14 th annual northern california adult conference marijuana and drug prevention strategies
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14th Annual Northern California Adult Conference
Marijuana and Drug Prevention Strategies
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How do we reach them?
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Getting kids to think about it
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Develop Credibility
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CredibilityAuthenticityHave you smoked weed?
•NonjudgmentalUse of science andHonest dialogue
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Drive, motivation, the what’s important filter
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The power of Dopamine• Sketch the synaptic space• Loss of dopamine• Dulling of pleasure center • Training the brain• Genetics• Difference between dopamine and Serotonin• Wizard of Oz
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Get a Life!• Where’s your juice?• What gets your interest?• Where’s your energy?• Where do you feel your spirit?• Mechanics, the Arts, People, Science• What moves you?
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Developmental tasks
• Boredom/ Developing Interests• Good times• Stress• Social Skills• Academic Skills• Answer the question “Who am I?”
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Tetrahydrocannibinol• Hippies 1-3% THC Cannabis Sativa
cost $5-$10/ounce• Vietnam 5-10% THC Cannabis Indica
cost $5-$10/ gram• Sensimilla 10-15% THC Grown
without seeds• Purple 15-20% THC Northern
California Horticulture (Indoors)
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The Brain and Cannabinoid Sites• Nucleus Accumbens• Hippocampus• Cerebellum
Or how we trick the brain
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Hippocampus, say what?
• Retrieves relevant information• Stores new info it deems relevant
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Cerebellum• Controls internal and external
coordination
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How well does the drug work?
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Message for ParentsGive a Delaying message
• Safety• Prefrontal cortex less involved
(See next slide)• Brain is developing• Short circuiting developmental tasks• The research
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Adolescent Brain Adult Brain
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≤ 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ≥ 210%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
47% 45%38%
32%28%
15% 17%11% 9%
Dependent in Lifetime
Age Began Drinking
Percentage of U.S. Adults Aged 18 and Older Dependent on Alcohol, By Age of
Drinking Onset
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References
• Tim Cermak – Marijuana: What’s a Parent to Believe – Hazelden Press
• Recommended Web Site – Partnership for Drug Free America
• Ralph Cantor [email protected] 510-653-9410