Transcript Parents & Children Together - Navajo County Drug Project

Drugs:
By The Numbers & Trends
Holbrook:
We Have a Problem !
February 9, 2011
Holbrook Unified School District
Debe Campbell, Director
Navajo County Drug Project
www.navajocountydrugproject.com
Arizona Criminal Justice
Commission
Arizona Youth Survey ‘10
Holbrook Junior High— 8th grade
AYS ‘10 HJHS 8th Grade
Percentage of 8th Graders Who Used ATOD in their Lifetime HJHS
8th Grade County 04 County 06 County 08 State 08 County 10 State 10 MTF 10
Alcohol
42.9
49.7
45.9
47.8
36.4
45.1
36.6
Cigarettes
45.6
46.5
33.5
25.9
24.4
23.8
20.1
Chewing Tobacco
18
18.4
12.1
7.1
13.6
7.1
9.6
Marijuana
27
312
26.7
16.2
17.3
17.8
15.7
Hallucinogens
4.2
4.1
2.3
1.9
1.4
2.2
1.7
Cocaine
6.2
4.8
2.5
2.7
1.6
2.3
2.6
Inhalants
13.2
14.4
13.2
14.3
10.8
14.5
14.9
Methamphetamines
n/a
5.2
1.3
1.2
0.3
0.7
1.6
Heroin/opiates
2.8
1.1
0.6
1
0.3
0.9
1.3
Ecstasy
3.5
2.8
1.5
2.2
1.9
3.9
2.2
Steroids
n/a
2.4
1
1.7
1.7
1.6
1.3
Rx Pain Meds
n/a
n/a
13.4
12.2
10.3
11.5
4.4
Stimulants/Rx Stimulants
n/a
4.4
4.6
3.8
2.1
3
6
RX Sedatives
13.7
11.5
9
8.3
7.2
8.7
9.5
RX Drugs
n/a
14.1
18.4
17.1
13.4
12.4
n/a
OTC Drugs
n/a
n/a
7.7
9.7
8
9.5
n/a
Over National and/or state/county averages
HJHS 10
51.4
43.8
24
38.1
2.9
0
15.2
1.9
0
2.9
3.8
18.1
1.9
9.5
20
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AYS ‘10 HJHS
Good & Bad News
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Over half of 8th graders have used alcohol
Almost half have used tobacco
38% have used marijuana
20% have abused prescription medications
15% have abused inhalants.
Targeting what is available, easy to get and cheap
AYS ‘10 HJHS
Good & Bad News
 Zero reported cocaine
& heroin use
 Stimulant use below
averages
 Depressant use high
 Alcohol use off charts
 Marijuana, Cigarette,
Chewing tobacco use
2x all averages
 Steroid use higher
than average
 Rx use 50% above
norms
Alcohol Abuse Rates
Why does this happen?
 Social & parental acceptance/culture of
legal drug abuse
 Low perception danger/harm/risk
 Lowering age for gateway use, ±12
 Peers & community
 Availability
Alcohol or Drug Abuse
What to do?
 Having drug conversations reduce chance of
first use or abuse by 50%
 Be firm & loving, don’t yell
 Insist your teen acknowledges the value of
telling the truth
 If you have proof teen is lying, bring it up
 Focus on behavior & why it worries you
 Focus on your concern for their health
 Set clear consequences for actions
 Reward honesty
Science of the Teen Brain
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Medical Marijuana:
How will it affect us?
 Marijuana already is #2 behind alcohol and tobacco use by
HUSD 8th graders—wait until AYS 2012!!!
 Minors can be medical marijuana cardholders with 2
recommendations & parental permission
 Schools can not discriminate against card holders for admission
or employment
• Cardholders can not be prosecuted for having metabolites in the
body while in class or at work
 Minor users can use during the school day, off campus without
penalty
 Cardholders entitled to 5 oz/mo ±400 joints
 Exposure to other children, bus drivers
Marijuana Use Set to Rise
(as if 54% use among 8th graders isn’t bad enough)
 Medical Marijuana
Use in effect this
spring
 Perception of danger
already reducing
 Schools need to
follow federal Drug
Free School rules
What’s new on the scene?
