Community Interview

Today drugs are considered to be an acceptable social phenomenon by many teenagers. If parents are involved with children on a day-to-day basis, they will more than likely know when the child starts to take drugs because of the big changes going on in their lives. There are many positive alternatives to drugs, so drugs are not the only fun and "cool" things to do (www.nodrugs.com 2).

Say no to drugs! Goggle search said “Drugs are one of the top causes of teen deaths and suicides in the United States.” Drugs have been around for years and each year the death rates and suicide rates have increased dramatically especially in teen students. This is why it is very important that parents teach their kid at an early age about drugs. The Teachers and school staff are trying their best to teach the kids that drugs are not cool. The schools think it is best that all Middle School Students should be drug tested. The drug-testing program serves as a deterrent for middle school students that are encountering drugs of all kinds, including steroids, alcohol and marijuana.

Teenagers clearly already know about drugs because most of the population of them have had the chance to use them. A surprisingly low percentage of around half of the ones who had the chance to use them, did. Teaching children about drugs in their teens will help prevent them from using them in those years. Also, teaching children in primary school will prevent it as well says Project Know a drug education website. You might say that exposing teens to drug use may promote usage during those years. This will not promote it, it can help stop it. It will help stop usage or any ideas by showing the side effects and what can happen after using them. This will give reasons to teens on why not to use

Understanding how to persuade people to not abuse drugs is not always simple. Teaching people to be abstinent is hard to do because you do not know what people are really going to listen to you after the prevention program has ended. When you are learning about drug prevention as a teen it can be hard

In the last year over a million teens in America alone between the ages 12-17 met the criteria for substance abuse and addiction. Teens should be made aware of the effects of drugs. There are ways to teach teenagers the negative effects of drugs. Such as, fiction novels.

I have taken a role in my community and school district in a program called Drug Free Trader Card Senior. As a Trader Card Senior I am expected to remain drug free and to volunteer my time to talk to younger grades about what it means to be drug free, explain why I choose this role, and encourage them to make the same choices that I did. The participants of this program receive cards with a photo on one side and on the other side information about what activities they participate in, to hand out to the kids. Drug Free Trader Card Seniors is not only a program at Ontario Local School District, but it is a tradition. When I was in elementary school I can remember when the seniors came and talked to my class. I always looked up to them, striving

Resourse officers, teachers, and administrators with experience in this practice of drug searches often discover talking about the drug problem wasn't enough and action is needed. High school students do and think whatever they want. I know this because I am a high school student. Mary White, who is a principal at Longmont High School, reported that "we had used the tradional methoods of drug education. We had brought in speakers to talk to the parents and the kids but that didn't seem to be enough." (Robinson) Obviously, students make their own desicons no matter if it's good or bad for them. This kind of search and seizure pratice leads the students to not listen because the want to be rebilous and want to try different things in life. According

During our lesson I learned more and More about why drugs are bad for you and your body and that you should not be around people that take drugs and that's smoking because you could get in trouble even if you didn't

The movie Hooked documented the struggle the state of Arizona is having with Heroin. While watching the movie, I was shocked by all who participated. Going into this movie I had an idea of what and who I was going to see, and that predication was shattered . All the participants were my age, or a bit older. That by itself surprised me and scared me. Any one of those people could have been me or a friend. Growing up, when drugs were discussed it was always in a way which made them seem like an older adult’s habit. Never, until recently did I start to understand drugs have no age limit. In my eyes, I couldn’t comprehend the possibility of a middle school aged child engaging in such harsh drug acts. As in the story with Ryan, he revealed he first tried heroin at the age of 13. That reality is a horrifying truth to take in.

Drugs do not only affect your mind but also the body, these are long term affects that people do not take into account when starting down the path of chemical changes in the body. "Yet another chemical weapon has reared its ugly head, directed at the once safest place on earth, a mothers womb." Children today are exposed to the normality of young women being very sexually active, but they are not informed of the consequences that come from keeping up a life like this. They are lied to in that they are not informed of how the protection from pregnancy doesn't protect them from other things like sexually transmitted diseases. Every year about three million teens will get a sexually transmitted infection. To catch the teens that are sexually active and forcing them to learn the harsh truths of how their protection does not protect them from everything from their parents and medical persons will save thousands from the harsh truths of these infections. Not only will teens become aware of what they are getting into before they start but now families

Making people aware at a younger age and helping them understand the damaging effects will help teens be more thoughtful before taking the drug Parents should also talk to their children about the harmful effects of drugs. Many kids around the ages of 12-17 hear about the drug molly, but do not pay attention or understand what they are hearing. Most of the time users do not know what the are ingesting because it is chemically made at the dealer’s house and isn’t regulated by the FDA. Users and potential users of molly need to understand what they are putting into their body and the risk associated with this harmful

Growing up you are told, “Drugs are bad for you” over and over again, however until you are a little older you never really understand why, you just

Kids should be taught lessons while they are young on how to act. I have been asked to share a lesson with elementary school students. One lesson I would teach them is not to do drugs because it could cause your body harm, it could get people in trouble, and people may lose all there friends. Therefore, doing drugs is not a good thing to do.

It’s 2009. A second-grader pulls up her funky socks for Tacky Day of Red Ribbon Week. (Flashback) She goes throughout her day, wondering how anyone thinks doing drugs or drinking alcohol would be a good idea. She has learned all the facts sitting in the guidance counselor’s room for forty-five minutes every month and she knows that drugs and alcohol are horrible and will ruin your life. She thought that it would never happen to her. Peer pressure was just a word on a powerpoint.

Unfortunately, a large portion of the youth targeted by this program does not have a home environment that is conducive to learning and positive, personal growth. As a result, many of these youth will engage in drugs given that they have not been properly instructed on the dangerous nature of the substances (Strang et al, 2012). By allowing a prominent community figure or law enforcement officer to instruct the youth, the program is providing at-risk populations with a positive role model that they can look up to if a role model is lacking in other environments.