Issues facing adolescents Young people and the law

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Forces of addiction
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Two types of addiction

• Physical addiction
• Where the body craves the drug Heroin
• Psychological addiction
• Where the mind craves the effect - Crack

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• Tolerance More of the substance for the same
  effect
• Withdrawal Adjusting to the absence of
  a substance or activity
• Naïve No tolerance to a substance
  or activity

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• Alcohol - A few facts.
• About 35 of 15-18 year olds exceed the
  recommended maximum
• intake of alcoholic units per week.
• Over 14 of 15-18 year olds experience alcohol
  dependence.
• There are almost 30,000 alcohol related deaths in
  this country each year.
• About 18 of 11-15 year olds drink at least once
  a week.
• Amongst this percentage, the average consumption
  is about 10.5 units/week.

Alcohol is A depressant. Addictive Readily
available in at least 200,000
licensed premises in the United Kingdom.
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Negative uses of alcohol in the Bible
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The Old Testament View

• Alcohol Blessing or curse?
• Part of God's blessing to his people Deut 713
• as an offering to GodLev 2313
• as part of the first Harvest giftsNum 1812
• the TitheDeut 1423.

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Smoking A few facts.

• 60 of young people that smoke, find it hard to
  go without cigarettes for one week.
• In 2000, the Royal College of Physicians found
  that Nicotine was as addictive as Heroin and
  Cocaine.
• Only 3 of willpower quitters are successful.
• Heavy smokers can smoke up to 90,000 worth per
  year!

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• Heroin
• Cocaine
• Amphetamines
• Ecstasy

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Cannabis LSD Ketamine Crack
The Bishops Certificate in Youth Ministry.
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How many deaths were there in 2006 as a direct
result of illegal drugs? How many of these were
as a result of Cannabis misuse? Heroin speeds the
body up and gives you a buzz True or false A
cup of strong coffee sobers you up True or
false Cannabis is not physically addictive How
much do alcohol related illnesses and injuries
cost the NHS yearly? What is the maximum sentence
for supply of GHB How much does an average
Heroin habit cost per year? What is Snaffle
more commonly known as?
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• Stimulants
• Depressants
• Analgesics
• Hallucinogens

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Stimulants
Nicotine Amphetamines Cocaine
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Depressants
Tranquilisers Solvents Alcohol
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Analgesics
Heroin and Methadone. Opium
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Hallucinogens
Ecstasy Cannabis LSD
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Impaired or reduced short term memory.Altered
sense of timeReduction of ability to do things
requiring concentration, quick reactions and/or
effective co-ordination.
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• Amotivational syndrome
• Acute anxiety attack
• Hallucinations and sensory distortions
• Panic and paranoia.

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Cannabis
The most popular illegal drug in the U.K. and the
illegal drug most likely to have been tried by
young people 2-6 Times as Carcinogenic as
cigarettes. Cannabis smokers generally inhale
more smoke for longer depositing more than 4
times as much tar on their lungs as cigarette
smokers. In the UK the legal downgrading of
cannabis took place on 29th January 2004. This
one of the biggest developments in British drug
policy for 30 years.
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Heroin.
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Trainspotting
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HEROIN Smack, H, Junk Skag, Brown, Horse, Boy,
Gear, Skag, China White.
Diamorphine Repeated heroin use produces
tolerance and physical dependence. Withdrawal
symptoms begin within a few hours of last use and
can include insomnia, diarrhoea, vomiting, cold
flashes with goose bumps, involuntary leg
movements. Detox is painful, and professionally
expensive. Overdose slows the users breathing
down and death may occur
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Amphetamines. Speed, whizz, billy, uppers, dexy.

• Very popular poor quality street drug
• Stimulates Central Nervous System
• Addictive, generally eaten, injected.
• Cheap, and readily available.
• Known as whizz, poppers, billy, sulph, etc.

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Ecstasy Es, disco biscuits, etc.

• Very popular dance culture drug.
• Effects last for several hours
• Danger of death by drowning, heatstroke, heart
  failure.
• Regulation of serotonin, senile dimensia link
• Depression, anxiety, memory disturbance,
  psychosis.

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Cocaine Coke, Charlie, Snow / Freebase
crack.

• Very powerful stimulant drug, short buzz.
• Expensive, linked to designer culture (a weekend
  treat).

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