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Curriculums to address vaping, cannabis use, and prescription drug misuse

Truth Initiative provides a national youth vaping prevention curriculum and a prescription drug safety curriculum, both made available to schools by EVERFI®, the leader in social impact education. Our free digital courses guide students through the dangers associated with vaping nicotine, cannabis use, and prescription drug misuse in an authentic peer-to-peer youth voice. 

As of September 2025, 1.5 million students have engaged with the free digital vaping prevention curriculum, learning the facts about nicotine addiction and receiving proven resources to quit.

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Vaping: Know the truth

Youth nicotine addiction remains a serious public health concern, with nearly 40% of middle and high school students who currently vape reporting frequent use. To educate young people about the dangers of vaping, we provide Vaping: Know the truth, a free digital curriculum that guides students through real-world scenarios surrounding vaping nicotine, short- and long-term cannabis vaping, and the co-use of nicotine and cannabis.  

This self-led interactive curriculum also offers EX Program as a quitting resource to help young people who are currently vaping. An evaluation of EX Program's text message support program found that enrolled teens were 35% more likely to report not using nicotine after seven months.  

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Prescription Drug Safety: Know the truth

To help young people better understand and navigate the growing prescription drug misuse crisis in our country, Prescription Drug Safety: Know the truth educates middle and high school students about the facts, risks, and dangers of misusing prescription medications, as well as counterfeit pills containing fentanyl. Prescription Drug Safety: Know the truth marks the second collaboration between Truth Initiative and EVERFI and is modeled after the success of Vaping: Know the truth. 

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