Substance Abuse Prevention 7 th grade. Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Today’s Objective: To pre-assess our knowledge of the effects (p, m/e, s) of the gateway.

Substance Abuse Prevention

7th grade

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Today’s Objective:

To pre-assess our knowledge of the effects (p, m/e, s) of the gateway drugs and addiction.

Journal:

What do you believe to be the most destructive gateway drug to our society (tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, over the counter, or prescription medications)? Why?

Support your answer using your current background knowledge in 3-5 sentences.

K-W-L

With a partner from your table group.

What do you know about: tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, over the counter medications, prescription drugs, addiction, drug related issues? Be specific.

What do you want to know about: tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, other the counter medications, prescription drugs, addiction, drug related issues? Be specific.

“I Can’t Breathe”

Ticket-out-the-door: Using Pam’s life as an example, record the following on a note card. Include your name in the top right hand corner.

1) A physical effect of smoking

2) An emotional effect of smoking

3) A social effect of smoking

4) One question or comment.

Friday, February 24th, 2012

Today’s Objective:

To understand the process of addiction; to analyze potential impacts of tobacco use in order to increase our overall health now and in our future.

Journal:

If the legal drug tobacco is responsible for the greatest number of premature deaths in our country, should it be illegal?

Support your answer with sound reason and any facts that you currently know.

Intro to Addiction

Tolerance: A person’s body becomes used to the effect of a medicine and/or drug and needs greater and greater amounts of it in order for it to be effective.

Withdrawal: Physical and psychological symptoms that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance. Examples: vomiting, headaches, chills, hallucinations.

Dependency: There are two types of dependence, physical and psychological. Physical dependence: body itself feels a direct need for the drug. Psychological dependence: mind sends a message that it needs more of a drug

Addiction CycleExperimentation

(Relapse)

Use

Loss of control

Denial

Graphic Organizer: Notes

Tobacco Alcohol Marijuana

Short Term Effects

Long Term

Effects

Why People

Use

Gateway Drug #1: Tobacco In Colorado, 17.6% of the adult population (aged 18+

years)—over 658,000 individuals—are current cigarette smokers.

Among youth aged 12–17 years, 10.3% smoke in Colorado.

Why?

Chewing tobacco (top left)Cigarettes (top right)Cigars (bottom left)

Not pictured: bidis, snuff

Tobacco Products

Characteristics of smokers

What’s in a cigarette?

Nicotine: A colorless, poisonous alkaloid derived from tobacco plants and used in insecticides.

Nicotine in the brain interacts with chemicals that control pleasure, memory, appetite, anxiety, and alertness.

What else is in a cigarette?Over 4,000 chemicals: Ammonia – toilet bowl cleaner, Acetone – nail

polish remover, Lead – some paints, Hydrazine – jet fuel

Did you know that smoking related diseases are the #1

preventable cause of death?

On average, smokers lose 15 years of their life.

More people die from smoking related diseases than from AIDS, car accidents, suicide, murder, fires, and other drugs COMBINED

Side effects include…

Short term effects:

Respiratory problems: increased coughing, phlegm, wheezing, chest colds, and shortness of breath, ulcers, ear infections

Bronchitis, pneumonia Asthma attacks or increased asthma

symptoms Zits: it takes longer for a smoker’s acne to

heal Cold fingers and toes (constricts blood

vessels)

and…

Long term effects:

Higher blood pressure and increased heart rate Hair loss (yes—even for teens) Low sperm count (good luck having kids some day) Premature wrinkling

Dulled sense of smell and taste

Yellow teeth, gum disease

Emphysema, strokes, heart attacks, osteoporosis, and impotence

Tooth decay and tooth loss

Cancers

Addiction (physical and psychological)

Death

Pulmonary Emphysema…

Healthy v.s smokers lungs…

Reasons why people use tobacco products (short term):

Why Teens Smoke

Tobacco Jeopardy

Monday, February 27th, 2012

Today’s Objective:

To learn potential short and long-term effects of alcohol consumption.

Journal:

How could becoming a smoker effect your life (physically, emotionally, socially) in the short and long term?

Create a list.

Gasping for Air Activity

Gateway Drug #2: Alcohol

1. Is it ever safe for teens/young adults to drink?2. Is it possible to drink in moderation as an adult?3. I heard there are health benefits to some types of alcohol, such as red wine, is this true?

