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Drug use is not the Libby Mason

Living
best idea in the books.
Brady Skeen

Kaden Alanis

Jenny O'Brien

Alex La Rondelle
Drug Free
WHY IT'S THE BEST
CHOICE
 STATS
Conscious Efforts
Children of those who abuse drugs are more likely

to become drug abusers themselves, due to easy

access and the want to imitate behaviours seen in SCHOOL

their home.

Schools have employed police and their dogs to

Over 7 million Americans battled a drug use

help search for drugs, as well as providing
disorder in 2014.
education on drugs to students.

WHO reports that global burden of disease in

relation to drug and alcohol abuse is 5.4%.

COMMUNITY

Addiction is heritable 50% of the time. Communities are providing opportunities to

dispose of old medications at Rx drop off

Dabbling in drugs before the brain fully develops locations.

increases risk of addiction later in life.

GOVERNMENT
867,000 teens suffered from an illicit drug use

disorder in 2014; a decline from previous years.

Governments are making it easier to enter

treatment, and providing hotlines left and right.

Heroin addiction in young adults has doubled in
They spend money and publicly endorse anti-
the last 10 years.
drug campaigns.

College graduates aged 26 and over battled

addiction at lower rates than those who didn't

graduate.

The elder generation takes more prescription drugs

than younger ones, have lower metabolisms,

potentially suffer from social isolation and ageism,

may struggle with many medical issues, and

therefore may be at a high risk for prescription

drug abuse and dependence.

Although the main face of post-traumatic stress

disorder (PTSD) is the combat veteran or assault

survivor, many mental health experts believe that

long-term childhood trauma — including the kind

brought on by familial addiction — can result in

a complex form of PTSD.