CHAPTER TEN

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CHAPTER TEN

• DRUG USE AND DELINQUENCY

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Definition

• Druga chemical that interacts with the body and
  alters basic body functioning, usually through
  the central nervous system

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Drug Categories

• Narcotic analgesics
• Stimulants
• Depressants
• Hallucinogens
• Marijuana

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Drug Use Among Juveniles

• 13 million use illegal drugs
• Studies on juveniles and drugs (2000)
• High correlation between drug-taking and
  high-risk activities by juveniles

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Alcohol

• 1 drug of choice
• 10 million underage drinkers and 4.4 million
  binge drinkers
• Effects
• Caused highest number of overdoses

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Alcohol (contd)

• High risk behavior of juveniles who drink
• Academic failure
• Crime
• Violence
• Suicide
• 15 of driving fatalities are by drunk adolescents

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Heroin

• From the opium poppy
• Producers
• Golden crescent
• Golden triangle

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Crack and Cocaine

• From the coca plant
• Effects
• Speed-balls

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Other Stimulants

• Amphetamine and methamphetamine
• Designer drugs

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Hallucinogens

• Synthetic
• LSD
• PCP
• Natural
• Psilocybin
• Mescaline

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Central Nervous System Depressants

• Alcohol
• Barbiturates
• Rohypnol and GHB

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Marijuana

• Active ingredient is THC
• Sources
• Non addictive?
• No known overdose deaths

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Steroids

• Performance enhancing drugs
• 7 of high school students have used
• Effects

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Inhalants

• Significant portion of juveniles have tried it
• Types
• Volatile solvents
• Gases
• Nitrates
• Chronic use

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Gateway Drugs

• What are gateway drugs?
• Examples
• Tobacco
• Alcohol
• Marijuana
• Inhalants
• What is it an indicator of?

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Drugs, Delinquency and Violence

• Do drugs cause delinquency?
• Whats the image we had of drugs crime?

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Intervention and Prevention Programs

• Current policy
• Interdiction
• Incarceration
• Anti-Drug slogans

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D.A.R.E.

• D Drug
• A Abuse
• R Resistance
• E Education

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D.A.R.E. (contd)

• 5th and 6th grade
• 6 year study found no long-term effects
• What makes a successful drug prevention program?

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Risk Factors for Drug Use

• Chaotic home
• Ineffective parenting
• Lack of attachment
• Inappropriately shy or aggressive in school
• Failure in school
• Poor social coping skills
• Perceptions of approval of drugs in school and
  community

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National Drug Control Policy

• Expand criminal justice system
• Budget
• 70 to reduce supply
• 30 to prevent or treat

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DRUG USE AND DELINQUENCY

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