for referencing. most of the data here is from NIDA/ NIH. :) If you want to check the references out for yourself.

1. Division Conference and Feedback- Giving,
Barkada Kontra Droga (BKD) In-Change
June 27, 2015
Philip Neri Angelo L. Espinosa
BKD – Division President

3. We are Young

5. • Teen brains are still
http://www.mentorfoundation.org/brain

7. The brain continues to develop into adulthood
and undergoes dramatic changes during
adolescence.
K - 6 Grade 7 – Senior High
20 year old person
Blue represents
maturing of brain
areas

8. One of the brain areas
still maturing during
adolescence is the
prefrontal cortex11 -
the part of the
brain that enables us to
assess situations, make
sound decisions, and keep
our emotions and desires
under control. PARENTAL
CONTROL/ CEO over the
brain reward system.

16. • Involved in emotion
processing and reward
processing. And the regions
found within the Lymbic
system is
HYPERSENSITIVE to the
reward feeling.
• Hypothalamus
• Master regulator of almost all major drives
and motives we have, including hunger,
thirst, and sexual behavior.
• Hippocampus
• Key in memory systems. Events and
information that are important enough, are
established as lasting memories.
• Amygdala
• Involved in processing emotion and
memory. Determines the emotional
significance of stimuli, especially when
they evoke fear.
Lymbic System

17. • Adolescent have difficulty in decision making
(Steinberg, 2004)
– In lab: similarities in adolescent & adult decision
making processes
• Adolescents are uniquely vulnerable to risk taking
– originality & sensation seeking increase dramatically at
puberty
– Development of self-regulation lags behind
• Risk taking as group behavior (Steinberg, 2004)

18. • “on second though..” not in the repertoire
• Parents must use their judgment to protect teens
• Parents must anticipate – teens need help with
this.
• Less than optimal planning and judgment
Expect impulsivity,
poor judgment
and emotionality.

19. P;

20. Etymology from
www.etymonline.com
• addict (v.) 1530s (implied in addicted), from
Latin addictus, past participle of addicere "to
deliver, award, yield; give assent, make over,
sell," figuratively "to devote, consecrate;
sacrifice, sell out, betray" from ad- "to" (see
ad-) + dicere "say, declare" (see diction), but
also "adjudge, allot." Earlier in English as an
adjective, "delivered, devoted" (1520s).
Related: Addicted; addicting.

23. Compulsivity
The inability to stop a
behavior, even when
it is harmful.

24. Drugs and some “Processed Foods”
causes Dopamine Overload

26. Thereafter….
Next step is you develop TOLERANCE
what is next after TOLERANCE?

27. Different Drug, Different Effect
The mouse party

28. Reduction of D2 receptors is associated with the dysfunction of an additional
structure in the brain’s reward system, the Prefrontal Cortex. Problems with
prefrontal cortex are associated with lack in inhibitory control or fore taught.

29. BEST LESSON
from BKD Experience (to date)
You do not have control over
the building blocks (genes)
of who you are, you DO
HAVE A SAY in who you will
BECOME.

31. The Beauty of SYNAPTIC PRUNING

32. Synaptic Refinement through 30s

34. Drug Addiction
PREVENTION is the KEY

35. How do you think this knowledge
could impact your being:
• Guidance Counselor
• Values Education Teacher
• Parent
• BKD Adviser :P