Transcript You Think You Know

You Think You Know
Student Leadership Services
Community Weaknesses
Teen substance abuse
Teen pregnancy
Violence
Social exclusion
Addressing the Issue
Teen substance abuse
Teen pregnancy
Rationale For Choosing Our Topic
Attractive to youth
Accessibility increased with
internet
Economic impact
Affects on the Body
Affects on the Brain
Lesions
 Developmental dwarfism
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Affects on the Heart
Muscular atrophy
 Arrhythmia
 Raised blood pressure
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Affects Continued
Lungs
Increased risk of cancers
 Alveoli death
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Endocrine System
Hormonal imbalance
 Sedation of sexual glands
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Economic Impact
Alcohol
Social cost of underage drinking in ’96:
$52.8 billion
Other Drugs
 In 2000 the nation spent $1.8 billion
preventing illicit drug use
Teen Pregnancy
 $40 billion in federal money is spent
annually to aid teen pregnancy
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Economic Impact Continued
Teen Pregnancy
 In 2004 it cost an average income family
about $250,000 to raise a child to adulthood
 50% of all teen mothers go on welfare
That’s All Folks
Presenters:
Herbey Garza
 Anthony Overly
 CJ Snyder
 Adrian Vansteel-Verbit
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