Module 16

Module 16

 

1. Drug education campaigns have been largely ineffective, because younger people still come in contact with drugs. These teenagers go to parties, where drugs play a huge role. The education campaigns just tell them not to do drugs, but to some of the drugs a person get addicted right after the first try. When a teenager tries now these drugs it is hard to get away from them anymore. Often peer pressure deludes people to try drugs and what makes them addicted, and it can be hardly stopped by these education campaigns. A lot of people also try drugs because it is illegal, what makes them exited and interested in the drugs. Some states started now to legalize the drugs, which I think is not a good way to stop the drug problem. Even people would not be so exited anymore to take drugs; the opportunities to get drugs are much easier. Also people, who sell drug, could not get punished anymore because they do legal things.
2. From the perspective of a substance abuse counselor, it is hard to tell family members why somebody starts drinking. I would try to explain them that peer pressure, stress, or fear could cause a person to use drugs. It is easier for a person to handle stress or fear when the person is under the influences of drugs; everything seems to be easy. I would advocate drug prevention problems in which the whole family and some friends are coming together and talk about the problems the person who uses drugs causes in their lives. In a prevention program similar to the one described the person who uses drugs gets shown by their closest persons what the bad sites of his or her drug use is.

Time in a Bottle – Question

Time in a Bottle – Questions

 

1. I think that student who are drinking because of peer pressure actually drink less then others because they do not really like to drink. Somebody who just drinks because of peer pressure does not really like to drink; he or she is just drinking because other people are drinking. These people do not like the taste or do not feel better when they are drinking alcohol. These people just drink o parties where a lot of people are and where everybody is drinking. Compared to the students who are not drinking because of the peer drinking, these people would never drink when nobody else is with them or when the have the chance to drink alone. People who drink because of peer pressure drink much less then people who like to drink or are addicted to drinking because they have not the urge to drink.
2. Students who drink a lot think that other drink a lot also because the think that everybody is doing it the same way as they do. These students think that every college student is drinking a lot because it is a part of the college live, but it is not. These people go to every party and meet people they know there where they think that they are also going to every party and drink. Also these people are getting used to drink more, when this people are coming to an party where a lot of people are very drunk they think they have to be very drunk also, but they need to drink more to get to these level of being dunk. Many of these people have big problems because they think everybody is drinking as much as they do.
3. Students drinking behavior and attitudes might be modified by the perception of their peers drinking. Some people who are drinking are getting funny and brave, these features will might have a positive impact on other people so they want to drink too, to get funny and brave too. Other people are getting aggressive or starting crying, so if a peer sees this person he or she might be scared of drinking and does not start it. So the perception of students of their peers drinking can have different influences on their colleges, some are negative and some positive.