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Tara Phillips
Community Programs Coordinator
[email protected]
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Ecstasy
(MDMA)
Marijuana
K2 or Spice
Oxycontin
Vicodin
Adderall
Molly
•“Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Survey”, 2006
•www.alcoholism-and-drug-addiction-help/drug-addictionstatistics.html
1 in every 4 houses is effected by
Addiction in one way or another.
FACT: The adolescent
brain is far from mature.
The neutral circuitry isn’t
complete in young
people until the 20’s.
- Sandra Witelson, McMaster University
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Before age 15:
 Interference with Brain Development
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Faster development of drug dependency
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Greater problem severity
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Greater problem complexity
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Lifetime risk of associated problems
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Poor intervention outcomes
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School failure and dropout
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• Family History
• Age of 1st Use
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FH Present
Total
FH None
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30
20
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0
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Grant and Dawson. J Subst Abuse. 1998;10(2):163-73.
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Oral
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Intravenous
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Intramuscular
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Transdermal
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Subcutaneous
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Inhaling
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Mucus Membrane
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Molly is my “home girl.”
 Opiates due to accessibility
 Alcohol
 Less Synthetic Use
 “It’s just Marijuana.”
 Hallucinogens
 Inhalants
 OTC
 Hookah/E-cigarette use.
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Becoming secretive
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Changing friends
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Changing dress or
appearance
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Becoming Isolated
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Declining Grades
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Dropping out of
sports/activities
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Being fired from work
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Staying out past curfew
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Excessive amounts of eyedrops, breathe mints, etc.
Behaviors that leave you
suspicious yet no evidence
that anything is wrong
Refusing to participate in family
activities
More difficult when asked to
do household chores
More argumentative &
uncooperative
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Being depressed
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Needing extra sleep
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Rebellious and defiant
Out of/In-school
suspension
Withdrawn from family
Starting to smoke
Excessive time in the
bathroom
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Becoming physically or verbally
abusive
Mysterious phone calls at all
hours
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Coming home drunk
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Caught stealing
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Avoiding parental contact
upon arrival at home
Laughing excessively for no
reason
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Suspicious items (drug
paraphernalia)
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Valuables Missing
Medication Disappearing
Alcohol diluted or
disappearing
Arrest or citation due to
AOD events
Arrest for vandalism, shoplifting,
breaking and entering, or
burglary
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Open admission of use
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Bloodshot Eyes; Pupils Dilated
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Threats or attempted suicide
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Expulsion from or quitting
school
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You’re in disbelief.
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It’s not my child it’s their friends.
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Frustrated because nothing has changed,
you hoped it would.
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Afraid; feel like a failure.
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Don’t want to deal with the Stigma!
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 Giving
the child:
Money, Transportation, Extras
 Making
excuses for behavior
It’s just…….
 Bargaining
behavior.
with them to change their
I’ll buy you a _________ if you stop doing drugs.
 Sponsoring
parties
I’d rather then do it here where I can keep an eye
on them.
This just lets them think that it is ok to do and can lead
to “worse choices around substances in the future.
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• Culture
• Media
• Availability
• 1 in 3 songs say something about
Drugs, Alcohol, or Tobacco use.
• 3 in 4 Rap songs say something about
Drug, Alcohol or Tobacco use.
• 7 in 10 movies show people Smoking.
• 1 in 3 movies show people getting
Drunk/already Drunk.
* National Institute on Drug Abuse: Shatter the
Myths
Internet Behaviors
Millenial
Gen X
Boomer
Silent
Social Networking Profile
75
50
30
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Wireless internet away
from home
62
48
35
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Posted video of
themselves online
20
6
2
1
Use Twitter
14
10
6
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Millenial
Gen X
Boomer
Silent
Use cell to text
88
77
51
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Texted in past 24 hours
80
63
35
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Texted while driving
64
46
21
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Cell phone/no land-line
41
24
13
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Median text (24 Hrs.)
20
12
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Cell Phone/Texting
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• “According to the Center on Addiction and
Substance Abuse, there are 581 websites that
advertise or sell controlled prescription drugs…
• The most disturbing things about this study is
that 84% of these websites don’t require a
prescription to buy these drugs.”
• Scan through all of your credit card statements
monthly.
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Decreased perception of risk
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Decreased perception of disapproval
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Decreased supervision of children
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Intergenerational transmission of early
onset male drinking
Targeting of youth by drug industry
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Detoxification
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Inpatient
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Partial Hospitalization
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Intensive Outpatient
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Outpatient
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Aftercare
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Education
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Tara Phillips
Community Outreach
[email protected]
(724)591.4930
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