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Double Trouble

Double Trouble. Drinking and Drugs. Results in… Irreversible damage to liver Permanent brain damage Four times higher risk of heart attack Increased risk of lung infection and constricted airways Hallucinations and states of delusion Impairment of immune system Impaired memory.

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Double Trouble

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  1. Double Trouble Drinking and Drugs

  2. Results in… • Irreversible damage to liver • Permanent brain damage • Four times higher risk of heart attack • Increased risk of lung infection and constricted airways • Hallucinations and states of delusion • Impairment of immune system • Impaired memory What disease is it?

  3. 63.3% American full-time students drank alcohol in past month (2010 federally funded study) • ½ of all full-time college students binge drink (3.8 million) (CASA, 2007) • ¼ nation’s college students (1.8 million) engage in substance abuse/dependence Did You Know?College Students & Drinking

  4. How many Muslim college students in the US do you think have tried alcohol? Muslim College Students

  5. Allah testifies: There may be good in it, but there is more harm in it “O you who believe! Intoxicants, gambling, idolatry, and diving arrows are an abomination of Satan’s handiwork. So avoid that so that you may be successful” (Quran 5:90) • “Alcohol is the gathering of sin” (hadith)- When you drink, stuff happens… So What? From an Islamic Standpoint

  6. Relieve stress • Relax • Have fun • Forget about their problems • Fit in • Peer pressure (CASA, 2007) Why Do They Do It?

  7. Information–based programs don’t necessarily help prevent substance abuse • Socialization models suggest: • People drink because their peers value it • One things/acts like one’s peers • Peers set standards of acceptable & valuable behavior What the Research Says

  8. Positive Peer Groups • There was a strong relationship between use/non-use of alcohol and their friends/acquaintances. • Family Influence & Example: • Students who drank more likely to report that their parents also drank What helped WSU Muslims Resist?

  9. Make friends that see drinking/drugs as bad/undesirable: • MSAs • AlifLaamMeem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyBIhlSwoeo&feature=youtu.be • Muslim friends who remind you of Allah • Taste the spiritual high: • Do obligatory prayers & fasts • Increase closeness to Allah by adding voluntary acts to daily routine Halal Alternatives

  10. Hookah • Adderall • Glue • Nyquil – has alcohol content Other potential “substances”

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