TACKLING MARIJUANA

USE THROUGH SOCIAL

SUPPORT
ADOLESCENT DRUG USE
illicit drug Use
among 12th graders
Adolescent drug use
continues to be a
serious concern
Marijuana is the most
used illicit drug for
American high school
seniors
Substance users
struggle to reach out
for help

Adolescents with a Substance

An impaired ability to Abuse Disorder (SUD)
reach out Reach out for help
has been found as 8.8%
a significant predicter
of higher levels of marijuana use
in adolescents.

Do not reach out for help

What is Keeping these Kids from 91.2%
Reaching Out for Help?

Reaching out for help

Fear that the people can cause the student
around them won't to be stigmatized by
understand them their friends and
Failure to recognize family
they have a
substance abuse
problem
Drug use is the
norm in their
support system

What can we do?

Make substance Meet the student
abuse resources without judgement
more accessible to and give them care
students and empathy

Give the students a

Focus less on
chance to be around
treatment and more
other kids who are
on fostering a sense
of community
like-minded in
stopping drug use