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14th Annual Northern California Adult Conference
Marijuana and Drug Prevention Strategies
How do we reach them?
Getting kids to think about it
Develop Credibility
CredibilityAuthenticityHave you smoked weed?
•NonjudgmentalUse of science andHonest dialogue
Drive, motivation, the what’s important filter
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
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?
Developmental tasks
• Boredom/ Developing Interests• Good times• Stress• Social Skills• Academic Skills• Answer the question “Who am I?”
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)
The Brain and Cannabinoid Sites• Nucleus Accumbens• Hippocampus• Cerebellum
Or how we trick the brain
Hippocampus, say what?
• Retrieves relevant information• Stores new info it deems relevant
Cerebellum• Controls internal and external
coordination
How well does the drug work?
Message for ParentsGive a Delaying message
• Safety• Prefrontal cortex less involved
(See next slide)• Brain is developing• Short circuiting developmental tasks• The research
Adolescent Brain Adult Brain
≤ 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ≥ 210%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
47% 45%38%
32%28%
15% 17%11% 9%
Dependent in Lifetime
Age Began Drinking
Percentage of U.S. Adults Aged 18 and Older Dependent on Alcohol, By Age of
Drinking Onset
References
• Tim Cermak – Marijuana: What’s a Parent to Believe – Hazelden Press
• Recommended Web Site – Partnership for Drug Free America
• Ralph Cantor rjcantor@aol.com 510-653-9410
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