Beer (top left)Wine (top right)

Liquor (bottom left)

Alcohol Products

I heard beer and wine are safer than liquor (vodka, gin, rum, whiskey, etc.). Is that true?

NO—check out the equivalences below:

Short term effects of alcohol use include…

Loss of coordination

Poor judgment

Slowed reflexes

Distorted vision

Memory lapses

Blackouts

Long term effects of drinking alcohol include:

Cirrhosis of the liver (in case you didn’t know—you only have one liver, and need it to survive)

Other diseases (cancer, etc.)

Alcohol poisoning

Death (yes—you could die after your first time drinking)

Addiction (both physically and psychologically)

Yes, death… You don’t have to drink for years to die. It

could take just one time.

Sam looks like she could have went to Southern Hills. She was a CSU student. She had a wonderful life. She had loving parents and adoring friends. She was a homecoming queen and class president. She had looks, brains, youth and promise. In 2004, she died from excessive alcohol consumption.

This is part of her story…

Sam Spady

Thoughts/Emotions/Questions

More factoids…

Binge drinking: Excessive alcohol use that typically happens when men consume 5 or more drinks, and when women consume 4 or more drinks, in about 2 hours.

The three leading causes of death among teens are motor vehicle crashes, homicides, and suicide. Alcohol is a factor in each.

Speaking of driving…even those who are 21 are not allowed to drink and drive. The legal BAC (blood alcohol concentration) in Colorado is .08.

Reasons why people use alcohol:

Liver Overload Activity

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

Today’s Objective:

To learn potential short and long-term effects of marijuana consumption.

Journal:

Write a “snippet” from a short story in which the character(s) experience tolerance, withdrawal and dependency with a tobacco product.

Do not use the terms tolerance, withdrawal, and dependency in the story, but put in parenthesis after they occur.

Example. Sarah’s head pounded (withdrawal) as she reached in her pocket for yet another cigarette. It was her fifth today. She thought back to the just 3 months ago when she could barely handle one (tolerance). She turned back to her homework, and could finally focus again (dependency).

Gateway Drug #3: Marijuana

If marijuana is so bad, why are their so many dispensaries here in Boulder?

I heard marijuana is not addictive. Is this true?

Is marijuana legal or illegal?

Plant (top left)Smoking marijuana (top right)

Joint (bottom left)

Marijuana

Short term effects of marijuana use include:

Drained motivation: meaning you can’t get yourself to do anything

Memory loss

Distorted perception

Trouble with thinking and problem solving

Anxiety

Loss of coordination

Bloodshot eyes, dizziness, sleepy, false sense of hunger

Long term effects of marijuana include:

Problems with family and friends

Jail time/fines/community service

Increased chance of infections

Cancer

Problems with the respiratory and immune systems

Emphysema: one marijuana joint has the same amount of tar as 4 cigarettes

Reasons why people use marijuana:

Slippery Slope Activity

Blue: People

Yellow: Things

Green: Activities

Pink: Attributes

Wednesday, February 29th , 2012

Today’s Objective:

To identify health-enhancing alternatives to alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana.

Journal:

Create a list of your top ten “natural highs” (i.e. mountain biking, riding a rollercoaster, dancing, reading a good book on a rainy day, taking a hot shower, etc.).

Slippery Slope Activity

Blue: People

Yellow: Things

Green: Activities

Pink: Attributes

Video Quiz

Can you find evidence of tolerance, withdrawal, and dependency in the clip from the movie, “Riding in Cars with Boys”?

Tolerance:

Withdrawal:

Dependency:

At least 1 step of the addiction cycle:

Resistance Skills & Refusal Methods

Simply say no.

Give a reason.

Give an alternative.

Delay.

Turn the tables/reverse the pressure.

Change the subject.

Leave the situation

Avoid the situation.

Get help.

Role Play Demo

Thursday, March 1st, 2012

Today’s Objective:

To describes situations in which one may encounter pressure to use tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.

To demonstrates strategies to deal with peer pressure to use substances

To demonstrates verbal and non‐verbal communication and resistance skills to avoid tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use

To develops and implement a personal plan for resisting pressure to use tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs

Journal:

None today.

Friday, February 2nd, 2012

Today’s Objective:

To describes situations in which one may encounter pressure to use tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.

To demonstrates strategies to deal with peer pressure to use substances

To demonstrates verbal and non‐verbal communication and resistance skills to avoid tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use

To develops and implement a personal plan for resisting pressure to use tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs

Journal:

No journal today.

Role Plays