1. By: Velan Nandhakumaran M2

2. Identify problem You and a friend have just watched a movie. You are leaving the cinema and notice a group of popular kids from your school who are all smoking. You stop to talk. You and your friend are offered cigarettes.

3. Brainstorm Alternatives You say no thanks and stay with the group You will get made fun of and may be peer pressured into smoking, ruining your health. You just say no and walk away you avoid the trouble of health issues or bullying Say yes and take a cigar You will be eventually hooked onto nicotine and wont be able to quit, leading to health issues Say no, walk away and report the problem to an adult you will be avoiding the problem and you may be helping kids get help over there addiction

4. Evaluation I believe the scenario where “I say no, walk away, and tell an adult is the best”. I am saying this because you are avoiding the problem first hand and not giving the popular kids a chance to peer pressure you. Secondly because, by telling an adult you may be helping the smokers because adults will get involved and try to stop the addiction.

5. Identify Problem You and your friends are having fun playing basketball. Another friend arrives a little later and starts talking to two of the other friends. The three of them motion to the rest of the group to join them off to the side. They light a marijuana cigarette and pass it around. The cigarette comes to you.

6. Brainstorm alternitives Take the Cigar and smoke you are ruining your health Take the cigar and throw it in the garbage your friends will be mad at you but you may have stopped them from smoking because they don’t have a cigar Go play basketball ignoring the group you are avoiding the problem Don’t take the cigar, step away from the group and tell their parents. You are avoiding the problem and you are telling an adullt who may be able to take charge and stop the drug use.

7. Evaluation I believe the scenario where you don’t take the cigar, step away from the group and tell an adult secretly is the best for many reasons. First of all, you are not taking the cigar which means you made a good choice because you are not going to be hooked on to drugs and have self discipline. Secondly because you are avoiding the trouble, which means you don’t have a chance to get peer pressured into it. Finally, it is good because when adults get involved most kids tend to feel nervous about doing it and may end up stop taking drugs

8. Identify the problem You have just pigged out on a plate of brownies and feel that you have just gained five pounds. You suggest to your girlfriend that you need to go for a workout and burn the brownies off. Your girlfriend says "Why?" and hands you a cigarette.

9. Brainstorm alternatives Say no to the cigar and go workout you aren’t ruining your health, but you are getting healthier instead Say no to the cigar you aren’t ruining your health Say yes to the cigar Ruining health Say yes to the cigar and go workout You are ruining your health, but when you are going to try and workout it will be to hard since it will be hard to breath and you will be coughing alot.

10. evaluation I believe the scenario where you say no to the cigar and go workout is the best for multiple reasons. First of all because you are avoiding the cigar, which is good self discipline and good for your health. Secondly, it is good because you are going to workout making you healthier.

11. Identify problem You often do your homework with a few classmates at a friend’s house after school. Today, you are all studying for a really big test. One of your friends has brought some beer (or other kind of alcohol) and tells you that you will be more relaxed and will feel less stressed if you drink.

12. Brainstorm alternatives don’t take the alcohol if you don’t take the alcohol you wont be drouzy and will be focused take the alcohol if you do take the alcohol it will be really hard for you to focus and study. Which means you will probably fail the test

13. evaluation I believe the scenario where you don’t take the alcohol is the best out of the two. I am saying this because you will be able to focus on studying and will probably do good on your test

14. Identify problem You and a friend are at a party. Before the party, your friend arranges with her parents to get a ride home for you both at the end of the evening. When it is time to leave, her/his brother and a friend arrive to pick you up instead of his/her parents. You notice that both boys have been drinking and there is even an open bottle of beer in the car. It isn't very far to your house though.

15. Brainstorm alternitives Don’t get in the car and find another way to get home you are not putting you life at risk get in the car and let them drive you you may be putting your life at risk Tell you friends that isn’t safe to drive and get out of the car your are not putting your life at risk and you might be saving others

16. Evaluation I believe the scenario where you tell you friends that isn’t safe to drive and get out of the car is the best option for a fact. I believe this because, you are not putting your life at risk. Also it means that you make good choices. Finally I said this was the best scenario because you are trying to stop your friends from driving, which may be saving their lives.

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