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Addictions

Addictions. By: Corey Jones. Need to Know. What is an addiction? A compulsion to repeatedly take a drug or engage in a specific behavior. Need to Know Why do students choose to do drugs?. 1. Curiosity-Kids love to try new experiences that appear exciting; they crave firsthand knowledge.

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Addictions

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  1. Addictions By: Corey Jones

  2. Need to Know • What is an addiction? A compulsion to repeatedly take a drug or engage in a specific behavior.

  3. Need to KnowWhy do students choose to do drugs? 1. Curiosity-Kids love to try new experiences that appear exciting; they crave firsthand knowledge. 2. Peer pressure-Social acceptance is a great need for teenagers. One survey showed that 70% of teenagers cite friends and classmates who drink as the number one reason for drinking. • 3. Fun-Unfortunately, drugs are one way kids flee boredom. And because kids often abuse drugs in groups, it's a way to bond with friends. • 4. To appear "grownup"-Teenagers use smoking and drinking as a way to shed their "kid" image.

  4. 5. They're oh-so-easy to get- In one study, 58% of kids said marijuana was easy to come by. • 6. Advertising-Kids are drawn to ads that show attractive people enjoying desirable and exiting activities while drinking and/or smoking. • 7. Culture and role models-Lyrics, videos, and the lifestyles of music, sports, and movie stars can communicate that drugs are cool or will make you cool and popular. • 8. Family problems-Kids who come from dysfunctional homes are more likely to use drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism. Kids who come from homes characterized by love, nurture, and involvement are less likely to abuse drugs. • 9. Escape-Kids whose lives are filled with pain and stress may find the short-lived high of drugs and alcohol a welcome escape. • 10. Addiction-More than three million adolescents in America have a serious problem with drug addiction.

  5. Need to KnowHow do drugs effect your health? • Prescription drugs. They can cause hangover-like symptoms, nausea, seizures, and coma. Overdose or mixing these drugs with alcohol can be fatal. • Cocaine can cause such long-term problems as tremors, seizures, and heart or respiratory failure. • LSD can cause nausea, rapid heart rate, depression, and disorientation. Long-term effects such as paranoia. • Narcotics such as heroin can bring on respiratory and circulatory depression, dizziness, impotence, constipation, and withdrawal sickness. Overdoses can lead to seizures and death. PCP, in addition to triggering unpredictable and violent behavior, can cause dizziness, numbness, high heart rate and blood pressure, convulsions, and in high amounts fatal heart and lung failure or ruptured blood vessels. • Stimulants such as amphetamines have health effects that include high heart rate and blood pressure, headache, blurred vision, dizziness, impotence, skin disorders, tremors, seizures.

  6. Need to Know Signs and Symptoms Physical Signs • Loss of appetite, increase in appetite, any changes in eating habits, unexplained weight loss or gain. • Slowed or staggering walk; poor physical coordination. • Inability to sleep, awake at unusual times, unusual laziness. • Red, watery eyes; pupils larger or smaller than usual; blank stare. • Cold, sweaty palms; shaking hands. • Puffy face, blushing or paleness. • Extreme hyperactivity; excessive talkativeness. • Tremors or shakes of hands, feet or head. • Irregular heartbeat. Behavioral Signs • Change in overall attitude/personality with no other identifiable cause. • Drop in grades at school or performance at work; skips school or is late for school. • Change in habits at home; loss of interest in family and family activities. • Difficulty in paying attention; forgetfulness. • General lack of motivation, energy, self-esteem, "I don't care" attitude. • Sudden oversensitivity, temper tantrums, or resentful behavior. • Moodiness, irritability,Paranoia

  7. The Top 5 drugs used by teens • Marijuana • Perscription Drugs ( adderall, xanax, loratab) • Ecstasy • Inhalents • Cocaine Nice to Know

  8. Necessary SkillsWho you can contact to help with drug addictions • Rehab Centers • School Administrators • Drug Help Hotlines • Teachers • Coaches

  9. Cycle of addiction ( How it happens) • A young person is feeling pain and discomfort because of family or school problems. • The individual is looking for ways to feel better, so he or she starts to take drugs. • At first, the drugs seem to work because they dull the pain the person is trying to escape from. So the person keeps taking the drug. • From this point, it often doesn't take long for the person to become addicted because he or she has developed a physical dependence—an addiction—to the substance. Now the person can think only about getting more of this drug just to function. • At this stage, a serious downward spiral begins. The person will sacrifice anything—family, friends, school, or work—for drugs. Changed by drugs both physically and mentally, the person is now an addict.

  10. Sources • www.med.unc.edu/alcohol/prevention/health • www.acde.org/parent/signs • www.proquestinformationandlearning.com/findarticles • www.treatmentsolutionsnetwork.com • www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers

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