, age-appropriate prevention education in grades kindergarten through 12. To ensure that schools had the resources to develop comprehensive prevention plans, the Committee released the Ohio Attorney General’s Drug Use Prevention Resource Guide (2018).
The resource guide contains recommendations for schools to use when implementing drug prevention efforts. The resource guide includes prevention best-practices and offers prevention strategies based on students’ needs at each developmental stage.
Supports
Listed below are instructional supports which contain information on prescription opioid abuse prevention. Health education instruction must include information on prescription opioid abuse prevention, with an emphasis on the prescription drug epidemic and the connection between prescription opioid abuse and addiction to other drugs, such as heroin.
Generation Rx
Audience: Toolkits for Elementary and Teen
Health and Opioid-Abuse Prevention Education (HOPE) Curriculum
Audience: Lessons for K-2, 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12
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A series of lessons, assessments and learning materials to develop students’ functional knowledge, attitudes and necessary skills to prevent drug abuse. The lessons are designed to be part of a larger substance abuse prevention unit within a school’s health education curriculum.
Too Good for Drugs
Audience: Lessons for K-5, 6-8 and 9-12
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A universal K-12 prevention education program designed to mitigate the risk factors and the enhance protective factors related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) use. The lessons introduce and develop skills for making healthy choices, building positive friendships, developing self-efficacy, communicating effectively, and resisting peer pressure and influence.
Resources
Local Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board
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Ohio‘s county Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health (ADAMH) Boards are statutorily empowered to plan, develop, fund, manage, and evaluate community-based mental health and addiction services.
Local Prevention Coalitions
Recovery Ohio
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Governor Mike DeWine commissioned the RecoveryOhio initiative with the goal of making treatment available to Ohioans in need, providing support services for those in recovery and their families, offering direction for the state’s prevention and education efforts and working with local law enforcement to provide resources to fight illicit drugs at the source.
Take Charge Ohio
Start Talking!
Prevention Action Alliance
Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
Ohio Attorney General’s Drug Use Prevention Resource Guide
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In 2016, the Ohio Joint Study Committee on Drug Use Prevention Education recommended that every Ohio student receives annual, age-appropriate prevention education in grades kindergarten through 12. To ensure that schools had the resources to develop comprehensive prevention plans, this guide was created.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
SAMHSA’s National Helpline
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SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders.
Last Modified: 8/31/2023 10:58:44 AM