Wednesday, July 1, 2009

20) How do you help a drug abuser who does not want to quit or even acknowledge that there is a problem? There is something important the abuser must

-If someone is taking drug, you need to take him/her to nurse or hospital to give information about drug to drug abuser. Especailly about result of taking drug.

18) How would your family be changed if a family member started abusing drugs or was addicted? How would your family deal with the individual.

-Financial problem
-no enthusiasm in job
-caution (chance to spread drug to family member)
-no accusation to protect family member
-one whole family looks immoral
-his/her friends look immoral
-mistrust

-make drug user to take medical treatment
-ask help from anti-drug organization (UNAD)

16) Ads about the drug that would help a person not want to use the drug. Example (poster, youtube, commercial, magazine ad vs. and ad that marketers

For


Against

10) Why do people abuse drugs?

-To avoid feeling bored
- some may think that drug taking is daring and exciting.
-Peer pressure, to join in with others and belong to a ‘special’ group.
-To feel more self confident.
-As an escape from problems at home and school, or as an escape from outside pressures.
-To relax and ‘feel good’.
-Ease of access to drugs.
-Some medications, such as sleeping pills and painkillers, are physically addictive.

8) Statistics about the drug (How many use it, deaths caused by it, etc). Please include visuals and graphs where available.


-LSD leads to around 5000 emergencies every year
-11% of all high school students in the US have and constantly use LSD
-The graph on the top shows the percentage of LSD users in Britain
-2700 deaths per year occur due to LSD

4) How is the drug taken?

-LSD is originally a white or clear(transparent), odorless, water-soluble crystal that can be broke into a powder and dissolved. The most common form of LSD is as a liquid that has been transferred onto a small paper square (known as "blotter"). Additionally, it is also found as a powder or crystal, dried on gelatin sheets, put into capsules or on sugar cubes, or laced with other drugs. Users usually chew or swallow them, allowing the drug to be absorbed through the gastrointestinal tract.It also is inhaled or injected.
red part=gastrointestinal tract.

25) Bibliography

Here are the sources we used:
http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/teens_alcohol_and_other_drugs
http://ezinearticles.com/?5-Steps-to-Safely-Withdrawing-From-Drugs&id=2383887
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHnVyF1S9J8&feature=fvw
http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/e/eminem1371/purplehills268175.html
http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/Drug_guide/LSD
http://www.essortment.com/articles/lsd_100004.htm