National Council on Social Welfare of Thailand NCSWT THAILAND

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National Council on Social Welfare of
Thailand(NCSWT) THAILAND
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Why some Youth are attracted to DrugsHow to
Say NO, and How to Deal With Peer
PressureFamily and Society as Support for
Withdrawal from Drugs
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Why some Youth are attracted to Drugs?

• Curiosity
• Emotional Problems
• Peer Pressure
• Family Problems

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Family Problems

• Lack of Love, Care, Attention,
• Trust and Understanding from
• parents, siblings and relatives
• Broken Family
• Loss of Family Relationships
• Family Conflict
• Parents sell and use drugs
• Low or High Income Family

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How to Say NO, and How to Deal With Peer Pressure?

• Offer help
• Give advice
• Provide support
• Provide correct information and
• knowledge about drugs
• Be observant to avoid places
• where drugs are available
• Find other ways to relieve
• stress and fun such as sports

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Family and Society as Support for Withdrawal from
Drugs?

• Try to understand their problems
• Not think of them as criminal
• but as a person who needs love,
• care, attention and understanding
• Give them a chance to have proper
• treatment and function normally in
• the family and society

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Family and Society as Support for Withdrawal from
Drugs?

• Should not throw them out of their
• schools and jobs because doing
• that can cause them to have more
• problems
• Listen to their problems and advise
• them how to solve their problems

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Family and Society as Support for Withdrawal from
Drugs?

• Offer assistance and move towards
• more effective feeling
• If drug addicts are in the treatment
• centres, their family must visit them
• to offer assistance
• Identify other families which have
• at risk young people who are
• worried and could benefit from
• some assistance

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What is the project To Be Number One in
Thailand?

• The project To Be Number One
• This project was founded by
• Tunkramhom Ying Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana
  Phannavadi(Princess Ubol Ratana) for a few years
  ago, which aiming to campaign for protection and
  solving the
• drugs problems in youth.
• The project activities included the activities
  in Arts, Music, Sports and established To Be
  Number One Corner which offers counseling,
  advising and supporting

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The Activities of To Be Number One
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The Activities of To Be Number One
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The Activities of To Be Number One
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