According to the Oregon Healthy Teens Survey, conducted with the Oregon Department of Education, marijuana and alcohol use among teens for the 2012-2013 school years yielded higher averages in Yamhill County than the averages in the state. In 2013, 3.2% of eighth graders admitted to using five or more alcoholic beverages at least one time in the past 30 days, compared to the state average of 2.9% (Oregon Healthy 53). According to the same survey, 2.9% of 11th graders are using marijuana 20-39 times in 30 days, compared to only 1.8% average in the state (Oregon Healthy 54). At this time the Chehalem Valley Middle School, located in Newberg, Oregon has no formal anti-drug awareness program. The school utilizes a two-week program focusing on overall health wellness, eating healthy, and some effects of drug use. The program is usually in the spring. Although other programs failed, Newberg, Oregon’s middle schools must implement an anti-drug campaign, which will expand on the “Above the Influence” campaign. Programs that have failed in the past include the “Just Say No” and “D.A.R.E.” programs. In the 1980’s, the anti-drug campaign “Just Say No” failed to teach the youth that drugs were harmful. The catchy phrase was used to help children say no to drugs and make healthy choices. Simply saying no without much explanation of what drugs are and how they affect the body and mind was not enough to keep children from experimenting with drugs and alcohol. In addition, in the 1980’s, was the Drug Abuse Resistance Education or “D.A.R.E.” program, this program also failed to prove effective. According to Don Des Jarlais PHD, research conducted in 1994, the research failed to prove that the program was useful, and after cuts from government fu... ... middle of paper ... ...low the community to become more active in the communities’ youth. Works Cited Carpenter, Christopher, S., and Cornelia Pechmann. "Exposure To The Above The Influence Antidrug Advertisements And Adolescent Marijuana Use In The United States, 2006-2008." American Journal Of Public Health 101.5 (2011): 948-954. CINAHL Plus with Full Text. Web. 20 Feb. 2014. Jarlais, Don C. DesSloboda, ZiliFriedman, Samuel R.Tempalski, BarbaraMcKnight, CourtneyBraine, Naomi. "Diffusion Of The D.A.R.E And Syringe Exchange Programs." American Journal Of Public Health 96.8 (2006): 1354-1358. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection. Web. 21 Feb. 2014. "NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE RELEASES 2013 TEEN DRUG USE SURVEY." States News Service 18 Dec. 2013. Academic OneFile. Web. 20 Feb. 2014. "Oregon Healthy Teens Survey." Oregon Healthy Teens Survey. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb. 2014.
About one out of five 10th graders and about 1 out of four high school seniors used marijuana in the past month (Facts for Teens, 1). It is the second most popular drug among teens in the US (Encarta, 1). Teens, ages 12-17, that use marijuana weekly are nine times more likely than non-users to experience with illegal drugs and alcohol (Fed. Study, 1). More 13 & 14 year olds are using drugs, fifteen pe...
Consequently, the Vernonia School District of Oregon adopted the Student Athlete Drug Policy which authorizes random urinalysis drug testing of its student athletes Substance abuse materials may include marijuana, which is cannabis that is commonly used by teens. Marijuana is a prohibited substance using a process. The shredded pieces are going to be wrapped around a sheet of paper and then it can be used as a cigarette to be smoked by the user (Mortison: p. 89). Using marijuana is considered illegal, especially for student athletes, because it creates a bad image for other individuals to consider the reputation of the school. Also, student athletes were considered role models in the school, and the district hoped that combatting an athlete’s use of drugs would influence the rest of the school.
The D.A.R.E program offers great information, but it also costs a significant amount of money to run the program each year. The children receiving this anti-drug information, are at a young age and do not understand how severe drugs are and how it can impair a person’s judgment. At age 10, children may obtain a basic understanding of drugs and alcohol at the end of this program, but by the time they reach high school, they will not be able apply what they have learned from the D.A.R.E program.
EXPLAIN: If you help cut, that number by at least a quarter, it will be a success. So, here I am to persuade you, to really take some time to think about how D.A.R.E. can help kids deal with drugs. Assume for a moment that D.A.R.E. can change youth lives with the program’s help. It can help reduce the number of kids smoking, doing drugs, and drinking alcohol.
Did you know tobacco and alcohol use cause over 475,000 deaths in the U.S. annually? To assist young people in avoiding these harmful behaviors, the D.A.R.E. program enhances the knowledge and awareness of the hazards regarding dangerous substances throughout a ten week program. The acronym D.A.R.E. stands for drugs, abuse, resistance, and education. D.A.R.E. ensures the safety of adolescents in various situations and instills beneficial strategies, techniques, and tips to aid young people in making responsible decisions. D.A.R.E. exposed many young people, including me, to the dangers in society today.
