Long Beach Job Corps Center

1. Long Beach Job Corps Center TEAP: Drugs of Abuse

2. Overview • What is TEAP? • How can you get drug tested? • How to make a Referral • Consequences on Center • Common drugs of abuse • Marijuana • Methamphetamine • Ecstasy • Alcohol

3. What is TEAP? • Program for students that either test positive for drug use or are identified as needing a peer support program. • Students are enrolled for 3 months • 2 weekly group sessions for peer support • Individual monthly sessions • Students complete one hour PE each week. • Students that test positive are re-tested 35-45 days after initial positive test.

4. How can you get drug tested? • Entry Drug Screen • Suspicion Test Question: Who can request a suspicion drug screening for a trainee? Answer: Any staff member

5. How to make a referral • For suspected drug or alcohol use: • Biochemical referral form • Must have observed behaviors to substantiate a suspicion • Must be completed and have appropriate signatures

6. Consequences on Center • Zero Tolerance for Drug Use • Intervention for 1st positive: TEAP enrollment 30 day restriction • Intervention for 2nd positive: Termination • Alcohol Policy • Intervention for 1st Incident: AA enrollment 6 weeks of TEAP Enrollment 30 day Restriction • Intervention for 2nd Incident: Recommendation for Termination

7. Marijuana • Type of Drug: • Depressant • Shelf Life • 30 Days • Street Names • Weed • Pot • Mary Jane • Chronic

8. Physical Symptoms • Red eyes • Tremors • Panic reactions • Respiratory • Problems • Chest pains • Euphoria • Short term memory • loss • Altered perceptions • Reduced • concentration • Reduced • coordination • Accelerated • Heartbeat • Increased blood • pressure

9. Indicators of Use: Physical • Tired • Mood Swings • Late for class • Odor • Red Eyes • Use of eye drops • Monday illness • Sleep difficulties • Clothes unkempt

10. Indicators of Use: Environmental • Rolling Papers • Pipes • Bongs • Dried plant material • Odor • Roach clips • Seeds • Small pipes

11. Ecstasy Methylenedioxymethamphetamine = Chemical name for ecstasy Shelf life in the system Stimulant and hallucinogen Often combined with other drugs

12. Street Names • X • E • Rolls • Bean • Adam • Smerfs • Clarity • Using = Rolling

13. Ecstasy Pills

14. Physical/Psych Effects • Sweating • Accelerated heart rate • Teeth clenching • Rapid eye movement • Muscle tension • Anxiety • Confusion • Paranoia • Sleep problems

15. Methamphetamine • Stimulant • Shelf Life of 48 - 72 hours • What ingredients are in Meth? • Why do users have sores on their bodies?

16. Signs of Use • Weight loss/reduced appetite • Increased alertness/excitation • Intense mood swings • Episodes of uninterrupted sleep • Dilated pupils • Obsessive behaviors • Teeth grinding

17. AlcoholDid you know… …that you can die from drinking too much …or that a certain blood alcohol level can put you in a coma …the reason that you become sick and vomit? What is ethyl alcohol?

18. Binge Drinking • Defined in most studies as five or more drinks in a sitting for men, and four or more drinks in a sitting for women. • It should be noted that the term "binge" is defined as a problem drinking indicator. Ages 18-25 statistically are apt to “binge drinking.”

19. What’s the Definition of “ONE DRINK”? Whether it's served slightly chilled, room temperature, or on the rocks, here's the answer: one 1.5 oz shot of hard liquor at 40% alcohol or 80 proof *100 calories one 12 oz. beerat 4% alcohol (look at the label) *150 calories one 5 oz. glass of wine at 11% alcohol *100 calories

20. Binge Drinking Risks Loss of self-control Alcohol-related injury Motor vehicle crashes Drowning Homicides Suicides Overdose Pregnancy Sexually transmitted diseases HIV exposure Date rape and other violence

21. How you can die from binge drinking? • Concentration of alcohol in the brain becomes high enough to depress areas of it • These areas are responsible for the control of consciousness and respiration • Drinker lapses into a coma, stops breathing, and dies within minutes

22. Functional Levels of the Brain • Intellect: Our reasons and moral code • Emotions: This is why some think it’s a stimulant drug, emotions take control. 3.Motor Functions: Lose balance, swallowing, blinking. • Wake up sick since our food wasn’t digested properly or have red eyes 4.Voluntary: Arms and legs 5.Vital: Respirations and heart

23. Harmful Effects of AlcoholShort Term • Falls, Car Accident, Fights • Vomiting • Hangover • Headache • Nausea • Shakiness • Memory Loss • Alcohol Poisoning

24. Harmful Effects of AlcoholLong Term • Almost every tissue and organ of the body is affected by chronic use • Inhibits liver function and damages liver cells, impairs endocrine glands and pancreas • Lead to malnutrition • Can cause F.A.S. in babies if pregnant women drink. Studies suggest alcohol abuse adversely affects the male sperm. • Ten times more people die from alcohol withdrawal than heroin withdrawal

25. Social Pressures • Lowers Inhibitions • Means of Socializing • Peer Influence • Wanting to Belong/ Fitting In • Cultural • Gatherings/ Celebration • Away from home • Dormitory Life

26. High-Risk Drinking • Not being of legal age to drink alcohol Chugging, drinking games, shots (drinking anything out of a punch bowl, trough, hose, or funnel) • Drinking to get drunk (intoxicated) • Driving after drinking or riding with someone under the influence • Drinking too much or too fast on an empty stomach • Going to parties where people drink too much • Not knowing what is in your glass or leaving it unattended • Mixing alcohol with any medications or illegal drugs

27. Summary • What is TEAP? • How can you get drug tested? • How to make a Referral • Consequences on Center • Common drugs of abuse • Marijuana • Methamphetamine • Ecstasy • Alcohol

28. Questions?