Trying to reduce the risk of adolescent drug and alcohol use. By: Brian Sierotnik

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NEW YORKSYRACUSE  11% of kids have smoked a cigarette  18% of kids said they have had 5 or more drinks in a row with in a couple of hours  10% of kids said they drove while drinking  lescent-health-topics/substance- abuse/fact- sheets/state.html?s=new_york  25% of kids drink alcohol  10% smoke cigarettes  4% use smokeless tobacco  4% binge drink  For kids in grades 7th- 12th  /pride-nys-youth-development- survey.pdf

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PROBLEM OR ISSUERESOURCESACTIVITIESOUTPUTSSHORT- TERM OUTCOMESLONG-TERM OUTCOMESIMPACT The Community NeedIn order to accomplishIn order to address ourWe expect that onceWe expect that if accomplished This is the problem weour set of activities weproblem or asset we willaccomplished thesethese activities are trying to solvewill need the following:accomplish the followingactivities will producewill lead to the following activities:the following evidencechanges in 1–3changes in 4–6changes in 7–10 years: or service delivery:years: In our community there are too many High school adolescents engaging in alcohol and drug use rather than healthy activities like sports.The rate is currently 40% of high school students. It would be much better to be closer to under 10% of high school students.This problem is a lack of participation in after school activities such as sports or clubs. (Adolescent Substance Use: Americas #1 Public Health Problem ). Executive director, Accountant, Principle, Coaches, Teachers, Counselors, Trainers/EMT, Transportation, Sports equipment, jerseys, Classrooms, Gyms, Athletic fields. Late Adolescence ages will participate in after school sports/recreation league, a program that will improve their physical fitness, nutrition, and sleep habits, and avoid alcohol, tobacco and drug use. The outputs will be a monthly survey of how many Late Adolescence ages consume drugs and alcohol. More students will show a commitment to school and sports and not engage in drugs and alcohol consumption. The percent of alcohol consumption, and drug use behaviors (30 day frequency) will be lower for those participating in the program as compared to those not participating. The community problem of High school adolescents engaging in alcohol and drug use rather than healthy activities like sports will decline from the current amount of 40% of high school students closer to the desired lower level of Under 10% of high school students.

 The survey will be based on yes or no answers. They will take an initial survey and then one every month after joining the program to gage improvement.

 Richard Millstein, acting director of NIDA found that illicit drug use is consistently up for those in 8 th, 10 th, and 12 th graders.  W. Mass (1998) reports that teen drug use has grown 105 percent since Most teens experiment with drugs to escape stress.  Peter Flom (2001) in his study found that people who consumed drugs at an early age continued to consume drugs in adulthood.  Mireille Jacobson (2004) reports that alcohol consumption and marijuana use are the two major drugs that have had dramatic increases over the past two decades.

 Flom, Peter L., Samuel R. Friedman, Benny J. Kottiri, Alan Neaigus and Richard Curtis "Recalled Adolescent Peer Norms Towards Drug use in Young Adulthood in a Low-Income, Minority Urban Neighborhood." Journal of Drug Issues 31(2):  "Illicit Drug use by Teens Rising."1994. Alcoholism Report 22(2):9.  Jacobson, Mireille " Baby Booms and Drug Busts: Trends in Youth Drug use in the United States, " The Quarterly Journal of Economics 119(4):  Mass, W "Teen Drug Abuse." Teen Drug Abuse.

After everything was finished, my program was not found to have any significant impact on teen drug use