RED RIBBON WEEK 2006

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RED RIBBON WEEK 2006
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Red Ribbon Week

• I Choose To Be
• DRUG FREE!
• Dont forget that at HPMS, we also say
• Hang Tough. Dont Puff.

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Peer Pressure

• There are many different ways peers and so-called
  friends use to try to get you do what theyre
  doing.
• Dont let these people control your life!
• You CAN resist peer pressure.

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Types of Peer Pressure

• The Obvious Approach
• Come on, have a drink. Everyone else is
  having one.
• Your peer is trying to get you to think youre
  the only one that doesnt want to drink, when in
  reality youre the only one smart enough to go
  against the crowd.

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Types of Peer Pressure

• The Guilt Trip Well, youre the one who
  got us into this situation in the first
  place.
• Your friend wants you to think its your fault
  others are using, so you might as well use too.

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Types of Peer Pressure

• The Manipulator If you were really my
  friend youd want to come with me.
• Its too late to back out now.
• Your peer is trying to play on your fears and
  insecurities, he knows youre confused and tries
  to sway your decision to what he wants you to do.

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Types of Peer Pressure

• The Put-Down Youre such a loser!
  Youre a punk!
• Everyone wants to be liked by others. If she
  gets you to believe you will be hated or made fun
  of by not using, she can then get you to do
  whatever she wants.

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Types of Peer Pressure

• The Intimidator If you dont do this,
  youre not one of us.
• Dont try to back out now, youre either
  with us or youre against us.
• This is a popular one used by gang members. They
  will try to make you afraid of what might happen
  if you dont use.

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Role Playing Quiz

• Obvious Approach (Singling Out)
• Guilt Trip
• Manipulator
• Put-Down
• Intimidator

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• Kinds of Drugs
• and their Effects

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Alcohol

• SlangBooze, Sauce, Brews, Hooch, Brewskis, Hard
  Stuff, Juice
• Leads to loss of coordination, poor judgment,
  slowed reflexes, memory lapses and blackouts
• Alcohol can kill youDrinking very large amounts
  at one time very rapidly can lead to alcohol
  poisoning and damage organs in your body.
• One drink can make you fail a breath test.
• Most teens do not drink alcohol. Research shows
  that 71 percent of people 12-20 havent had a
  drink in the past month.
• 1Beer1 shot1 glass of wine. Less of a drink
  doesnt necessarily mean youre getting less
  alcohol.

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Marijuana

• SlangWeed, pot, grass, reefer, ganja, Mary Jane,
  blunt, joint, roach, nail.
• Affects your sense of time and coordination,
  makes you look and act dumb.
• One joint contains 4 times as much cancer-causing
  tar as a filtered cigarette.
• Can increase your risk of developing mental
  illness.
• Is not always what it seems. Is sometimes laced
  with other dangerous drugs.
• Most teens are not using Marijuana. Four out of
  five 12-17 year olds have never even tried it.

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Inhalants

• SlangGlue, kick, bang, snuff, huff, poppers,
  whippets, Texas shoeshine.
• These are substances that are breathed in. Can
  be anything from paint fumes to glue.
• Causes irreversible mental and physical damage
  before you even know whats happened.
• Side effectsNausea, nosebleeds, permanent liver
  and kidney damage, losing your sense of smell,
  losing muscle tone and strength.
• Can cause sudden death.
• Only 1.2 percent of teens are regular inhalant
  users and more than 90 percent have never tried
  it at all.

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Club Drugs

• SlangEcstasy E, X, XTC. GHBLiquid Ecstasy,
  Liquid X, Grievous Bodily Harm, Georgia Home Boy.
  Ketamine K, Special K, Ket, Vitamin K, Kit
  Kat. Rohypnol Roofies, R-2.
• Used at raves, nightclubs, and concerts.
• Can cause blurred vision, seizures, impaired
  coordination and memory loss, breathing problems,
  kidney failure, passing out.
• Can kill you. Many of these are home made drugs
  made in makeshift labs. People put all kinds of
  chemicals in them, from over-the-counter cold
  medication to household cleaners.
• Less than 2 percent of 8th to 12th graders use it
  and 94 of teens have never tried it.

