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The ONE Main point that you should get out of this presintation is Just not to try drugs! It will make your life in the future much happier!
Be Smart - And dont try drugs Or alcohol.
Think First! (:
Colorado Department of Law. (2009). Prescription drug abuse. Retrieved on 5/18/2012 at http://www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov/initiatives/prescription_drugs_abuse
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). (2009). Colorado youth risk behavior survey. Results Summary. Retrieved on 12/22/2011 at http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hs/yrbs/2009COH%20Summary%20Tables.pdf
National Institutes for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). (2009). A developmental perspective on underage alcohol abuse. Alcohol Alert, Retrieved on 1/6/2012 at http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/AA78/AA78.htm
National Institutes of Drug Abuse (NIDA). (2011). High school and youth trends. NIDA InfoFacts, Retrieved on 12/22/2011 at http://www.nida.nih.gov/pdf/infofacts/HSYouthTrends.pdf
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). (2010). State-by-state data trends in substance use, mental illness. SAMHSA News, 18(4). Retrieved on 5/5/2012 at http://www.samhsa.gov/samhsaNewsletter/Volume_18_Number_4/StateDataTrends.aspx
I conducted a survey about our peers asking about their perspective and personal experience with drugs. I found that about more than half (75%) have never been asked to try drugs, But more of our peers thank I had thought had already been asked to try some form of drugs. Only about 25% of our peers said that they knew or had a family member that had died, or suffered in a bad way from abusing drugs and alcohol.
There is a variety of reasons why teens would choose to start using drugs; they may have a hard home life, and try using drugs trying to escape from abuse; Or, their friends start using, and ask or force them to try it (Peer Pressure). Stress is also a key part when it comes to alcohol; it is known as a type of anti-depressant,
And people start using thinking it will help them feel better.