Drug Use Prevention

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Drug Use Prevention

• By Mr. Mader

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Know the Statistics

• The risk of teens for substance abuse correlates
  significantly with the size of the school they
  attend, measured by the number of students. Only
  12 percent of the teens who attend schools with
  fewer than 800 students are at high risk of
  substance abuse, while 25 percent of teens who
  attend schools with more than 1200 students are
  at high risk.
• (National Survey of American Attitudes on
  Substance Abuse VIII Teens and Parents. The
  National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse,
  2003)

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Know the Statistics

• In 2002, 87.2 percent of high school seniors
  reported they could obtain marijuana fairly
  easily or very easily.
• (Drug and Crime Facts, U.S. Department of
  Justice- Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of
  Justice Statistics)

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Know the Statistics

• Of high school seniors in 2002, 47.8 percent
  reported having ever used marijuana/ hashish, 7.8
  percent reported having ever used cocaine, and
  1.7 percent having ever used heroin.
• (Drug and Crime Facts, U.S. Department of
  Justice- Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of
  Justice Statistics)

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Identify Risk FactorsFactors that lead to drug
use/abuse

• Aggressive Behavior
• Lack of parental supervision/ involvement
• Substance abuse
• Drug availability
• Poverty
• Peer influence
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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Identify Protective FactorsFactors that deter
drug use/abuse

• Impulse control
• Parental involvement
• Academic competence/ achievement
• Anti-drug use policies
• Strong community involvement
• Peer influence
• NIDA

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High Risk Periods

• Major transitional challenges
• Entering school
• Changing schools
• Entering college
• Entering the workforce/ marrying
• Challenges can be
• Physical- ex. puberty
• Social/ Environmental- ex. moving

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Identifying Risks and Protective Factors on an
Individual BasisRisk and Protective Factors are
different for each person

• Educates and informs
• Helps individuals increase protective factors
• Helps individuals decrease high risk factors
• Allows individuals to be aware and on guard
  during high risk periods

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Refusal Techniques

• Preventive Avoidance
• Excuses
• Blunt no Just Say No
• Can you think of others?