Mekdlawit Demissie IGED 130-06 Informative Speech Outline Topic: Marijuana Speech Goal: To inform the audience about the long and short term effects of marijuana usage. Central Idea: Marijuana is the most commonly used drug amongst young people in the United States. Introduction: I. Attention getter:
There are many contributing factors and political issues that address substance abuse. Throughout the years, many researchers have designed many interventions and social policies designed to treat people who have used, abused, and became addicted to substances. Today, there are many new studies that address substance abuse at the individual, group, family, and community or policy levels. Today, there are many services that are effective for decreasing recidivism in youth who have completed a substance abuse program. A substance abuse treatment program or center is the best way to treat individuals who have abused substances.
For nearly one hundred and fifty years marijuana has been illegal in the United States of America. Though marijuana naturally grew in all of our fifty states, it was outlawed due the superior strength and durability of hemp rope. This threatened to replace cotton rope, which would cost wealthy cotton owners a lot of money. To this day marijuana is still outlawed in the U.S., however rope has nothing to do with it. Once slavery and the “cotton boom” were over hemp made a little bit of a comeback in a smoking form. Then, in the early 1940’s the government began releasing anti-marijuana propaganda. In the 1960’s when marijuana became popular amongst pop-culture, a movie by the name of “Reefer Madness” was released depicting marijuana users as fiends and criminals who’s normal everyday lives fell apart, and spun out of control due to the addiction to the drug. Even in the present day organizations, as well as the government, continue to try and sway people from using the substance by portraying users as irresponsible idiots. Some examples of behaviors portrayed in the commercials are: accidental shootings, running over a little girl on a bike, molesting a passed out girl, supporting terror, and impregnating/becoming impregnated. I feel that these advertisements are ridiculously tasteless and misleading. Through personal experience, surveys, an interview, and a case study I intend to prove that marijuana users do not behave in the fashion that the anti-marijuana campaign ads would suggest, and furthermore, I expect to find that the ads so grossly misrepresent the common user, even those who do not use disagree with the negative portrayals. I also challenge you to think about the suggested situations and behaviors from the commercials, I feel that you’ll see every situation and behavior in the advertisements is much more feasible to a person under the influence of alcohol than under the influence of marijuana.
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The California Narcotic Officers' Association consists of over 7,000 criminal justice professionals who are dedicated to protecting the public from the devastating effects of substance abuse, whether cocaine, methamphetamine, or marijuana. We have seen first hand the debilitating and often tragic results, both psychologically and physically, of those who choose intoxication as part of their lifestyle. We have studied the medicinal use of marijuana issue, compiling information from medical experts to present to those we are sworn to protect. It is our firm belief that any movement that liberalizes or legalizes substance abuse laws would set us back to the days of the '70s when we experienced this country's worst drug problem and the subsequent consequences. In the '80s, through the combined and concerted efforts of law enforcement, prevention and treatment professionals, illicit drug use was reduced by 50 percent. Teenagers graduating from the class of 1992 had a 50 percent less likely chance of using drugs than those who graduated in the class of 1979.
As the world today continues to increase in different technology, which is said to make a better and also safer society, but are they leading to road of destruction? According to the CASAColumbia organization “More than 1 in 7 Americans ages 12 and older have addiction involving nicotine, alcohol or other drugs (2014).” Meaning at 12 years old one CHILD out of seven would have an alcohol or drug addiction. Substance abuse in America is widely spread, and is definitely getting out of control. The sadness about a substance abuser is that they probably never even dreamed of using any type of drug, but when doors are closing they would kill for a way out, even kill themselves.
...ssures to be the best they can be academically. With all these pressures of adolescence on the rise, more and more teens are falling prey to the alluring “high” that allows a temporary leave from their problems and stress. Because teens lack the maturity and knowledge to understand long term consequences, they tend not to think about the down falls that they will face as a result of the drug use. This is especially true when it come to marijuana, as it is seen by so many as the harmless drug. With the increased use of marijuana by youth over the last three decades, it is imperative that better preventative measures, and firmer penalties, be put in place to educate and raise awareness concerning the risks and dangerous side effects that marijuana use can have. Only once society has put these preventative measures in to action, will there be an effective change seen.
When looking at popular media such as TV, movies, and social media there are lots of stimuli drawing your attention every second. Whether it be funny cat pictures, or a celebrity going to jail, or the constant appearance of some form of drug or alcohol. Since the rise of popular media such as movies and social media, the amount of drug references and depictions of drugs has gone up significantly throughout the years. When looking at drugs in the media, they typically garner a positive image that it is the cool thing to do, and the American values such as individualism and leisure help shape this ideal. In social institutions, drugs and alcohol are strongly viewed as a negative leading to the creation of many drug resistance programs for children. Socialization has help shaped our understanding of this issue by understanding the harms it caused in the past, to lead to disseminating the idea of drug use today.
After interviewing my teenage cousin whom has been in several altercations at home and school, enlightened me on the ways that teenagers in her age group gets involved in drug use. Kids start as young as ten years of age using, selling, and experimenting with drugs. My teenage cousin was expelled from public schools when she started experimenting with drugs. She was surrounded by many challenges when she enrolled in the alternative behavioral school. Many students, whom attend the alternative behavioral school use drugs, sell drugs, are on probation, have been arrested, engage in sexual activity and drink alcohol.