Red Ribbon Week Kickoff

Today our classes kicked off Red Ribbon Week early with a health lesson and a special guest.

Textbooks can teach us what legal and illegal drugs are and how they can be harmful, but Officer Rose helped us understand why people try/use drugs and how this choice can affect us in many ways.  Some drugs harm our bodies and can cause a lot of damage in our lives like unhealthy relationships with friends and family.  Using drugs can interfere with our ability to learn, work, and do things we enjoy.  Drug use can also lead to other undesirable behavior like lying, stealing, and violence, which can result in being arrested and spending time in jail. 

Next week, we'll continue to look at the cause and effect relationship of choosing (and being) good friends in addition to choosing to be drug-free.