Transcript Session 72 – Ashby, Samantha

Monitoring the Future
WHAT’S THE BUZZ?
Current Drug Trends Among Students
Presented By:
APS Crossroads Counselors
APS CROSSROADS PROGRAM
The Crossroads Program is an APS program in the Student, Family and Community
Services Division. Located in seven of the thirteen high schools, it is designed to work
with students and their families regarding drug and alcohol use. This substance
abuse prevention/intervention program involves the family, school, and community.
Who Are You?
Icebreaker
Questions
• E-cigs are safer than smoking tobacco.
• Illegal drugs are more dangerous than legal drugs.
• Students who are high or drunk at school should be suspended.
• People who use drugs deserve the bad things that happen to them.
• I would be concerned if a friend or family member were using prescription
drugs.
• Marijuana use can result in dependence.
• Substance use is a problem in our community.
Alcohol Trends
Rummy Bears
Powdered Alcohol
Energy drinks
Alcohol Trends
Hand Sanitizer
Vaping Alcohol
Drunkorexia
Binge Drinking
Alcohol Trends
Butt Chugging
Eyeballing
Tampons
Concealing Containers
E-cigarette Trends
E-cigarette Trends: Special Designs
E-cigarette Trends: Increased Use
E-cigs: The Hidden Dangers
E-cigs are being utilized not only as nicotine
paraphernalia, but for other drugs as well, such as
marijuana.
Students use dangerous substitutes for ejuice (Glade air freshener, Lysol).
Secondary discipline
issues arise due to
trading, bad deals, or theft
of e-cigs/juice.
Marijuana Trends
Marijuana Trends: Effect on Brain
Marijuana Trends: Potency and Forms
Strength has increased
over past two
decades:
90’s – 4-7.5% THC
Today – 10-16% THC
•
Hash Oil – 3-5x more
potent than marijuana
(NIDA, 2014)
•
Ear Wax – Up to 90%
THC (Estrada, 2013)
Marijuana Trends: Edibles
Synthetic Drug Trends
Are they legal?
• There is a loophole that enables manufacturers to continue selling them
• 2012 Synthetic Drug Abuse Prevention Act
•
Sold in smoke shops, gas stations and over the internet
• Widely available to young people
• Commonly misunderstood as being safer than street drugs
• Relatively inexpensive to purchase
• ”Scientists equate taking synthetic drugs with a game of Russian Roulette”
–npr.org
Drug Trends
Synthetic Drug Trends: Synthetic Cannabinoids
• “Spice” “K2” “fake weed”
• Misleadingly called “synthetic marijuana”
• Marketed as “herbal incense”
• Up to 100 times more potent than marijuana
• Receptors in the brain react more intensely than THC
• CDC reports number of deaths tripled in 2015 (from previous year)
Synthetic Drug Trends: 25-I
• “N-Bomb” “Smiles”
• At least 19 deaths between March 2012-August 2013 (NIDA)
• Often misrepresented to users as LSD
• Potency is often unknown and users have overdosed on 1 hit
• Mimics effects of LSD or Methamphetamine
• Banned in the US in 2012- amateur chemists change the formulation to
evade laws
Prescription and OTC Drug Trends
33.3% Total
Painkillers
•
OxyContin®, Vicodin®
Sedatives
•
Ambien®
Stimulants
•
Adderall®, Ritalin®
Tranquilizers
•
Valium®, Xanax®, Haldol®
Adapted from Generation Rx
Prescription and OTC
Trends: Abused and
Misused Drugs
Over-the Counter
(OTC) Drugs
• Supplements
(Vitamins/Minerals)
• Cough and Cold
• Headache and Fever
• Acid Reflux
(Heartburn)
• Upset Stomach
• Diarrhea
Prescription and OTC Drug Trends: How teens
acquire the drugs
NM has the 2nd highest has the 2nd highest
drug overdose and mortality rate in the nation
Prescription Drug
Monitoring Program
Heroin and
Opioid Prevention
and Education
(HOPE)
CDC working on
guidelines with use of
Opioids
USA Today Video
Heroin Trends
In Bernalillo county, 1 out of 20 students have
used heroin.
Dr. Harris Silver, Opioid Summit, 2015
HAC: Healing Addictions In Our
Community has been a leader in
Albuquerque for supporting those
dealing with addictions.
Appearance is white or brown
powder or a black-tar like
substance and is frequently sold in
tiny balloons. In NM, most
frequently “black tar heroin”
produced in Mexico
Heroin seizures have
increased from 164 in 2009
to 256 in 2014 (partial year)
USA Today, 2014
Social Media Trends: sharing, challenging,
advertising, selling, buying
• 88% of US teens have access to a mobile
phone.
• 87% of US
. teens have access to a
computer.
• US teens send an average of 30 texts per
day.
(2015 Pew Research Center’s Teens, Social Media & Technology Report)
Social Media Trends: Networking Sites
Social Media Trends: Text Messages
Social Media Trends: Viral Dares
Social Media Trends: Facebook Parties
Facebook Video
• https://youtu.be/LcvHqV2kpEQ
Tips for Talking to Students
• Remain calm and show your concern.
• Have a conversation, not a confrontation.
• Be direct. Clearly state your concerns and include any observations you have made or
evidence you have seen.
• Let the student know that you value honesty.
• Focus on the behavior, not the person. Emphasize that drug use is dangerous, but
the student is not a bad person if they are using drugs.
• Listen. Avoid asking too many questions once the conversation gets going.
• If you suspect that the student is under the influence, WAIT until they are sober before
having a conversation about your concerns.
www.drugfree.org
Strategies
It is Important to…
Follow district and school policy regarding drugs, alcohol, and
paraphernalia.
Consult with Administration, School Nurse, and colleagues.
Consider the age of the student and the severity of the situation
when deciding what to do.
Provide lessons on peer pressure, refusal and resiliency skills.
Promote drug free activities, such as “natural highs”.
Promote Natural Highs
Hot
Yoga
Student Examples of
Natural Highs
Track
65 Cent
Thursdays
Jesus
Band
Soccer
Basketball
Sports
Football
Cheerleading
Working
out
Dance
Tumbling
Bowling
Parkour
Tennis
7/11
Slurpees
Hanging
Out with
Friends
Weight
Lifting
Questions?
Resources
References
www.monitoringthefuture.org
Monitoring the Future Study, University of Michigan
www.cdc.gov
Center for Disease Control
www.npr.org
National Public Radio
www.fda.gov
Food and Drug Administration
www.drugfree.org
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
https://tobacco.ucsf.edu
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco
www.motivationalinterview.net
The Motivational Interviewing Page
www.hsph.harvard.edu
Harvard School of Public Health
www.harmreduction.org
Harm Reduction Coalition
www.youthrisk.org
New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey
www.drugabuse.gov
National Institute on Drug Abuse
www.pewresearch.org
Pew Research Center
www.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health
www.samhsa.gov
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
www.usatoday.gov
USA Today
Generation Rx (UNM School of Pharmacy)
http://pharmacy.unm.edu/clinical-innovation-practice/community-outreach-profession/index.html
“Opioid Use in Albuquerque, NM: A Needs Assessment of Recent Changes and Treatment
Availability,”
Brenna Greenfield, Mandy Owens, and David Ley, 2014.
911 Good Samaritan
http://www.drugpolicy.org/resource/911-good-samaritan-laws-preventing-overdose-deaths-savinglives
Dr. Harris Silver, Opioid Summit, 2015
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico
https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm