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Prevention of Substance Abuse

This document discusses substance abuse prevention. It defines substance abuse as the use of drugs, alcohol, or chemicals that results in physical, psychological or emotional harm. The most commonly abused substances are alcohol, tobacco, and heroin. Substance abuse is rarely seen before teenage years. Causes of abuse include mental illness, peer pressure, stress relief, and prescription drug misuse. Youth can help prevent abuse by resisting peer pressure, spreading awareness of dangers through anti-drug campaigns, and supporting others to seek rehabilitation. Risk factors include mental illness while protective factors include parental supervision. Prevention strategies involve dealing with peer pressure, seeking help for mental issues, examining risks, and maintaining a balanced lifestyle.

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Prevention of Substance Abuse

This document discusses substance abuse prevention. It defines substance abuse as the use of drugs, alcohol, or chemicals that results in physical, psychological or emotional harm. The most commonly abused substances are alcohol, tobacco, and heroin. Substance abuse is rarely seen before teenage years. Causes of abuse include mental illness, peer pressure, stress relief, and prescription drug misuse. Youth can help prevent abuse by resisting peer pressure, spreading awareness of dangers through anti-drug campaigns, and supporting others to seek rehabilitation. Risk factors include mental illness while protective factors include parental supervision. Prevention strategies involve dealing with peer pressure, seeking help for mental issues, examining risks, and maintaining a balanced lifestyle.

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Prevention of Substance

Abuse

Substance Abuse
Substance abuseis the

use of drugs, alcohol, or


chemicals. Thesubstance
abuse results in physical,
psychological, emotional
harm to the user or
others.Substance
abuseis rare before the
teenage years. Most
frequently
abusedsubstancesinclud
e: alcohol.

Types of substance abuse


Tobacco: People cite many

reasons for using tobacco,


including pleasure, improved
performance and vigilance,
relief ofdepression, curbing
hunger, andweight control.
Alcohol: Although many people
have a drink as a "pick me up,"
alcohol actually depresses the
brain. Alcohol lessens your
inhibitions, slurs speech, and
decreases muscle control and
coordination, and may lead to
alcoholism.

Heroin (also known as

smack, horse): Heroin use


continues to increase.
According to the National
Survey on Drug Use and
Health (NSDUH), in 2012
about 669,000 Americans
reported using heroin in the
past year, a number that has
been on the rise since 2007.
The biggest increases are
among users ages 18 to 25.

Causes
People suffering from anxiety, bipolar

disorder, depression or other mental


illnesses use drugs and alcohol to ease
their suffering.
People see family members, friends,
role models or entertainers using drugs
and rationalize that they can too.
People become bored and think drugs
will help.
People think drugs will help relieve
stress.

People figure if a drug is prescribed by

a doctor, it must be ok.


People get physically injured and
unintentionally get hooked on
prescribed drugs.
People use drugs to cover painful
memories in their past.
People think drugs will help them fit in.
People chase the high they once
experienced.

Statistics

Role of youth in prevention


of
Substance Abuse

Peer pressure has been said to be the most

herculean among all the reasons that has


pushed many vulnerable teenagers into the
dark path of using drugs only to look cool in
front of the others and they look at it as the
only way to get involved with others.

Campaigning about drug abuse and how

harmful side effects it can cause and have a


noxious effect on the future of the person
abusing it might help him give up the drug.
That is why many youth foundations take
various actions in promoting anti-drug
campaigns so as to spread awareness among
the youth .
If the people who abuse these substances stop

the others from trying these,then it would be a


major win for youth over the harmful drugs.

The main cause youth get

involved in these acts is to look


cool in front of the people who
already use and once they are
thrown into the plethora of never
ending use of drugs they find it
very difficult to come back. So if
they are shown support by their
peers and have been given
adequate knowledge regarding
the rehabilation centres which
have helped many people to give
up drugs.

Risk factors and Protective factors


PRINCIPLE 1- Prevention programs should

enhance protective factors and reverse or


reduce risk factors.
PRINCIPLE 2- Prevention programs should
address all forms of drug abuse, alone or in
combination, including the underage use of
legal drugs (e.g., tobacco or alcohol); the use
of illegal drugs (e.g., marijuana or heroin);
and the inappropriate use of legally obtained
substances (e.g., inhalants), prescription
medications, or over-the-counter drugs.

PRINCIPLE3:-Parental monitoring and

supervision are critical for drug abuse


prevention.

Ways of preventing substance


abuse
Effectively deal with peer pressure.
Deal with life pressure.
Seek help for mental illness.
Examine the risk factors.
Keep a well-balanced life.

Rehab Centres
Drug rehabilitation(oftendrug rehabor

justrehab) is a term for the processes of


medical or psychotherapeutic treatment, for
dependency onpsychoactive substances such
asalcohol,prescription drugs, andstreet drugs
such ascocaine,heroinoramphetamines. The
general intent is to enable the patient to
ceasesubstance abuse, in order to avoid the
psychological, legal, financial, social, and
physical consequences that can be caused,
especially by extreme abuse.

Types of behavioral therapy include:


Cognitive-behavioral therapy, which seeks to help

patients to recognize, avoid and cope with situations


in which they are most likely to relapse.
Multidimensional family therapy, which is designed to
support recovery of the patient by improving family
functioning.
Motivational interviewing, which is designed to
increase patient motivation to change behavior and
enter treatment.[6]
Motivational incentives, which uses
positive reinforcementto encourage abstinence from
the addictive substance.

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