Transcript Addiction Risk Factors

Addiction is the interaction
between a drug and a person
Are you at risk for addiction???-take this quiz and see…
#1: Multiple Choice
If you have both parents who are/were
alcoholics, you have a (an) ______
chance of also being an alcoholic:
A) 50%
B) 60%
C) 80%
RISK FACTOR:
1. Family genetics
If you have both
parents who are/were
alcoholics, you have an 80%
chance of also being an
alcoholic.
#2: Multiple Choice:
Teens who use marijuana weekly have
_____ of depression later in life:
A) no risk
B) double the risk
C) triple the risk
RISK FACTOR:
2. Stress or problems
in your life
Teens who use marijuana weekly
have double the risk of depression later
in life.
#3: Multiple Choice
Teens who start drinking alcohol before
the age of 15 have ____ the risk of
becoming an alcoholic.
A) 4 times
B) 8 times
C) 10 times
RISK FACTOR:
3. Early use of drugs
People who begin drinking before age 15 are
4x more likely to be addicted to alcohol
No one knows when the "chemical switch"
goes off in your brain or who will get addicted.
It's a lot like playing Russian Roulette – you
just never know.
The only thing we do know is that if you don't do
drugs, you definitely won't get addicted.
#4: Short Answer
List 2 traumatic childhood
experiences that can shape a
child's brain chemistry and make
them vulnerable to addiction.
1)
2)
RISK FACTOR:
4. Childhood trauma
Scientists know that
1) physical or verbal abuse
2) neglect of children,
3) persistent conflict in the family,
4) sexual abuse
and other traumatic childhood experiences
can shape a child's brain chemistry and
subsequent vulnerability to addiction.
#5: True / False
It takes half as much
alcohol to damage a
teen’s brain as it does
an adult's brain.
RISK FACTOR:
5. Drinking before
the age of 15
It takes half as much alcohol to
damage a teen’s brain as it does an
adults brain.
#6: Multiple Choice
Students in a national survey who drank
alcohol were ______ more likely than
non-drinkers to have low self-esteem.
A) 2 times
B) 2 to 10 times
C) 2 to 15 times
RISK FACTOR:
6. Low self-esteem
Students in this survey who had
faced harmful effects of alcohol
were 2 to 15 times more likely than
non-drinkers to have low self-esteem.
#7: Multiple Choice
____% of cigarette smoking
seniors in high school who tried
marijuana.
A) 50%
B) 64%
C) 94%
RISK FACTOR:
7. Using Tobacco
94% of smoking seniors in high
school tried marijuana compared to only
20% of non-smoking seniors.
#8: Multiple Choice
Students with an average grade of “D” or below
were more than _______ as likely to have used
marijuana in the past year as students who
reported an average grade of “A.”
A) 1.5 times
B) four times
C) ten times
RISK FACTOR:
8. Poor grades
Students with an average
grade of “D” or below were
more than four times as
likely to have used marijuana in
the past year as students who
reported an average grade of “A
#9: Multiple Choice
Kids who learn a lot about the risks of
drugs at home are ___% less likely to use
than those who don’t talk with parents.
A) 25%
B) 50%
C) 60%
RISK FACTOR:
9. Lacking family support
Kids who learn a lot about
the risks of drugs at home
are up to 50 % less
likely to use than those
who do not talk to their
parents about drugs.
#10: Multiple Choice
Of these 3, what is the most powerful
risk factor that a teen will use drugs
in high school?:
Feeling unaccepted socially
B) Having friends who use
C) Poor attendance
A)
RISK FACTOR:
10. Friends who use
One of the
is having friends who use drugs and
alcohol!!!!!!
Answers at a glance:
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. abuse, neglect, conflict
5. TRUE
6. C
9. B
7. C
10. B
8. B
10 – A
9 – A8–B
7–C
6–D
5–F
4–F
3–F
2–F
1-F
Top 10 RISK FACTORS in Review:
1. Family genetics
2. Stress or problems in your life
Protective Factors:
•relieve stress in healthy ways
•positive self-talk
4. Childhood trauma
•manage anger
•have empathy
5. Drinking before the age of 15
•get counseling
6. Low self-esteem
•care about your education
•choose friends who don't use
7. Smoking Cigarettes or using Tobacco
•don't smoke cigarettes
•treat depression
8. Poor grades
•don't drink alcohol until 21
3. Early use of drugs
9. Lacking family support
10. Friends who use
How many
How many of these factors can you control?
Put a “ * ” by those you can control and ask
yourself if you need to change those things…
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