Factors affecting the absorption of alcohol
- Body weight – greater volume of blood in a larger person keeps the blood alcohol level lower
- Speed of drinking – faster alcohol is consumed the quicker the blood alcohol will rise
- Food in stomach – food absorbs the alcohol in your body
- Mix of drinks – alcohol and carbonated drinks speed absorption
– milk and alcohol absorbs slower
- Drink concentration – straight alcohol it absorbs quickly in blood stream.
– alcohol and water absorbs slowly
- Physical condition – under medication is easily affected than a healthier person
Why are teens at risk of developing substance use problem?
- personal factors
– mental/emotional well-being
– personal factors(depression)
– self-esteem and self-efficacy
- behavioral factors
– academic achievement
– teens often use more than 1 substance
– curiosity lead to experimentation
- environmental factors
– attitudes and values of parents and peers
– advertising media
– social and culture norms
- physiological factors
– developing brains and bodies are more sensitive to drugs
A drug is – any substance taken to damage how the body or mind works
Drug use is – ingesting, inhaling, absorbing or injecting a drug in order to change the way you think, act or feel without interfering with ones daily activities
Drug abuse
When the benefits of using a drug begin to replace valued experiences or responsibilities from before
Why do people take drugs?
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- curiosity
- feel emotionally pressured
- feel pressured by people around them(peer pressure)
Problems from drug abuse
- health problems
- personal problems
- social problems
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Factors that influence attitudes toward alcohol, tobacco and drugs
- Family influences
- influences of peers
- availability
- other
- heredity
- finances
- religion
- individual life circumstances
- cultural beliefs and values
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Substance use and abuse chart
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| Description | Smoked in pipes or joints. 3rd most popular drug used by teens | Most popular drug for youth and teens. Made for grapes | Crushed, dried leaves of tobacco plant. 2nd popular drug | From a plant including tea, coffee. Most widely used drug in the world |
| Other names | Hash, THC, pot, ragweed, dope | Beer, wine, brew | Smokes, sticks, butts | |
| Short-term effects | Get high and become more relaxed and talkative | Person feels relaxed and may not be able to think clearly | Pulse rate and blood pressure will rise | Evaluate mood, increases amount of urine produced |
| Long-term effects | Persons level of sex hormones may decrease | Inflamed stomach or pancreas. Cirrhosis of the liver | Be shot of breath and cough often. cancers | Daily use in low to moderate doses = no harmful effects |
| Legal status | illegal | Legal ages to consume | Illegal to sell if you are under aged | No laws |
| Stimulant, depressant, hallucinogens | depressant | stimulant |
