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Drugs and Alcohol
An Awareness Program
Developed by Officer Mark Childers & MPO Gary Zornes
Course Objective
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Familiarize students with risks and consequences
associated with use of drugs and alcohol
Drugs
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What is the most common and easiest drug for
kids to get?
Tobacco
Why do kids smoke cigarettes or
chew?
Chemicals found in cigarettes
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There are about 4000 chemicals in
cigarettes/smoke which include some of the
following:
Nicotine – Addictive
Ammonia – Used in fertilizer
Formaldehyde – Used in embalming
Hydrogen Cyanide – Used on death row gas
chambers
What happens to your body?
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Stimulant
Medical hazards with smoking
Medical/dental hazards of chew
Financial Burden of Smoking
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$7.50 per pack
Tossing a lit cigarette
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$1,025 fine for throwing a cigarette out of a moving vehicle.
Possession of tobacco under 18
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$103 fine for possession of tobacco under 18
Caught at school
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Suspended for 20 school days which can be
reduced to 10 days if you attend a drug/alcohol
assessment
What can use of tobacco lead to?
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Gateway drug to:
Marijuana–
Affects on Mind/Body
Depressant/Hallucinogen
THC Levels
Caught at school
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Possession- Suspended for 20 school days which
can be reduced to 10 days if you attend a
drug/alcohol assessment
Dealing – Suspended for 90 school days which
can not be reduced
Legal Consequences
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Marijuana – Misdemeanor
Jail/ Up to 90 days
 Fine/ Up to $1,000
 No driver’s license until 21
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Is Marijuana just a plant?
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Things to think about.
Legal Consequences
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Any other drug other than Marijuana –
Felony
Jail/ Up to 5 years
 Fine/ Up to $10,000
 License/ No license until 21
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Caught at school
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Possession- Suspended for 20 school days which
can be reduced to 10 days if you attend a
drug/alcohol assessment
Dealing – Suspended for 90 school days which
can not be reduced
Cocaine
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Powder or Crack
Stimulant
Hallucinogens
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LSD/Acid
PCP/Angel Dust
Psilocybin Mushrooms
Ecstacy
Prescription Medication
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Who can take it?
Dangers
Ridilin
Inhalants
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Huffing
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Canned air, model glue, butane
Dangers
Meth
Methamphetamine (Meth) Is A Powerfully
Addictive Stimulant That Has A High Potential
For Abuse And Dramatically Affects The
Central Nervous System.
Heroin
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Many forms
Very addictive
Shark Bite Lady
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Very gross pictures
Alcohol
Commonly Used by teens
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Why?
Easy to get
A lot of kids die every year from alcohol related
incidents
Dangers of Alcohol Use
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Lack of enzymes to break it down
Root word of intoxication is “toxic”
Alcohol Poisoning
Alcohol Poisoning
Death
.25
Puke Line
.08
.00
More Dangers of Alcohol Use
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Loss of Judgment
Something else in your drink
Marijuana vs. Alcohol
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Marijuana retards the puke trigger
Alcohol activates the trigger
Caught at school
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Suspended for 20 school days which can be
reduced to 10 days if you attend a drug/alcohol
assessment
Legal Consequences
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M.I.P – Gross Misdemeanor
Minor exhibiting effects of alcohol in a public
place or vehicle in a public place
Jail / Up to 1 year
 Fine/ Up to $5,000
 No driver’s license until 18
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What can happen?
Friends that drink or use drugs
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Want you to do it to so they don’t feel as bad
Not really a friend at all
If they are under the influence of anything
don’t get in a vehicle with them
Dangers with driving
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Reaction times greatly reduced
Inability to make good decisions
Adult blood/alcohol level - <.08
Juvenile blood/alcohol level - <.02
If you drink………….DON’T DRIVE!