Drug Abuse and Violence

Violencia y abuso de drogas

LIFESKILLS

Define drug abuse Identify the causes of drug use Identify the social factors promoting drug use Identify the social realities of drug useDescribe the addictive processRecognize that the best way of preventing drug abuse

is to never start Discuss the eff ects of drug use including the

immediate eff ects of cigarette smoking Identify the causes of violenceDiscuss reasons for avoiding violence

MAJOR OBJECTIVES

Drug abuseDependence Illicit

VOCABULARY

Drug abuse is the compulsive (uncontrolled) use of one or more psychoactive (mind-altering) drugs.

Abuso de drogas es el uso compulsivo (incontrolado) de una o más drogas psicoactivas (altera la mente).

WHAT IS DRUG ABUSE

What are the drugs typically abused in our society?

¿Cuáles son las drogas Normalmente abusadas en nuestra sociedad?

Nicotine tabaco

Alcohol alcohol

Marijuanamarihuana

Amphetamines(stimulants)estimulante

Sedatives (tranquilizers) sustantivo sedante

Cocaine cocaínaHeroine heroína

Take a minute turn to your partner and discuss the difference between drug use and drug abuse

IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?

There are 4 factors that are generally used to determine the difference between drug use and abuseFrequency (how often drug use occurs) cuándo

Amount (how much is taken each time) ¿cuánto?

Dependence (whether there is evidence of psychological or physical dependence) dependencia

Social attitudes (toward the use of a particular drug), may also determine whether the use of that drug is viewed as abuse.

DRUG ABUSE VS. DRUG USE

Why do people use

Drugs?

¿por qué personas

usan drogas

• Friends who use drugs• Inability to resist peer pressure• Availability of drugs• Desire to look “cool”, macho, or grown-up• Positive attitudes toward drug use• Curiosity• Belief that drugs will help overcome

feelings of sadness, loneliness, boredom, anxiety

• Advertisements• Media

COMMON CAUSES OF DRUG USE

Most teenagers begin using drugs for social reasons. They want to look cool, macho, and grown-up.

Using drugs is not an effective way to become more popular

Using drugs does not make people think you’re cool, macho, tough, grown-up or independent

Refusing to use drugs will not cause you to lose your friends

People who try to get you to use drugs are not really concerned about you.

The best way to prevent drug abuse is never to start.

POINTS TO MAKE

Step 1: Trying one or more drugs. This is classified as experimental use.

Step 2: Using drugs once in a while (less than once a week). This is known as occasional use.

Step 3: Using drugs on a regular basis (once a week or more often) but moderately

Step 4: Using drugs in a n uncontrolled and excessive way. This is the abuse stage

Paso 1: Trata de una o más drogas. Esto está clasificado como uso experimental.

Paso 2: Usando drogas de vez en cuando (menos de una vez por semana). Esto se conoce como uso ocasional.

Paso 3: Uso de drogas con regularidad (una vez por semana o más a menudo) pero moderadamente

paso 4: uso de drogas de manera incontrolada y excesiva n. Esta es la etapa de abuso

STEP LEADING TO DRUG ABUSE

Because the chemical properties of most drugs have a powerful eff ect on the mind and body once people have moved from Step 1 to Step 2, they have increased their risk dramatically of becoming a drug abuser.

Take a minute and complete page 14 in your student guide

QUESTIONS WORTH CONSIDERING

Alcohol use

Marijuana Use

Use of Illicit Drugs

PROCESS OF PROGRESSING FROM ONE SUBSTANCE TO OTHERS

EFFECTS OF DRUG ABUSE

Smoking, drinking, or using other drugs has an effect on the body both in the present and in the future

For psychoactive substance, the ST effects are the greatest sources of danger, because of the increased risk of accidents or violence.

Using drugs not only leads to numerous negative health consequences but also causes social and legal problems.

POINTS TO MAKE

WHAT IS

VIOLENCE?

Que es violencia

Violence is any act, word, or gesture that physically or emotionally harms others,

including oneself.

VIOLENCE

La violencia es cualquier acto, palabra o gesto que daña física o emocionalmente a otros, incluyendo a uno mismo.

Being abused as a child ((physically) abusar de; (verbally) insultar

Growing up in a violent environment Crecer en un ambiente violento

Growing up in a culture that glorifies violence una cultura que glorifica la violencia

Lack of self-control;Falta de autocontrol people who cant cool off their anger often become violent

CAUSES OF VIOLENCECAUSAS DE LA VIOLENCIA