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New Health Education Resources to Address Overdose
Learn how to recognize and respond to an overdose—this knowledge can save lives. NIDA has new resources focused on overdose to support your educational efforts for National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week® (NDAFW) and year-round.
The new activities are tailored for youth, educators, and any others supporting them. See how you can incorporate these assets in your curriculum or community plans for NDAFW, taking place March 17–23, 2025.
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Empowering Youth to Save Lives
NEW: NIDA’s Guide to Hosting a Naloxone Demonstration and slide presentation offer engaging, educational content about overdoses and the use of naloxone—a lifesaving medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose.
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Naloxone Education for School Nurses Toolkit
Developed by the National Association of School Nurses, this toolkit offers resources to assist school nurses and other school leaders in evaluating and responding to the drug overdose crisis.
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Teaching Youth to Recognize an Overdose and Respond
Students and educators can be equipped with overdose prevention and response skills to create healthier, safer schools and communities. Check out the new NIDA blog featured on the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America website to learn more about these valuable, and potentially lifesaving, tools.
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 Overdose: Know the Facts
The newest NIDA Kahoot! quiz, Overdose: Know the Facts, tests teens’ knowledge and helps them learn more about opioids, including fentanyl. This resource also covers health risks associated with opioids, including fake pills, and how you as a bystander could help save the life of someone experiencing an overdose.
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 Why are Drugs So Hard to Quit?
The Why are Drugs so Hard to Quit? video and Kahoot! quiz help youth understand the science of addiction, why stopping drug use can be difficult, and that help is available.
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