• Students are telling others about how unsafe it is to drink and drive because you are not just risking your own life but many others. • Students are trying to show others how important it is to stay of the roads when drinking. http://www.sadd.org/teenstoday/parentsdriving.htm 4. Investigate the problem of teenage suicide. - What steps can be taken by schools to prevent this problem?
She avidly believes that the pressures at home from parents on their children to do outstanding in school is linked to the reasons kids turn to drugs to make them focus harder and longer. One of the author’s main claims is that students believe that the drugs help them in school when in truth Warner’s research shows a negative link between academic progress and the use of these stimulants. She uses research and statistics to prove her claim of how students falsely believe the drugs progress their advancement in school. However, her other main claim on how the parents are responsible for their children abusing the drugs lacks hard evidence or proof of that being the main reason for students to lead to the drug misuse. She does make it clear that this article is strongly intended for parents of students, especially ones to put heavy pressure and expectations on their kids to do exceedingly well in
Substance Abuse Treatment for Adolescents Substance abuse among adolescents has become a growing epidemic in the United States. Students are now experimenting with drugs at an age as low as twelve. There are several types of drugs that these children are getting a hold of and in some cases getting addicted to. Parents should be made aware of treatment options that are available for their children. If parents can be made aware of the treatment options, then maybe they can get their child help before it is too late.
1.5% has a college degree by the time they reach 30. Not only does it affect the lives of teens, it also affects their children. Girls born to teen mothers are more likely to become a teen mother. Boys that are born to teen mothers end up in prison most likely. (11 Facts About Teen Pregnancy) The affects birth control or the lack of has on the United States economy.
Previous efforts have shown some success with targeting middle school students. Just last year, NIH funded research reported that middle school students from small towns and rural communities who received any of three community-based prevention programs were less likely to abuse prescription medications in late adolescence and young adulthood by 20-65 percent.2 Other ongoing efforts include, DEA sponsored Drug Take Back days, the Medicine Project and PEERx. Unused prescription medications in homes create a public health and safety concern, because they can be accidentally ingested, stolen, misused, and abused. In an effort to combat prescription drug abuse the Drug Enforcement Agency created National Drug Take Back days where citizens can return unwanted medication, including controlled drugs, to a designated site in their local community. On its ninth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, the DEA collected 309 tons of unwanted prescription drugs at 5,495 sites throughout the country.
Parent's have their influence on teens to a great extent and the result of this bad influence is alcoholic teens following the principle, like parents, like children.In recent years it's known that people who have/had alcoholic parents are more likely to develop the diorder themselves. Most teens try alcohol for the first time at home and that is where the parents can be held responsible. Instead of the parents influence their children to drink alcohol, they should talk and make it clear to their adolescents that drinking impairs coordination and decision making abilities. If more time was spent with adolescents by their parents and it wasn't any alcohol involved their would be less deaths and car
Antidepressants and Adolescents Adolescent depression has become an increasingly recognized problem in the past few decades. In response to this rise, more and more children are being prescribed antidepressant medication, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). There are many people on both sides of the debate on whether it is safe to give SSRIs to adolescents. The studies done in recent years on children taking antidepressant medication have indicated a correlation with adolescents taking SSRIs and adolescent suicide. But many studies have also concluded that SSRIs have contributed to an overall decrease in adolescent suicide.
For example, teenagers that don’t think they are at risk for acquiring Chlamydia from unprotected intercourse and multiple sex partners are unlikely to use condoms. In order to help these teenagers an accurate perception of their level of risk I have chosen to do an ad campaign. This intervention and activity convinces teenagers that people from all walks of life can be at risk of contracting Chlamydia. The ad campaign consists of teenage girls and teenage boys who talk about how they contracted a STD. This story will be portrayed on posters which will be put up in all local schools and after school centers.
Ashley Odom SPCM 1015 Title Our youth on drugs * Specific purpose to educate and inform the audience on how drugs are ruining America’s youth. * Central Idea: we need to take a stand in America against drug use in our youths. * Introduction every year more teens die of overdose in America than motor vehicle accidents * Revel topic I am here today to talk to you today about the alarming number of teens in America on drugs. * Credibility statement I have done drastic amounts of research on this topic and feel that the information I have gathered is not only credible but it is also information that everyone should be aware of. * Relevancy Statement we all have youths in our lives who may be facing secrete
The justice system can give young people the opportunity to make the right decisions for themselves, their communities, and their futures. 2 Scripted Audience Questions Question: Why would people want to fund education for criminals? Answer: The Justice Policy Institute did a study and found that the return for every dollar spent on incarceration was $.37, but the return for every dollar invested in treatment programs can be up to $18. Taxpayers and society will see a much greater return on the money they spend (Ziedenberg, 2006). Question: Are there any organizations that are currently working toward measures like this?