What you get
- Foundational substance education plus practical decision-making strategies.
- Event safety and peer intervention approaches embedded where relevant.
- Works as part of Tightrope/Highwire or as a focused rollout area.
- Implementation support helps drive adoption instead of “set it and forget it.”
What the program covers
The Tightrope suite includes two courses covering substance use, one focused on alcohol and one on the broader drug landscape. Together they give students honest, non-judgmental education grounded in harm-reduction principles.
Tightrope: Alcohol, an honest, practical look at alcohol from personal motivations to real-world intervention:
- Perception vs. reality of peer drinking habits
- Standard drinks, ABV, rate of absorption, and BAC science
- Lower-risk drinking strategies and tolerance
- Scenario-based night-out bystander intervention practice
- Medical amnesty and emergency response
Clearing the Haze on Drugs, covers the full landscape of drug use and builds skills for keeping peers safe:
- Six drug categories and their effects on the body
- Perception vs. reality of campus drug use
- Potency, fentanyl contamination, and mixing substances
- Lower-risk harm-reduction strategies
- Recognizing overdose signs and using naloxone
- Intervention scenarios and reporting resources
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