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14 th Annual Northern California Adult Conference

14 th Annual Northern California Adult Conference. Marijuana and Drug Prevention Strategies. How do we reach them?. Getting kids to think about it. Develop Credibility. Credibility. Authenticity Have you smoked weed? Nonjudgmental Use of science and Honest dialogue.

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14 th Annual Northern California Adult Conference

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  1. 14th Annual Northern California Adult Conference Marijuana and Drug Prevention Strategies

  2. How do we reach them?

  3. Getting kids to think about it

  4. Develop Credibility

  5. Credibility Authenticity Have you smoked weed? • Nonjudgmental Use of science and Honest dialogue

  6. Drive, motivation, the what’s important filter

  7. The power of Dopamine • Sketch the synaptic space • Loss of dopamine • Dulling of pleasure center • Training the brain • Genetics • Difference between dopamine and Serotonin • Wizard of Oz

  8. Get a Life! • Where’s your juice? • What gets your interest? • Where’s your energy? • Where do you feel your spirit? • Mechanics, the Arts, People, Science • What moves you?

  9. Developmental tasks • Boredom/ Developing Interests • Good times • Stress • Social Skills • Academic Skills • Answer the question “Who am I?”

  10. Tetrahydrocannibinol • Hippies 1-3% THC Cannabis Sativa cost $5-$10/ounce • Vietnam 5-10% THC Cannabis Indica cost $5-$10/ gram • Sensimilla 10-15% THC Grown without seeds • Purple 15-20% THC Northern California Horticulture (Indoors)

  11. The Brain and Cannabinoid Sites • Nucleus Accumbens • Hippocampus • Cerebellum Or how we trick the brain

  12. Hippocampus, say what? • Retrieves relevant information • Stores new info it deems relevant

  13. Cerebellum • Controls internal and external coordination

  14. How well does the drug work?

  15. Message for ParentsGive a Delaying message • Safety • Prefrontal cortex less involved (See next slide) • Brain is developing • Short circuiting developmental tasks • The research

  16. Adolescent Brain Adult Brain

  17. Percentage of U.S. Adults Aged 18 and Older Dependent on Alcohol, By Age of Drinking Onset

  18. References • Tim Cermak – Marijuana: What’s a Parent to Believe – HazeldenPress • Recommended Web Site – Partnership for Drug Free America • Ralph Cantor rjcantor@aol.com 510-653-9410

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