Alcohol and Other Drug UseAwareness

Created By : Len Mistretta

Today’s Agenda

Talk about Typical Factors Teenagers Use Liquor and Other

Medication (AOD)

Effects of AOD Use

Stages of AOD Use

Tolerance

Recovery Effect

AOD Use and Psychological Development

Resources

Discussion Questions 

A. What do you think most individuals your age experience about liquor and other drugs?

B. What information have you obtained from the press that have marketed and/or frustrated medication use?

 

Typical Factors for Liquor and Other Medication Use

What do you think are typical factors why youngsters use liquor and/or other drugs?

Typical Factors Teenagers Use Liquor and Other Drugs

Dullness

Availability

Conformity

Curiosity

Fun

Escape

Rebellion

Friends

Movies and TV shows that

glamorize drugs use

Desire to look cool

Peer Pressure

Desire to increase mood

Escape negative emotions

Self-medication

Effects of Alcohol and Other Drug Use

Emotional• Improved emotions

of• loneliness and

ostracism • Improved

depressive disorders

• Increased stress • Depression • Feelings of low self-

esteem

Physical• Interruption with

studying, storage, and concentration

• Affects verdict and making decisions

• Increases risk of psychological health disorders

Stages of Use

What do you think each stage looks like?

Stages of Use

Stages of Use

Stages of Use

Scientists have determined:

Youngsters move through these levels at an

increased rate of rate than grownups.

It requires 8-10 years for a mature

traveling from analysis with liquor and/or

other medication to becoming chemical

dependent

It needs a youngster anywhere from 3-15

months.

Rebound Effect

What goes up must come down.Alcohol and/or medication use causes a brief “high” which eventually results in “crashing” or “coming down.” A medication “high” continues a short time period, based upon on the medication and amount. The changes in the mind that result from ongoing medication abuse, however, can be permanent.

Drug Tolerance

• Patience produces when a individual needs to improve amounts of liquor and/or other medication to have the same “high.”

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AOD Use and Emotional Development

When youngsters use liquor and/or other medication to avoid adverse emotions, they are learning to evade emotions of stress and anxiety.

As grownups, they are not able to learn how to deal with these adverse feeling and become psychologically “stuck.”

For example, someone who begins to misuse AOD at 16 years-old will become adults to have a 16-year old psychological expertise set.