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Teenagers Drugs And Alcohol
- A drug is a chemical
substance which alters the way the body works.
- The most common classes
of drugs we may take are:
- cold medicines like
decongestants, expectorants and cough suppressants
- allergy relievers like
antihistamines
- pain relievers like
aspirin and panadol
- mood altering drugs
such as stimulants, tranquillisers or relaxants, sedatives or
depressants, narcotics and hallucinogens.
- Nearly all children will
be offered drugs.
- Children need to know
about drugs before they come in contact with them.
- They need to know:
- what drugs are
- what drugs do to the
body
- how to say no to
drugs.
- Most children will be
tempted to try drugs by their friends.
- Drugs are easily bought
in places where there is a demand for them.
- There are drugs, like
cigarettes and alcohol, in most homes. Children may take your cigarettes,
alcohol and medicines.
- They may try other
things which may give them a 'high' like glue, lighter fluids, petrol and
propellants in hair spray.
- Children and other
people may try drugs for many reasons:
- to find out what it's
like
- to be like their
friends
- for fun
- for something to do
- for attention
- because they are
ignorant
- because people they
love and respect do
- because they like the
feeling.
- Children learn their
values and attitudes from you. They learn by what you do as well as what
you say.
- Drug abuse is usually a
problem for people who feel insecure, are under a lot of stress, unable to
accept themselves as they are or who feel unloved.
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