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OFFICE OF STUDENT SAFETY & WELLNESS Keeping Families Informed A special thank you to Falls Church High School for hosting! Joining us tonight Dr. Nowak, Principal FCHS Mrs. Grenfell, Director of Student Services, FCHS Kelly
A special thank you to Falls Church High School for hosting!
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which gives the “high” experienced by users)
❖ Marketed to teens with flavored variations ❖ Use is high and rising among teens nationally ❖ On 2/21/19 Virginia Governor sign the bill to raise the age to 21, it goes into effect 7/1/19 ❖ Add concentrated THC/ hash oil ❖ Stronger high ❖ No telltale marijuana odor ❖ AKA- PVs (Personal Vaporizers) and ENDS (Electronic Nicotine Delivery System)
E-cigarettes are designed to deliver nicotine without the other chemicals produced by burning tobacco
activates a battery-powered inhalation device (called a vaporizer). The vaporizer heats the liquid inside the cartridge which contains nicotine, flavors, and other
(vapor) which the user inhales—referred to as “vaping.”
https://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/tobacco-nicotine-e-cigarettes
https://truthinitiative.org/news/what-is-juul How does JUUL work? JUUL devices heat up a cartridge containing oils to create vapor, which quickly dissolves into the air. The device is small enough to fit in a closed fist and has a sleek, tech-inspired design that resembles a USB flash drive. A single JUUL cartridge is roughly equal to a pack of cigarettes, or 200 cigarette puffs,
Juulers against Juul
Nicotine is a stimulant drug found in cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco.
heroin and cocaine.
inhalation.
blood pressure, increased alertness, and reduced appetite.
https://www.drugabuse.gov/
Similar to other nicotine products, Nicotine from e-cigarettes activates the brain’s rewards circuits and increases levels of a chemical messenger in the brain called dopamine. Pleasurable feelings caused by nicotine’s interaction with the brain’s reward circuit can cause a person to seek out and use nicotine again and again, despite the risks to their health.
In other words,the reward center of the brain remembers pleasure.
Which would you rather binge eat?
https://www.drugabuse.gov/
WHAT’S IN E-CIG AEROSOL?
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Stanford University
Federal Drug Administration (FDA) Involvement
June 22, 2009-The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act), signed into law gives FDA authority to regulate the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products. May 10, 2016- FDA issued a final rule extending its tobacco product authority to all tobacco products (except for accessories of newly deemed tobacco products), including electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS)—such as e-cigarettes and vape pens—all cigars, hookah (waterpipe) tobacco, pipe tobacco, nicotine gels, and certain dissolvables. August 8,2016, Must check ID’s for anyone under age 27, no free samples, sale not allowed in vending machines, manufactures are required to list ingredients April 24, 2018 new enforcement actions and a Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan to stop youth use of, and access to, JUUL and other e-cigarettes. Focus on access, taking action on flavored products, marketing, and educating. September 12, 2018 -Letters to JUUL, Vuse, MarkTen, blu e-cigs, and Logic giving them 60 days to come back with plans on how they’ll convincingly address the widespread use of their products by minors. November 15, 2018- announces plans to pursue the removal from the market of those ENDS products that are marketed to children and/or appealing to youth. https://www.fda.gov/downloads/TobaccoProducts/Labeling/RulesRegulationsGuidance/UCM527044.pdf https://www.fda.gov/downloads/TobaccoProducts/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/UCM501016.pdf
https://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/PublicHealthEducation/ProtectingKidsfromTobacco/ucm608433.htm
❖ Drinking games ❖ Alco-Pop drink ❖ Alcohol and energy drinks ❖ Pocket Shots ❖ Boozie Bears ❖ Beer Bongs ❖ Vodka eye-ball shots ❖ Hand Sanitizer ❖ “Smoking” alcohol ❖ Palcohol- powdered ❖ Vodka Tampons ❖ Butt chugging
❖ Stealing alcohol from parents and refilling with water ❖ Older friend or sibling “knows someone” ❖ Pay someone to purchase alcohol ❖ Some parents host alcohol parties because they think it's safer and able to control amount of alcohol
❖ Lock up alcohol in your home ❖ School activity such as sporting events and dances are common for teens to drink ❖ Parents should not host a alcohol party, its illegal Preventive Measures
MARIJUANA CAN BE ADDICTIVE
❖ THC concentrations sky-rocketing! ❖ 1970s levels averaged 2.5% ❖ 2014 levels averaged 14.5%- with some strains containing 30% ❖ Translation: Almost 6X-12X Stronger
Daily Use ❖ Dunedin Research (1970s at 2.5% THC) showed that
daily use by teens can lower IQ by 8 points. Now 6-12X potency.
❖ 25-50% of daily teen users will become addicted
Marijuana use directly affects the brain — specifically the parts of the brain responsible for memory, learning, attention, decision making, coordination, emotions, and reaction time. What are the short-term effects of marijuana on the brain? Heavy users of marijuana can have short-term problems with attention, memory, and learning, which can affect relationships and mood. What are the long-term effects of marijuana on the brain? Marijuana also affects brain development. When marijuana users begin using as teenagers, the drug may reduce attention, memory, and learning functions and affect how the brain builds connections between the areas necessary for these functions. Marijuana’s effects on these abilities may last a long time or even be permanent. This means that someone who uses marijuana may not do as well in school and may have trouble remembering things.
https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/health-effects.html
Adderall Adderall Percocet Ritalin
– Heroin, Morphine, Codeine, and Opium
According to The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)- Since 2000, 75% of opioid users started with prescription opioids. Please discard unused pain medication or lock them up. Fairfax County Police Stations have permanent drop boxes.
For a first violation related to tobacco products:
smoking intervention program to be conducted by the Student Safety and Wellness Office. ○
Failure to attend and successfully complete the intervention program shall result in a school-based disciplinary action not to exceed one day of suspension.
session to support a collaborative approach to help the student stop the use of tobacco. For a second or subsequent violation related to tobacco products, a student shall receive an in-school consequence
the discretion of the principal.
SR&R and Tobacco Offenses
This one is a little trickier--
Consequences include:
○ May include Prom, Graduation, and all after school activities
SR&R and Marijuana Offenses
– Cell Phones – Internet Accounts