1. Living Drug Free
Chapter 23 Lesson 5

2. Objectives Recognize school & community efforts to decrease drug use
Describe treatment options for drug users

3. Resisting Pressure to use Drugs
“Everybody’s doing it.”
almost 60% of high school students have never tried marijuana
more than 90% have never tried cocaine
Commitment to Be Drug Free
1st step = make firm & deliberate decision
decide to refuse before offered
Refusal skills

4. Strategies for Preventing Use of Drugs
School efforts
Drug-free school zones – area within 1000 feet of the school
Drug education classes, zero tolerance policies, expulsion, police & security presence

5. Strategies for Preventing Use of Drugs
Community efforts
Drug watches
Organized community efforts by neighborhood residents to patrol, monitor, report, & otherwise try to stop drug deals & drug abuse
The importance of alternatives to drug & substance abuse
Get involved

6. Becoming drug free Never too late to get help
1st step = admitting you have a problem
2nd step = get help!!
Steps to help a friend
Identify specific sources of help
Talk to the individual when they are sober
Listen to their response
Offer to go with them
Warning signs (p.613, figure 23.5)
Gets drunk or high regularly, often hung-over
Lies about they drugs they are using, constantly talks about drugs
Stops participating in activities that used to be important to them

7. Getting Help Treatable condition
Talk to a parent, teacher, or other adult
Treatment centers
Outpatient drug-free treatment
Usually no medication , just counseling
Short-term treatment
Residential, medication & outpatient
Maintenance therapy
Heroin addicts
Medication therapy
Therapeutic communities
Residences for people with long history of drug use