Red Ribbon Week
What month is Red Ribbon Week celebrated during?
October
Give an example of something that might look safe but could be really dangerous?
Examples: medicine could look like candy, mushrooms found outdoors could be poisonous, etc.
Safe or Unsafe: It's Halloween and you just got a bag full of candy. Before getting home you sneak a few pieces and eat them.
Unsafe, you should have an adult check your candy bag.
True or False: If something looks/tastes like candy, it's safe to eat.
False, the looks of medicine can be very deceiving and often will look like candy. You should never eat something that you are unsure of.
These places observe and celebrate Red Ribbon Week.
Schools
What should you do if you encounter a substance and you are not sure if it is safe or not?
Avoid touching, eating or drinking it and talk with an adult.
Safe or Unsafe: A friend has cough drops in their backpack at school. You like the taste of them and ask to have one.
Unsafe, cough drops are medicine and you should never take medicine from a friend. You should also never take medicine if you aren't sick.
True or False: Red Ribbon Week is only celebrated in New Hampshire.
False, it is celebrated across the nation.
What do we spread awareness about during Red Ribbon Week?
To live drug free lives.
What should you do if you are sick and think that medicine might help?
Tell an adult.
Unsafe, you should have a trusted adult administer your medicine that way you can assure that you are getting the right kind of medicine and the correct dosage.
True or False: In 1985, the brave drug enforcement officer gave his life to save people from the dangers of drug. Red Ribbon Week now honors this officer.
True
Red Ribbon Week was originally started to honor the memory of?
Name three ways to keep our bodies healthy and safe.
Examples: drink water, eat healthy, exercise, rest when we are ill, only taking medicine from a trusted adult, etc.
Safe or Unsafe: You and a friend are walking home and find candy that hasn't been opened on the sidewalk. You both continue walking and leave it alone.
True or False: The first official Red Ribbon Week was in 1986.
False, it was in 1988.
What is the 2023 Red Ribbon Week theme?
Be Kind to Your Mind. Live Drug Free.
Someone is pressuring you to do something that you don't want to do. Name one way that you could say no.
Examples: simply say "no, I'm not doing that", give an excuse like "I can't do that because I have basketball soon", walk away and tell an adult.
Safe or Unsafe: You're over at a friends house and see them take a pill that looks like candy. You tell their parents what you saw right away.
Safe (but the friend isn't being safe!)
False, it was the National Family Partnership.