Risk factors of drugs and alcohol
Paulina, Erica , Elizabeth, Britney
Physical health
- Bad teeth
- Drinking alcohol may cause seizures
- Physical injuries (you're not aware of what you're doing while under the influence)
- Internal damage- consuming loatge amounts of alcohol leads to possible diseases of the liver
- Alcohol affects brain developement especially when it's consumed in adolescent years of a person's life
- Violence ( some drugs affects how an individual behaves)
Mental Health
- Addiction- some drugs make an individual dependent on them
- Depression- both alcohol and drugs can increase a persons negative thinking after use and possibly use more to make this feeling dissappear
- Drugs alter the moods of it's user as well as alcohol
- Can result in developmental lags, apathy, withdrawal, and other psycological dysfunctions
- Conduct problems, personality disorders, suicidal thoughts that can result in attempts and cases of suicide
Social Health
- Misbehavior caused by alcohol can have disastrous effects on pupil's educational attainment and performance of intellect in later life
- Alcohol abuse causes a negative impact of the abuser's personalit. An increase in irrantability, poor judgement and reasoning
- Use of alcohol causes an increase of voilent crime in society and automobile accidents
- Drugs can increase your probability of being intough situations (ex: Debt)
- Drug use while ina relationship can cause conflict. Such as breakdown in comunnication
- Also use of drugs can impair ones concentration during any activity, therefore can't function properly
Lifestyle choices to lower risks
- Direct social pressure - when someones offer you a drink say no
- Cope with situations you cant avoid. Again just say no
- Remember, its your choice so be cautious
- Become knowlegeable about the effects of drinking and drugs on the body and commit your self to not submitting to that posibility
- Talk to parents and form good relationships with them. They are able to give good advice and influence you to not make bad decisions concerning drugs and alcohol
- Dont be influenced by the media
- Social smoking is a trap
- If a problem is present don't turn to alcohol imstead go to a friend or councellor
- Find hobbies that don't involve drug and alcohol use/abuse
- Follow family rules about drugs and alcohol