1. Chapter 12 Drugs of Abuse

2. A physical addiction is more powerful than a psychological addiction.
Unlike smoking tobacco, smoking marijuana does not harm health.
People usually recover from dependency on their own.
What Do You Think

3. Section 1: Drug Abuse Defined
Class activity
Create a list of positive and negative consequences that can result from drug use, misuse, and abuse. Are there more positive or negative consequences?
Section 1: Drug Abuse Defined

4. Section 2: Why do people abuse drugs?
Partner Activity:
Create a list of the reasons you think that people abuse drugs. Make a list of strategies to avoid some of the reasons you just came up with.
Section 2: Why do people abuse drugs?

5. Section 2: Why do people abuse dugs?
Why do people abuse drugs?
Peer Pressure
Family Members
Role Models
Media Messages
Perceptions of Drug behavior
Misleading Information
Personality
Euphoria
Section 2: Why do people abuse dugs?

6. Section 2: Why do people abuse drugs?
Peer Pressure
A strong factor that motivates people to abuse drugs is peer pressure.
A strong desire to fit in socially, risk- takers, drawn to dangerous behavior.
Section 2: Why do people abuse drugs?

7. Section 2: Why do people abuse drugs?
Values- teens who lack strong internal values, such as the value of good grades, and high moral standards, often abuse drugs
Boredom- some people wrongly believe that taking drugs provides pleasure, excitement or fun.
Escape- people don’t feel loved, have no friends may take drugs as a substitute for what is missing.
Section 2: Why do people abuse drugs?

8. Section 2: Why do people abuse drugs?
Personality- some people are naturally curious, and may want to try drugs to experience what they are like. It may be because they are shy or uncomfortable in social situations, relieve tension, or because a person has low self-esteem or poor self-image.
Section 2: Why do people abuse drugs?

9. Section 2: Why do people abuse drugs?
Homework:
Write a 1 page essay (10 Pts)
Topic: Entertainers, movies, songs, magazines, and books may portray drug abuse as funny or cool. What can you do to change this image? Write a 1 page essay outlining how we as a society can change the media’s outlook on drugs.
Section 2: Why do people abuse drugs?

10. Drug Addiction- a physical and or psychological need for higher and higher doses of a drug.
Do you think anyone starts out using a substance in the hopes of becoming addicted?
Section 3: Addiction

11. Section 3: Addiction Drugs & the Brain
Drugs provide a sense of euphoria by imitating the brain’s natural way of producing pleasure.
The acts of eating, being physically active, and relaxing all release endorphins.
The lack of these chemicals produces an unpleasant feeling known as dysphoria
Section 3: Addiction

12. Section 3: Addiction How does addiction set in?
The craving created by withdrawal, and the need to take higher and higher doses, creates a spiral of physical addiction
Section 3: Addiction

13. Section 6: Kicking the Habit
Facing the problem
The first step in solving a drug problem is to admit that you have one.
The next is to seek help
Section 6: Kicking the Habit

14. Section 6: Kicking the Habit
Getting Help
People rarely recover from drugs on their own
Help comes in many forms including hospitalization and drug-quitting groups
Narcotics Anonymous is a free, self- help program of addiction recovery
12 step programs-promotes personal growth and lead’s to person’s helping others recover
Section 6: Kicking the Habit

15. Section 6: Kicking the Habit
Getting Help
NA offers psychological therapy groups, individual psychotherapy, and drug therapy
Why might it be important to not talk about someone else’s problem outside the group?
Section 6: Kicking the Habit

16. Section 6: Kicking the Habit
Problems Along the Way
When a person first becomes drug free he or she has overcome a big obstacle
Next step is to develop a new support system
The best chance of staying clean is to develop a support system of other people who are drug free
Section 6: Kicking the Habit

17. Section 7: Helping Someone Else Kick the Habit
Signs of Drug Abuse
The best way to find out for sure if a person is abusing drugs is to express concern and ask questions
Another way to show you care is to make the effort to help
3 things you can do to help a person with a drug problem:
Make sure the person knows you don’t approve of the drug habit
Making available all the information you can gather on the health effects of the drug
Section 7: Helping Someone Else Kick the Habit

18. Section 7: Helping Someone Else Kick the Habit
Signs of Drug Abuse (Cont.)
Making sure the person knows, on choosing to seek help, where to go for it.
Drug addiction does not mean someone is a bad person.
Do not blame the person, it can make them feel guilty
If you want to help don’t judge or blame the person
Section 7: Helping Someone Else Kick the Habit

19. Section 7: Helping Someone Else Kick the Habit
Signs of Drug Abuse
Paleness/Perspiration
Dilated Pupils
Runny nose & Nosebleeds
Jitters/Hyperactivity
Ability to go long periods of time w/out food or sleep
Anxiety, anger, or unreasonable suspiciousness
Loss of memory
Extreme increases in energy and talk- ativeness, followed by lethargy/ depression
Not caring about appearance
Broken appointments, promises, lying
Bad Grades, missing school, trouble w/law, family, or authorities
Section 7: Helping Someone Else Kick the Habit