Stopping drug use before it starts is the most effective way to protect our children the dangers of drugs

Program Overview

• Project ALERT is a nationally recognized, evidence-based curriculum for middle school students
• Project ALERT gives students insights, understanding, and skills to resist using substances, especially alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and inhalants – those substances most used by teens
• Partnering with school districts and the WA National Guard Drug Demand Reduction Unit expands this prevention effort

• Motivate students against drug use
• Provide skills and strategies to resist drugs
• Establish new non-use attitudes and beliefs

• TOGETHER! provides funding assistance and technical support to school districts implementing Project ALERT
• Through the use of small group activities, role-playing exercises, real-life video, and guided classroom discussions, Project ALERT serves to shift the pro-drug use mindset and create healthier attitudes and beliefs
• Health teachers, local law enforcement officers, WA National Guard Drug Demand Reduction Unit soldiers, and contracted teachers provide the instruction
• The curriculum is currently being used at selected schools in North Thurston Public Schools and the Olympia School District
• An evaluation is completed by all students