This document discusses substance use and abuse among teenagers. It describes why teenagers may use substances, such as peer pressure or to deal with stress. It identifies different types of drugs, including depressants, marijuana, cocaine, and hallucinogens. The document discusses the effects of drug use on teenage brain development, social life, and health. It provides an example of one woman's experience with drug addiction from age 12 to seeking treatment at age 18. In conclusion, it stresses the importance for teenagers to avoid substance use and resist peer pressure, as their health and lives depend on the decisions they make.

1. Grade 7

2. Video

3. • Is a patterned use of a substance (drug) in which the
user consumes the substance in amounts or with
methods which are harmful to themselves or others.
• Use means using one or many substances
• Too much of everything is dangerous

4. Why do people use substances?
 For enjoyment
 Peer pressure
 Personal history
 Stressed
 Family background

6. Types of drugs
 Depressants
 Marijuana
 Heroin
 Alcohol
 Tobacco
 Stimulants
 Crystal Meth
 Cocaine
 Ecstasy
 Hallucinogens
 LSD
 Magic Mushrooms

7. Marijuana (‘’cool drug’’)
 Also know as cannabis, pot, weed
 These plants have resin containing molecules known
as cannabinoids
 Cannabinoids bind to cannabinoid receptors in your
brain and other parts of your body, in particular the
nervous and immune systems
 It tends to suppress hormones produced by stress
reactions and stimulate an increase in dopamine in the
brain which activates pleasure pathways

8. You drink them to fit in the society
When you sufferred from something,
mostly
A love situation, you use it to calm your

9. Social and College Life
 Substance abuse and addiction can seriously affect one's
life in college/school, at work, and in relationships.
 Poor school performance.
 Poor work performance.
 Relationship trouble.
 Personality changes.

10. A comparison

11. Makes you addictive to it

12. effects
 The most widespread and harmful drugs heavily used
by the youth is Tobacco and Alcohol.
 Drug dependence can be physical or psychological, or
both.

13. Brain and Body
 Teenage brain “ A work in progress “
 Blackouts and memory lapses
 Liver disease

14. effects
 Worldwide, only two large and growing causes of
death exist. One is HIV-1 infection, and the other is
tobacco.
 However, there is no "safe" level of drug use. All drugs
have the potential to cause harm, not just the illegal
ones.

15. Intervention

16. Case Study.
 Natasha’s story
 Age – 22
 Started using drugs the age of 12-13.
 Started hanging out with kids much older than her.
 Peer pressure forced her to try other drugs too.
 She started using cocaine and cannabis at the age of 14.

17. Her youth
 It started to affect her personal life
 She withdrew herself from her family.
 She became depressed and her aggression spiked.
 She isolated herself from the society.
 She shoplifted to fund her addictions.

18. When she realized…
 At the age of 18 years she realized that she had a serious
problem.
 She admitted herself into YMCA Drug Program.
 She managed to stay away from drugs with sheer will power
and support from her family.
 She was in the program for 6 months.
 She is now clean from drugs.

19. This is one of the very common problem at our age
We have to avoid drinking and smoking because our health depends
on our decision and probably our live too
We don´t have to be convinced with bad people and ideas and if we
know the are bad we shouldn´t have to be convinced

20. References complied from slides by
Leanne Paisley
Regional Opioid Intervention Service
Addiction Counsellor
Leanne.Paisley@theroyal.ca
Sandiego teen therapist