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Voluntary Behavioral Health Program for Schools

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Normal Brain Development and SUD Risk

Substance Use Disorder Risks

• Adolescent Drug

Exposure

• Genetics
• Mental Illness
• Social Environment
• Childhood Trauma

(ACEs)

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12-17 Marijuana Use Increases Risk

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12-17 Alcohol Use Increases Risk

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12-17 Cigarette Use Increases Risk

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

• 1995-97 CDC Kaiser Study - 17,000 adults
• Identified 10 categories of trauma
• Each “ACE” increases the likelihood of early drug use 2 to

4 fold

• Creating trauma informed schools is crucial to reducing

drug use and improving overall health outcomes

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Lead doctor of the ACEs Study Says...

“Adverse childhood experiences are vastly more common than recognized or acknowledged. Of equal importance is

• ur observation that they had a powerful correlation to adult

health a half-century later.”

• Vincent J Felitti, MD

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Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)

Take ACEs Quiz Online Text: ACES To: 841-541-SAFE

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Good News

• Many students are

choosing NOT TO USE any drug.

• Voluntary Random

Drug Screening is a good way to support and expand this group of students.

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Primary Prevention Saves Lives

• Universal Primary

Prevention targets the whole population

• Early Intervention most

effective way to help prevent a Substance Use Disorder from developing

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The Case for Universal Primary Prevention

Universal interventions are required to ensure that all children - not only those entering early adolescence

• n an at-risk trajectory - receive an adequate

dose of prevention.

Odgers, C. L., Caspi, A., Nagin, D. S., Piquero, A. R., Slutske, W. S., Milne, B. J., Dickson, N., Poulton, R., … Moffitt, T. E. (2008). Is it important to prevent early exposure to drugs and alcohol among adolescents?. Psychological science, 19(10), 1037-44.

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Voluntary Oral Drug Screening Benefits

Enrollment in a drug screening program gives students a reason to say NO to the pressure to experiment with drugs.

• Low Cost
• Students feel safe and protected
• 100% Confidential
• Screen Anywhere, even in groups
• Non-Invasive
• Can’t be adulterated
• Anonymized data for school reporting

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No-Cost Parent Counseling

• Partnership for Drug Free-Kids certified coaching
• 30-minute phone consultations
• Parents get the help they need when they need it… ASAP

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Benefits of School Drug Screening Programs

• Enhances all other drug prevention efforts to reduce teen

substance use

• Give students a reason not to use
• Enable early intervention to protect students from

developing drug dependency

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Prevent Teen Drug Use

• Teen drug exposure wires the

developing brain for future drug dependency.

• Ninety percent of adults suffering

from substance use disorder were exposed before age 18.

• 72,000 Americans died of drug
• verdose in 2016, exceeding

those who died in automobile crashes.

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Bring Voluntary Drug Screening to Your School

A crucial component of your school’s comprehensive drug prevention plan

Contact

Janet Rowse 805-283-7233 jrowse@SafeLaunch.org https://www.safelaunch.org

SafeLaunch | Santa Barbara, California | Tax ID 46-2832792

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