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Confronting the Low Age of Marijuana and Overdose with Sports x Pharmacy

Midoriya Pharmacy, LLC, in collaboration with Shizuoka Prefecture Sports Pharmacy Entertainment Prevention Education Program Launched

合同会社みどりや薬局

Midoriya Pharmacy LLC (Nakamizo, Shimada City, Shizuoka Prefecture), in cooperation with registered sports pharmacies in Shizuoka Prefecture (Ain Pharmacy Shimizu-cho Nagasawa, Kyorindo Pharmacy Niitsu, Kyorindo Pharmacy Tomizuka) and pharmacy education institutions, will develop a drug education program for elementary school students to address the low age of drug risk, including cannabis and overdose (OD). This program is being developed in collaboration with the Sports Pharma Department, which is one of the partners in the program. This program will be held in Shizuoka Prefecture by the end of FY2025 in conjunction with a sports pharmacy, and will be held in Shimada City on August 12, 2025 as the first event in the series.

This project was adopted by the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Shizuoka Prefecture, as an educational project of the Foundation for the Promotion of Self-Medication of OTC Drugs, and is a new regional educational model developed through collaboration between community pharmacies and universities.

It is a new community education model developed through collaboration between community pharmacies and universities. It is a hands-on educational program in which children learn about familiar risks such as "inadvertent doping" and misuse and abuse of medicines that actually occur in sports through card games, character teaching materials, and mini experiments in a fun and easy-to-understand way.


8月12日 カードゲームで学ぶ ドーピング妖怪のおくすり教室

August 12: Doping Yokai no Okusuri Kyoshitsu (Learning through Card Games: Doping Specter's Okusuri Classroom)


Program Contents (tentative)

Medicine experiment

Mini experiments to experience how medicines work and how they affect the body (in cooperation with the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Shizuoka)

Card game experience (Doping Guardian)

A hands-on educational material to learn how to use medicines and make good judgments based on sports situations.

Let's learn with the Doping Monster!

Learn about the risks of drugs and "the temptation to cheat" in a friendly way through the Yokai characters.

Interaction with pharmacists and pharmacy students

Interact with familiar specialists and think about how to deal with drugs



Outline of the program

Name: Doping Yokai no Okusuri Kyoshitsu (Learning through a card game)

Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 10:00-11:30

Venue: Shimada Daishi Elementary School District 1 & 2 After-School Children's Clubs

Target: Elementary school students

Sports Pharmacy in charge: Midoriya Pharmacy LLC

Cooperation: Ain Pharmacy Shimizu-cho Nagasawa store, Kyorindo Pharmacy Niitsu store,

    Kyorindo Pharmacy Tomizuka Store (all registered sports pharmacies),

    Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka



Significance of the Sports Pharmacy System and this initiative

The Sports Pharmacy System is a system operated by the Japan Sports Fairness Organization (J-Fairness). The activities of sports pharmacists are not limited to anti-doping support for athletes, but have now expanded to support community wellbeing (healthy mind and body and positive lifestyle) through self-medication support for local residents and prevention education for minors. This program is designed to support such a role. This program certifies pharmacies that play such roles as "registered sports pharmacies" and promotes the creation of bases for health support and awareness in the community. This project is the nation's first advanced example of this philosophy being reflected in an educational setting.

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