Transcript and my old friends who don`t drink

TEENAGERS: DRINKING
AND DRUGS
BREAKING BOTTLES VID
It’s about Risks
and
Consequences
Alcohol Dependence:

is an official Medical Diagnosis
in the
Diagnostic & Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders
 Simply:
 “I need to drink more than other times to feel the
way I want”
 “I don’t want to drink again” and then I do! Or I’ll
only have one or two, and then I got drunk…
 “If I don’t have something to drink, I feel lousy”
 “So what if I don’t want to play my sport
anymore, or got suspended, or got fired from my
job”
 “So what if I only hang out with kids who also like
to drink,
 and my old friends who don’t drink - who cares
about them”
Being
drunk may
be your
excuse…
But it
doesn’t
change
what
happened!!
IF YOU WEREN’T DRINKING:
 WOULD YOU?
 Get in the car with someone who has used
alcohol or other drugs?
 Kiss someone you didn’t think you would?
 Take off some clothing?
 Do things with others you usually would say “no”
to?
[throw stuff, fight, cheer for others to do
stupid things, lie to PARENTS, tell secrets you
swore you wouldn’t, etc.]
WHAT ABOUT THE BOYS?
[VID]
death…
“EVERYBODY’S DOING IT!
WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL?”
REALLY? EVERYBODY? NOT!
25%? -- 40%? 60%?
So that means: how many aren’t drinking?
“Everybody who was there to get me into
some fun, …
they weren’t there to get me out of
trouble!”
Dewan, William Paterson University
The
Night
looks
pretty
good,
all on
its
own!
Friends Don’t Let Friends Die
or become Brain Damaged!!
IF YOUR FRIEND NEEDS HELP NOW
BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK:
call 911 :
Lifeline/Good Samaritan Law:
and you, the
you had been
caller, will not be charged with underage drinking if
TURN THEM ON THEIR SIDE:
So the VOMIT WILL NOT CHOKE OR DROWN THEM
GET AN ADULT/PARENT
The Board of Education:
 Abuse of harmful substances seriously
impedes that pupil’s education and threatens
the welfare of the school community
 Prohibits: the use, possession, being under
the influence of and/or distribution of any
alcohol or other drug, and possession, use,
etc. of paraphernalia:
The Board of Education
(cont.):
 On school premises, at any event that is
Board sponsored,
 On any Board-provided transportation
 And while going to and from
school/activities
 Abuse: the use of mood-altering and/or
performance enhancing substances for
other than medical purposes as directed
by a physician
ARREST:
Principal informed
Categories for Drug Testing
[13 drugs tested including
a 3 day alcohol detection test]
Suspicion
Random
Monitoring
Possible Consequences:
Suspension from School
Report to Police
Suspended from Sport or Club participation
Out-of-School Substance Abuse Counseling
Evaluation
Video Links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Iak_pOhm3Q
[for Dana & Megan’s stories]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r16bRjVEjlA
[alcohol on your brain! Breaking bottles/heads]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBazTw-iBiA
[The Starting Line Piano song: Hold on]
Girl from Mahwah video
See www.mpoweredparent.com
For the video of scrolling text…
addiction begins in the
medicine cabinet
Prescription painkiller
overdose now kills more
people in the U.S. than
heroin and cocaine
combined.
Two in five teenagers
mistakenly believe
prescription drugs are
“much safer” than illegal
drugs.
Sources: SAMHSA, CDC, DEA