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Drug Use Profile

* Teens are using at a younger age and dabbling in a variety of new drugs including over-the-counter and prescription drugs. The two most abused over the counter drugs were Coricidin and Robitussin. The two most abused prescription drugs were Hydrocodone and Oxycontin.

* Technology has made it easier for kids to acquire and sell drugs...do you know where your children have been on the internet or who they are texting cell messages to??
   Check out your teens computer today! Go to...
       www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm

* Teens continue to mix a wide variety of drugs and either do not care or do not believe in the serious consequences

Alcohol
Booze
Barbiturates
Christmas Trees, Barbs, Goof Balls
Heroin
Big H, Horse, Brown Sugar
Ketamine
Special K, Vitamin K, Breakfast Cereal
Marijuana
Hash, Pot, Buds, Boom, Hydro
Ecstasy
Adam, Bean, E, Roll, X, Lover’s Speed
LSD
Acid, Hits, Yellow Sunshine
Cocaine/Crack
Blow, Coke, Nose Candy, Snow, Rock
Methamphetamine
Chalk, Fire, Glass, Ice, Speed
Steroids
Juice, Rhoids
Inhalants
Glues, Paints, Whip-its

For more information or to obtain
the brochure with this information,
please contact the KED offices
at (716) 827-9462 or go to
www.erie.gov/sheriff/drugs.asp

Reasons for Using Drugs

93% Curiosity                      53% Negative Feelings
93% Desire to get high       48% Poor self-image
90% Hanging out w/ users 48% Rebellion
78% Influenced by friends  45% Desire to belong
65% Problems in life           28% Influenced by parents
58% Desire to be cool        23% Influenced by siblings

Would anything have made a difference in your drug use?

53% Felt being around different friends or relatives would have helped
6% Felt that family involvement and support would have deterred them
8% Felt earlier intervention and more information would have made a difference
19% Felt nothing would have made a difference
8% Trauma in early life
6% Low Self Esteem

These facts and percentages are based on a March 2005 survey done at Renaissance Campus with our clients.

Drug and alcohol abuse is a serious problem.

If you or someone you know needs help OR questions answered, please call Renaissance Campus at (716) 821-0391 or email jodie.altman@ADDSTX.ORG

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