substance abuse presentation grade 7-8
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Grade 7
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• Is a patterned use of a substance (drug) in which the user consumes the substance in amounts or with
methods which are harmful to themselves or others.
• Use means using one or many substances
• Too much of everything is dangerous
Why do people use substances? For enjoyment
Peer pressure
Personal history
Stressed
Family background
Types of drugs
Depressants Marijuana
Heroin
Alcohol
Tobacco
Stimulants Crystal Meth
Cocaine
Ecstasy
Hallucinogens LSD
Magic Mushrooms
Marijuana (‘’cool drug’’) Also know as cannabis, pot, weed
These plants have resin containing molecules known as cannabinoids
Cannabinoids bind to cannabinoid receptors in your brain and other parts of your body, in particular the nervous and immune systems
It tends to suppress hormones produced by stress reactions and stimulate an increase in dopamine in the brain which activates pleasure pathways
You drink them to fit in the society
When you sufferred from something, mostlyA love situation, you use it to calm your
Social and College Life Substance abuse and addiction can seriously affect one's
life in college/school, at work, and in relationships.
Poor school performance.
Poor work performance.
Relationship trouble.
Personality changes.
A comparison
Makes you addictive to it
effects The most widespread and harmful drugs heavily used
by the youth is Tobacco and Alcohol.
Drug dependence can be physical or psychological, or both.
Brain and Body Teenage brain “ A work in progress “
Blackouts and memory lapses
Liver disease
effects Worldwide, only two large and growing causes of
death exist. One is HIV-1 infection, and the other is tobacco.
However, there is no "safe" level of drug use. All drugs have the potential to cause harm, not just the illegal ones.
Intervention
Case Study. Natasha’s story
Age – 22
Started using drugs the age of 12-13.
Started hanging out with kids much older than her.
Peer pressure forced her to try other drugs too.
She started using cocaine and cannabis at the age of 14.
Her youth It started to affect her personal life
She withdrew herself from her family.
She became depressed and her aggression spiked.
She isolated herself from the society.
She shoplifted to fund her addictions.
When she realized… At the age of 18 years she realized that she had a serious
problem.
She admitted herself into YMCA Drug Program.
She managed to stay away from drugs with sheer will power and support from her family.
She was in the program for 6 months.
She is now clean from drugs.
This is one of the very common problem at our age
We have to avoid drinking and smoking because our health dependson our decision and probably our live too
We don´t have to be convinced with bad people and ideas and if we know the are bad we shouldn´t have to be convinced
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Leanne PaisleyRegional Opioid Intervention ServiceAddiction Counsellor
[email protected] teen therapist