1. DRUGS & ALCOHOL
Life is Short

2. MARIJUANA

3. MARIJUANA
 Marijuana is usually rolled up in a cigarette called a joint or a nail.
It can also be brewed as a tea or mixed with food, or smoked
through a water pipe called a bong.
 Cannabis is number three of the top five substances which
account for admissions to drug treatment facilities in the United
States, at 16%

4. HEALTH RISKS OF REGULAR USE OF THIS
DRUG
 Memory and learning problems
 Decreased motivation
 Poor school and work performance
 Respiratory conditions such as bronchitis or chronic cough
 Increased risk for psychosis in susceptible individuals
 Raised heart rate
 Decreased life satisfaction
 Increased risk of heart attack
 Easily distracted
 Decreased motor coordination
 Decreased time with family or children because of marijuana abuse
 Shortened attention span
 Loss of mental alertness and impaired judgment
 Increased risk for car accidents or STD due to altered decision-
making while high

5. STRATEGIES FOR SAYING "NO" TO MARIJUANA IF
UNDER PEER PRESSURE TO USE IT
 Try to associate with people who do not use drugs, and avoid
situations where drugs will be used or offered to you.
 Prepare yourself for occasions when friends, peers, or even
strangers offer drugs to you.
 Participate in activities that are fulfilling to you. They are more fun,
cheaper, safer, and healthier than abusing drugs.
 Recognize your talents, skills, and accomplishments; remind
yourself of them when you feel worthless.
 Realize that the future is full of hope and promises, even though it
might not seem that way at the time, and abusing drugs will rob
you of them.

6. HOW TO QUIT
 People must quit drugs if they are really having them now. First of
all, people must decide to stop using drugs. Its really need to be
decided by themselves. We should always give them pleasure to
let them stop thinking about drugs.
 Secondly, if they are already a heavy drug user, then they will
need some professional help to stop them, and take them to a
professional clinic to help them getting rid of drugs.

7. BINGE DRINKING
A serious problem
among teens today

8. WHAT IS BINGE DRINKING?
 Definition: A person as having five or more alcoholic drinks within
a few hours. Nearly two out of three high school students who
drink alcohol say that they binge.

9. SHORT-TERM SIDE EFFECTS
 Fainting
 Nausea or vomiting
 Seizures
 Impaired breathing
 Alcohol poisoning
 Coma

10. LONG-TERM SIDE EFFECTS
 Stomach ulcers
 Liver problems
 Neurological issues
 Cardiovascular disease
 Coma
 Death

11.  Most of teens abuse alcohol and experience some of alcohol
addiction side effects without being addicted to it. For example, if
a teen drinks to become intoxicated once, he may be abusing
alcohol and feel sick after using it, but that abuse is not yet an
addiction. An addiction is when a person can no longer control
whether or not he uses alcohol. Someone who is addicted to
alcohol has grown so used to using it that he will continue
consuming alcohol despite the negative consequences
experienced. An addiction can be physical, psychological or both.
 Most of teens have become dependent on drinking. An addicted
person no longer feels that he has a choice in using alcohol, and
his life has begun to center around drinking or finding ways to
drink.