Drugs
Drugs mess up your mind and are addictive!
Drugs interfere with:
- Thinking
- Performance
- Judgment
- Daily function
Drugs can be lethal if combined with:
- Alcohol
- Prescriptive medications
- Over counter medications
- Using drugs predisposes an individual to:
- Injury
- Health problems
- Poor educational performance, employment stability, and relationships
- Death
Using drugs places others at risk for:
- Injury
- Death
- Emotional turmoil
- Exposing an unborn baby to drugs increases their risk for:
- Birth defects
- Premature Delivery
- Brain problems
- Serious behavior, psychiatric and cognitive problems
- Death
Using drugs initially may start out as recreational or self-medicating, but can lead to using more often, and moving on to more addictive drugs.
Don’t Mess up Your Life….Get Help….Contact one of these:
Student Health Center
Local Community Chemical Dependency Program
Narcotics Anonymous, PO Box 9999, Van Nuys CA 91409 , 818-787-9706
Nar-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc., PO Box 2562, Palos Verdes , CA 90274-0119 213-547-5800
Online Resources:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National
Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Dependence: www.health.org/
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services: SAMSHA Substance Abuse
Treatment Facility Locator, http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/
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