The curriculum teaches kids how addiction works and what it feels like to withdraw from opioids. It’s called “Kellsie’s Lesson.”
Carson said the lesson educates about the science of addiction in a straightforward way using Alaska imagery. And it gives an accurate description about what withdrawal feels like.
Carson collaborated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to follow national guidelines. And last spring, the Anchorage School Board unanimously passed a policy to include the lesson in health education for grades eight through twelve. “Students are using it for experimenting,” said Bell. “And they think they’re taking maybe pain medication like Percocet. But the Percocet now is laced with fentanyl. And they’re not aware of that at all. And…it’s a very tiny amount of fentanyl that can cause death, because it causes respiratory depression.”
“Even if you say it in Sept., saying it again in Jan., it’s not gonna hurt again, because they forget or they don’t think about it,” said Bell. “And they may make a bad choice. And we don’t want anybody making that bad choice. We want everybody to be here with us on this earth.”
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