street drugs alex
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Release of dopamine:
Triggers Pleasure and happiness in your brain
Want to repeat the feeling
Leads to abuse
Changes in brain
No longer clearly thinking
Affect school work
Possible over dose
Drug Abuse, Users lose
Drug abuse leading cause of death in teenagers at about 24%
Contributes to over 50% of suicides
90% of violence on school grounds
Leading cause of college drop outs
Source: www.fit.edu
Use in schools: Negative all around
Identification of commonly abused drugs Discovery of offenders as well as lead to drug
smugglers Pursuance of reach out activities and
programs to victims of drug abuse Further protection and safeguard at school Eliminate influence and peer pressure to use
drugs Educate and liberate students to live a
healthy and productive lifestyle
Source: testingcountry.com
Positive Impact of drug testing in schools
Problems with testing currently:
Only about 5% of schools report routine drug tests
Drug tests don’t directly correlate with survey responses of students using drugs
Not of whole student body, only random
Costly
Changing The Outcomes: Starting with Testing
Source: www.fit.edu
Costs about $15 for individual tests on students
Detects: Marijuana, tobacco, cocaine, heroin
Steroids tests cost $100
Only 5% of schools test athletes
Serve two main purposes
Deterrent
Allow early intervention of current users
The Truth About Tests
4th amendment right states “to be secure in persons houses” “against unreasonable searches and seizures”
Many argue drug testing allowance in schools
However…
Drugs are proven to have negative effects on the body as well as school work
Student’s on school grounds
“I declare the 4th”
Source:
www.unodc.org
80% of students report seeing drugs being sold or used in school
Over $60 billion a year spent on illegal drugs
Leads to greater punishment outside of school
Needs to be stopped early-at education level
Sales
Source: www.drugabuse.com
Excite the central nervous system
Most popular in schools: cocaine, nicotine
The effects in the end
Increased aggressiveness
Tremors, headaches, nausea
Long spans of no eating or sleeping
All negatively effect school work
Stimulants
Most popular in schools: Vicodin, OxyContin
Cause:
Drowsiness
Confusion
Slurred speech
Addiction
Work by interfering with pain messages sent to the brain’s receptors
Pain killers
To Teach or Test?
Proven to be more preventative
Stops use in future
Informs of effects and changes in body and attitude
May help those who directly or indirectly experience drug problems
Data of drug use in areas
Data on drugs in use
Able to intervene on drug use early
Eliminate those doing drugs who may peer pressures
Serves to monitor drug education
In order to receive state funds, school must prove their program includes:
Age appropriate material
Teaches that illegal drugs are harmful
Consequences of drugs use on school property
Drug Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989
Establishing greater parent communication
Teaching negative effects of drug use
Building self esteem
Raising awareness of problems
Creating Confidence
Alternative to reaching for drugs
Goals of Drug Prevention Programs
Marijuana most popular
2011 Marijuana use :
*8% 8th graders*40% 12th graders
Affects
Decreased studies
Lowers attention span
Decrease in memory
Increasing Popularity
Something needs to be done today to stop the increasing use of illegal drugs
Concentration on prevention in school
Increase education to lead to prevention
Change now
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