3. MARIJUANA
Marijuana is usually rolled up in a cigarette called a joint or a nail.
It can also be brewed as a tea or mixed with food, or smoked
through a water pipe called a bong.
Cannabis is number three of the top five substances which
account for admissions to drug treatment facilities in the United
States, at 16%
4. HEALTH RISKS OF REGULAR USE OF THIS
DRUG
Memory and learning problems
Decreased motivation
Poor school and work performance
Respiratory conditions such as bronchitis or chronic cough
Increased risk for psychosis in susceptible individuals
Raised heart rate
Decreased life satisfaction
Increased risk of heart attack
Easily distracted
Decreased motor coordination
Decreased time with family or children because of marijuana abuse
Shortened attention span
Loss of mental alertness and impaired judgment
Increased risk for car accidents or STD due to altered decision-
making while high
5. STRATEGIES FOR SAYING "NO" TO MARIJUANA IF
UNDER PEER PRESSURE TO USE IT
Try to associate with people who do not use drugs, and avoid
situations where drugs will be used or offered to you.
Prepare yourself for occasions when friends, peers, or even
strangers offer drugs to you.
Participate in activities that are fulfilling to you. They are more fun,
cheaper, safer, and healthier than abusing drugs.
Recognize your talents, skills, and accomplishments; remind
yourself of them when you feel worthless.
Realize that the future is full of hope and promises, even though it
might not seem that way at the time, and abusing drugs will rob
you of them.
6. HOW TO QUIT
People must quit drugs if they are really having them now. First of
all, people must decide to stop using drugs. Its really need to be
decided by themselves. We should always give them pleasure to
let them stop thinking about drugs.
Secondly, if they are already a heavy drug user, then they will
need some professional help to stop them, and take them to a
professional clinic to help them getting rid of drugs.
8. WHAT IS BINGE DRINKING?
Definition: A person as having five or more alcoholic drinks within
a few hours. Nearly two out of three high school students who
drink alcohol say that they binge.
9. Binge drinking can result in psychological and physical issues that
may be mistaken as part of growing up, rather than indicators of
an addiction.
Binge drinking among teen age group has been a serious
problem for decades, and it is important that teens understand the
possible consequences of this addiction. Binge drinking leads
teens at risk for making unhealthy choices about driving, sex,
drug use, problem solving and more.
10. SHORT-TERM SIDE EFFECTS
Fainting
Nausea or vomiting
Seizures
Impaired breathing
Alcohol poisoning
Coma
11. LONG-TERM SIDE EFFECTS
Stomach ulcers
Liver problems
Neurological issues
Cardiovascular disease
Coma
Death
12. Most of teens abuse alcohol and experience some of alcohol
addiction side effects without being addicted to it. For example, if
a teen drinks to become intoxicated once, he may be abusing
alcohol and feel sick after using it, but that abuse is not yet an
addiction. An addiction is when a person can no longer control
whether or not he uses alcohol. Someone who is addicted to
alcohol has grown so used to using it that he will continue
consuming alcohol despite the negative consequences
experienced. An addiction can be physical, psychological or both.
Most of teens have become dependent on drinking. An addicted
person no longer feels that he has a choice in using alcohol, and
his life has begun to center around drinking or finding ways to
drink.
