Substance-free PSA

ATTENTION !! all teens !! ,

The time will come in almost every teen’s life when they are confronted with drugs or alcohol. Some lucky ones may not experience this kind of peer pressure, but the truth is that many teens will be asked by friends or classmates if they want to try alcohol or drugs. Elementary aged children are in a very impressionable time of their lives. Young children are often exposed to glorified alcohol and drug use in TV shows and movies before they can understand they’re seeing an unrealistic use of drugs and alcohol. Children are unaware of the effects of substance abuse when the image they are often delivered is that using substances is fun and without consequence , us teen should show a good example to smaller children by avoiding drug substances if you or your friends engage in activities that concerns you/them using alcohol, tobacco, or illegal GO GET HELP . Doing drugs can harm you and your family in many ways, it will also decrease your health ways .

SAY NO TO DRUGS !

JUST THINK , Don't drink !

You should never invest in drinking alcohol , people are gonna pure pressure you , you're gonna see commercials , inspiring TV/ movies , and even celebrities but little do you know drinking is very dangerous . Alcohol increases the likelihood that you will use other drugs , increases your risk of getting cancer, lead to liver disease , and other severe chronic diseases . One way you can help yourself prevent from using alcohol , and illegal drugs in to join school clubs , or play sports to keep yourself occupied !

DONT BE A WACKO , STOP TOBACCO !

Whether it's smoked ,dipped or rolled any form of tobacco is harmful . All tobacco products contain nicotine such as ::

• cigarettes - they typically consist of tobacco, chemical additives, a filter, and paper wrapping. The smoke inhaled from a burning cigarette contains a mix of over 7,000 harmful chemicals. More than 70 of these chemicals are linked to cancer.
• smokeless tobacco - Smokeless tobacco is tobacco that is not burned. There are many types of burn less tobacco including chewing tobacco, oral tobacco, spit or spitting tobacco, dip, chew, and snuff. Smokeless tobacco have a higher level of chemicals and other substances that can cause cancer.
• tobacco mixed with marijuana- When you use tobacco and marijuana together, you expose yourself to greater amounts of harmful chemicals. Combining these two substances can lead to greater health issues than if you used either one alone.

a friend indeed wont make you smoke weed !

There is a lot of talk about drugs in the world on the streets, at school, on the Internet and TV. Some of it is true, some not. Much of what you hear about drugs actually comes from those selling them. Reformed drug dealers have confessed they would have said anything to get others to buy drugs. Don’t be fooled. You need facts to avoid becoming hooked on drugs and to help your friends stay off them. Sooner or later if it hasn’t already happened—you, or someone close to you, will be offered drugs. The decision of whether or not to use them could drastically affect your life. Any addict will tell you they never expected a drug to take control of their life or maybe that they started with “just pot” and that it was “just something to do” with their friends.

Don't let drugs affect you !

drugs are chemicals that affect body and brain , and different drugs can have different affects . All misused drugs can affect the brain , they cause large amounts of dopamine , that helps regulate our emotions, motivation and feelings of pleasure, to flood the brain and produce a “ high.”

FOR EXAMPLE : When you swallow a pill, it travels through the stomach and small intestine into the liver, which breaks it down and releases the remnants into the blood stream even tho drugs travel in your blood

GET HELP PEOPLE !

You can always take steps to locate an appropriate physician or health professional and leave the information with your friend. You can call health professionals in advance to see if they are comfortable speaking with their patients about addiction. If not, ask for a referral to another doctor with more expertise in the area of addiction. There are 3,500 board-certified physicians who specialize in addiction in the United States.