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Steroids

• SlangArnolds, Gym Candy, Pumpers, Stackers,
  Weight Trainers, Juice.
• Can cause heart attack and stroke even to young
  people.
• Some side effects are male pattern baldness,
  cysts, acne, oily hair and skin, reduction in the
  size of male genitals, development of breasts in
  males, facial hair in females.
• Can make you angry and hostile for no reason.
• Used by a small percentage of high school and
  professional athletes.

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Hallucinogens

• SlangLSD, Acid, Blotter, Mushrooms, Shrooms,
  PCP, angel dust, Boat, Ozone, Wack, E, X, XTC.
• There are a wariety of different kinds.
• Cause you to trip out, see and hear things
  that arent there and make you believe you can do
  things you cant, like jump off buildings because
  you think you can fly.
• Can cause heart and lung failure, coma or death.
• 94 of teens have never tried hallucinogens.

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Methanphetamine

• SlangSpeed, meth, crystal meth, crank, tweek,
  go-fast, ice, glass, uppers, black beauties.
• Creates a false sense of energy, and pushes the
  body faster than its meant to go.
• Can cause stroke or heart attack, mind and mood
  changes, euphoria, anxiety and depression,
  paranoid or delusional thinking, and permanent
  psychological damage.
• Only 3.2 percent of 12th graders report ever
  having used meth.

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Cocaine

• SlangCoke, dust, toot, snow, blow, sneeze,
  powder, lines, rock, crack.
• Produces a short-lived high that requires more
  and more of the drug to get each time you use.
• Users experience increased heart rate, muscle
  spasms, and convulsions. Causes permanent damage
  to nasal tissue.
• Can make users paranoid, angry, hostile, or
  anxious even when they are not high.
• Can kill you by heart attack, stroke, breathing
  failure, or through diseases like HIV and
  hepatitis that you can get by sharing needles.
• Regular users can waste hundreds or even
  thousands of dollars per week.
• Less than 1 of teens are regular users and 97
  have never tried it.

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Heroin

• SlangSmack, horse, mud, brown sugar, junk, black
  tar, big H, dope, skag.
• Enters the brain quickly and slows down the way
  you think, your reaction time and impairs your
  memory.
• Is super-addictive, physically and
  psychologically.
• One of the top two drugs frequently reported by
  medical examiners to be a cause of death.
• Less than 1 of teens report ever having tried it.

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Steer Clear of Peer Pressure!

• There are lots of things you can do to avoid
  using these drugs.
• Here are just a few

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Ways to Avoid Peer Pressure

• A Direct Approach No, I dont drink.
  No, I dont want a cigarette.
• Just say No. This says you are a strong,
  independent person, who doesnt care what others
  may think. You do your own thing and are proud
  of it.

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Ways to Avoid Peer Pressure

• Stall for Time Im not sure. Id like to
  think about it. Ill let you know tomorrow.
• This is a way to get out of doing things people
  are trying to get you to do impulsively, or right
  now without thinking.

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Ways to Avoid Peer Pressure

• Make an Excuse Im allergic to alcohol.
  I wont be able to go to the party, I have
  another commitment.
• This takes the pressure off you and places the
  decision on something others will see as out of
  your control. You wont be seen as a loser for
  simply having to be somewhere else.

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Ways to Avoid Peer Pressure

• Humor Im not a chicken but Im a
  close relative. You should hear me crow in
  the mornings.
• This may be a silly alternative, but it just may
  work. Make a joke out of the situation,
  especially if youre one of those people that are
  just naturally funny.

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Ways to Avoid Peer Pressure

• Broken Record No, I dont want a beer.
  (Repeat every time you are asked to have a beer.
  Try not to say anything else, just stick to
  whatever statement you have chosen to repeat.)
• This makes the other person look stupid for
  asking you over and over and shows them your
  resolve.

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Ways to Avoid Peer Pressure

• Change the subject Act as if you havent
  heard what the other person said and quickly
  change the subject to anything you can think of
  at the time.
• This is a way to avoid having to have the
  conversation and is an easy way to get out of
  having to give them an answer.

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Ways to Avoid Peer Pressure

• Offer an alternative For example Youve
  just been asked to skip school and go to the
  mall for the day, and you say, No, but Id
  love to go with you after school.
• You give them a chance to do something
  appropriate and lawful rather than something that
  will get you both into trouble.

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Red Ribbon Week