 JWH-O18, Legal Marijuana
 Commonly known as Spice,
K2
 Produces the euphoric effect
or high in humans
 Binds with receptors at a
rate four times greater than
THC (natural or synthetic)
 Common marijuana drug
tests detect THC metabolites,
not synthetics
 $16/oz
 Counterfeit also available
Social/Economic Impact*
•Parents are unaware of Spice dangers
•Causes impairment, hallucinations
•Easily accessible, despite higher cost than THC
•Considered new “gateway” drug
•Chemicals are constantly produced in different
commercial analogs to avoid detection
•Society unaware of potential unknown dangers
•Recent increase in road stops where officers can’t
identify drug of abuse, despite clear intoxication
•Offenders switching THC use for spice to avoid
detection
* Norchem
Statistical Snapshot*
118 out of 364 random “Negative” drug test
screening vials were pulled from 3 States (CA, TX,
and AZ) and detected “Positive” for Spice / K2
43 out of 209 “Negative” screen adult specimens
tested “Positive” for Spice
75 out of 155 “Negative” screen juvenile specimens
tested “Positive” for Spice
* Norchem
So What?
 It is legal.
 Made of herbs & botanicals
laced with synthetic THC
chemical compounds
 3 out of 4 “head” shops/tobacco shops in Lakeside sell
 Sold for incense, not for human consumption
 User cases in ER exhibit vomiting, hallucinations,
agitated behavior
 Can induce anaphylactic shock & coma
 Outlawed in many countries & states
 Potential for addiction
Who is at Risk?
 Teenagers & college age group
 People eager to continue drug use but afraid
of judicial consequences
 Current drug abusers looking for a better
“high”
Would you do something wrong if you knew
you weren’t going to get caught?
Spice Use
 Spice not yet common in a drug panel test
 Positive test rate for Navajo County Juvenile
Probationers Oct. 2010 — Jan. 2011 ± 85% *
 Clearly a problem in Navajo County
 Synthetic marijuana legislation (Az HB 2167) is
speeding through legislature. If passed, will help with
the problem. Unfortunately, manufacturers will come
up with another compound that defeats the law.
*Norchem
Bath Salts
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 Legal ecstacy/cocaine
 It’s not for soaking in the tub & relaxing
 Sold under many names: Ivory Wave, Vanilla Sky, Ocean
Burst, Change
 Coming out of Louisiana, Utah, Missouri
 White/tan powder sold at head shops, gas stations, Internet
 Active ingredients: Research drugs Mephedrone (MDP) &
CFT, a phenyltropane based dopamine reuptake inhibitor
and is structurally derived from cocaine*
 3-10x more potent than cocaine, lasts 7x longer*
 Adverse affects on heart, circulation, CNS
 Potentially addictive, potential for overdose
*www.legalhighsforum.com/sho
wthread.php?t=1159&page=3
 No known drug test at this time
Side Effects of Bath Salts
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Mental & sexual stimulation
Increased energy
Rapid heart rate
Insomnia
Muscle twitching
Breathing difficulties
Paranoia
Intense desire to re-dose
Effects 6-8 hours but with re-dosing, can cause
insomnia for days
From a ‘Legal High’ Chatroom*
on Bathsalts
“I strongly advise against it. Did one pack over 1-1.5hrs. Now I'm sitting all
night, trying to calm down, with my heart pounding like a bell. I'm seriously
thinking that the company who brought this crap to people has a team of
schizophrenics as leaders. Although the way it works - if you're lucky and it
works as it should for you - is not that bad, but the comedown and heart
pounding (I feel like it's being squeezed and I feel like a needle is being
stabbed in my heart from time to time, it lasts just a second or so but really
freaks the hell out of me.
Do NOT buy!”
FriendlyToker
“Still not myself yet This is horror, not a stimulant. Feeling drained and soulless.
And physically tired like hell, and heart aching. NEVAR AGIN!
FriendlyToker
*http://www.legalhighsforum.com/showthread.php?t=1159&page=3
What to do?
 Be aware of strange products, smells in the
kids’ rooms
 Ask if any of their friends are using
Spice/smoking ‘incense’ or snorting/
shooting Bath Salts
 Have the general drug talk with your kids
 Support the planned ban on Spice
Questions?
 For more information, go to
www.navajocountydrugproject.com
www.partneruparizona.com