Maryland State Curriculum Content Standard 2: Students will demonstrate the ability to use drug knowledge, decision-making skills, and health enhancing strategies to address, the non-use, use, and abuse of medications, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
| A. Medicine | |
| 2.3.A.1. | Identify safe practices for using prescription and Over the Counter (OTC) drugs. |
2.3.A.1.a. |
Identify prescription and OTC drugs. |
2.3.A.1.b. |
Explain the importance of following directions when using medicines or other substances. |
2.3.A.1.c. |
List and describe appropriate uses for prescribed and OTC drugs. |
| B. Tobacco | |
| 2.3.B.1. | Identify and examine physical consequences of the use of tobacco. |
2.3.B.1.a. |
Recognize that tobacco products contain nicotine. |
2.3.B.1.b. |
Identify forms of tobacco, such as smoke or smokeless. |
2.3.B.1.c. |
Describe the effects of tobacco use and non-use, including second-hand smoke, on the body. |
2.3.B.1.d. |
Demonstrate a personal commitment not to use tobacco. |
| D. Caffeine | |
| 2.3.D.1. | Identify caffeine as a drug. |
2.3.D.1.a. |
List products that contain caffeine. |
2.3.D.1.b. |
Suggest alternative products which do not contain caffeine. |