March 24, 2009
Alcohol/Drug Awareness
Welcome ! This podcast will feature messages from our students pertaining to substance abuse.
We hope that you find their ideas thought provoking. We encourage your comments and look forward to reading them.
Welcome ! This podcast will feature messages from our students pertaining to substance abuse.
We hope that you find their ideas thought provoking. We encourage your comments and look forward to reading them.
Emma: Hey Janis, I’m going to have a party at my house. Do you wanna come? Just for the record, there’s gonna be beer. If ya don’t come you won’t fit in with the cool crowd.
Janis: Do I have to drink to fit in?
Emma: Yea. Drinking is not all that dangerous.
Janis: Almost 12% of adolescent drinkers get into alcohol related fighting.
Emma: So, are you coming?
Janis: Why would you wanna drink anyway?
Emma: Why should I wait til 21?
Janis: Research shows that the longer you postpone drinking, the less likely you are to ever experience alcohol related problems.
Emma: Wow, I guess I shouldn’t drink.
Janis: Yeah, you shouldn’t.
E&J: Kids put down that drink. It’s time to think; ‘cause Kids and Alcohol Don’t Mix
Rachel, Paige, Lauren and Paige
First use of alcohol typically begins around age 13. REMEMBER…..
Kids and Alcohol Don’t Mix
45 % of New Jersey’s seventh and eighth graders have used alcohol sometime in their life. REMEMBER….
Kids and Alcohol Don’t Mix
28 % of suicides between ages 9 and 15 can be attributed to alcohol. REMEMBER….
Kids and Alcohol Don’t Mix
About 10 million Americans between the ages of 12-20 had at least one drink last month. REMEMBER….
Kids and Alcohol Don’t Mix
These are the facts we need to fix because KIDS AND ALCOHOL DON’T MIX