Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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Drug and Alcohol Abuse
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Drug Stats I

• The illegal drug industry ranks in size as the
  second largest business in the United States-only
  Exxon is larger.
• Drugs and alcohol cost taxpayers nearly 276
  billion dollars a year in preventable health care
  costs, extra law enforcement, auto crashes,
  crime, and lost productivity.

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Drug Stats II

• In 1999, an estimated 14.8 million Americans were
  current illicit drug users.
• There is an average of 1.5 million emergency room
  visits per year because of drug use.
• Five typical marijuana cigarettes have the same
  cancer-causing capability as 112 tobacco
  cigarettes.

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Drug Stats III

• Reaction time for the motor skills is reduced by
  41 after smoking one joint and 63 after smoking
  two joints.
• Most drug dealers only survive an average of 1.5
  2 years before they are in jail or dead.
• Most drug dealers only make 200-300 per day.

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Drug Stats IV

• Over half of all federal prisoners are there
  because of drug offenses.
• Violent juvenile crime has risen by 118 over the
  last decade, much of that is due to drugs.

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Possible Side Effects

• Disorientation
• Paranoia
• Psychosis
• Memory Impairment
• Impotence
• Blurred Vision

• Heart Failure
• Rapid Heart Rate
• Coma
• Respiratory Failure
• Nausea
• Seizures
• Depression

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Common Illegal Drugs
Marijuana
Marijuana
Inhalants
Barbiturates
Cocaine
Heroin
PCP
LSD
Crack
Meth
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Designer Drugs

• Commonly called club drugs.
• New group of drugs produced by minor modification
  in the chemical structure of an existing drug,
  resulting in a new substance with similar
  psychological effects.

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Common Designer Drugs
Ecstasy (pill)
Herbal Ecstasy
Ecstasy (powder)
Ketamine
Rohypnol
GHB
Rohypnol
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Rave Clip
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Ecstasy Clip
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Common Designer Drugs
Ecstasy (pill)
Herbal Ecstasy
Ecstasy (powder)
Ketamine
Rohypnol
GHB
Rohypnol
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Navys Policy on Drug Abuse

• Zero Tolerance
• Characterization
• Consumption
• Consequences
• Cure

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Drug Clip
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Alcohol Stats

• Almost half of Americans ages 12 and older
  reported being current drinkers of alcohol. This
  translates into 105 million people.
• In the next 30 days, 17 of all 7th graders will
  use alcohol. 25 of all 9-12th graders will use
  enough to be defined as heavy drinkers.
• Every 40 minutes, a kid is arrested for drunk
  driving

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Alcohol Clip
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Health Effects of Alcohol

• Hangovers
• Weight Gain
• Blackouts
• High Blood Pressure
• Depressed Immune System
• Cancer

• Liver disease
• Alcohol Poisoning
• Heart or respiratory failure
• Alcoholism
• Other long term effects

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Navys Policy on Alcohol Abuse

• Responsible Use
• Characterization
• Consumption
• Consequences
• Cure

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Think Before You Drink Clip
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Right Spirit Campaign

• SECNAV-sponsored Alcohol Abuse Prevention and
  Alcohol Use Deglamorization Campaign.
• Main goal is to significantly reduce alcohol
  abuse and its effects on fleet readiness.
• Another goal is to become active in changing
  perceptions that drinking is central to our
  traditions and lifestyles.

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Tobacco Stats

• An estimated 66.8 million Americans reported
  current tobacco use in 1999, a prevalence rate of
  30.2 of the population age 12 and older.
• Smoking is the major cause of heart disease.
• After a person quits smoking, it takes 10 years
  to replace any precancerous cells in the body.

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Tobacco Causes Cancer
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Spit or Smokeless Tobacco

• Not a safe alternative to cigarettes.

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Navys Tobacco Use Policy

• Support abstinence
• Reduce tobacco use
• Discourage the use of tobacco products
• Create a healthy working environment
• Provide encouragement and professional assistance
  to stop smoking
• Provide a tobacco cessation program

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Core Values
Honor
Courage
Commitment
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Summary

• Drug and alcohol abuse and the tobacco cessation
  program.
• Identified facts, statistics, problems, and
  negative aspects of alcohol, drugs, and tobacco.
• Navys policies
• Right Spirit Campaign
• Core Values

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References

• OPNAVINST 5350.4C
• SECNAVINST 5100.13B
• NAV-OP-08, 1996
• http//navdweb.spawar.navy.mil
• http//www.health.org/newsroom
• http//www.vnh.org
• http//www.chinfo.navy.mil/people/drugs/drugs0821.
  html
• http//www.samhsa.gov/
• http//www.med.unc.edu/wrkunits/3ctrpgm/alcohol/
  prevention/safety.html