Drugs, Alcohol &Tobacco

Drugs
Did you know:

  1. The marijuana today is much stronger and more dangerous than
    the marijuana smoked in the past?
  2. Using meth can lead to paranoia and permanent psychological
    damage?
  3. Popping over the counter drugs can cause addictions, heart
    palpitations, blackouts, seizures, and even death?
  4. Ecstasy can cause sever breathing problems, coma, or even
    death?
  5. Steroids can cause heart attack and stroke, baldness, cysts,
    acne?

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Also check out other resources: www.AbovetheInfluence.com,
www.thecoolspot.org, www.cdc.gov

Alcohol
Did you know:

  1. That one drink can make you fail a breath test?
  2. People under 21 can lose their driver’s license, pay heavy fines,
    or have their car taken away if they are caught having alcohol in
    their system (even if they were not driving)?
  3. All alcohol is bad for teens because if will affect the natural
    development of your brain? It can especially affect your
    memory, motor skills, and coordination.
  4. Mixing alcohol and drugs can cause death?
  5. Not every teenager is drinking? In a 2006 national survey, 65%
    of 12th graders and 83% of 8th graders chose not to drink.
  6. Due to both psychological and physiological contributors, girls
    become addicted to alcohol faster than boys.
  7. That beer is not safer than liquor? One beer has the same
    amount of alcohol as a 1.5 ounce shot of liquor or a 5 ounce
    glass of wine?

If you think you or a friend has a drinking problem or if you need help,
talk to an adult that you know (teacher, counselor, your parents, etc.)
or contact the National Clearing House for Alcohol & Drug Information
at ncadi.samhsa.gov.

All content sourced by: www.freevibe.com and The National Center of Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.

Tobacco
Did you know:

  1. It is illegal for someone under 18 to buy cigarettes?
  2. Smoking is the leading cause of lung, mouth, throat, bladder,
    pancreas, and kidney cancer.
  3. Smoking is especially dangerous in teens because your body is
    still growing and changing and it can affect your normal
    development?
  4. There are 200 known poisons in cigarette smoke?
  5. Nicotine is one of the most addictive drugs?
  6. More than 400,000 people die from tobacco related causes each
    year and most of them began using before age 18.

Check out www.freevibe.com to see the signs of someone of might be
using tobacco.

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