Prescription Drug Abuse in High School Students

These drugs were utilized in the treatment of coughs and diarrhea in the past with contemporary uses including pain relief. However, these drugs can activate euphoric feelings in the brain increasing the risk of addiction or overdose (Lowinson, 2005). Illegal opioid use by adolescent youth is reported to have low dependence hence it is challenging to analyze familial ties to dependence (Donohew et al. The treatment of opioid dependence is narrowed down to intervention or use of buprenorphine, a useful medication for opioid abuse dependence (Weiss, 2014). The disposal of opioids and medications is a sensitive subject resulting from the risk of their mismanagement and environmental trepidations. Advanced Preparation: 1. The program will be held in a classroom(s) set aside for the meeting.

The venue will be determined at least two days before the program’s schedule to ensure that no coinciding event holds the right to the site. The materials for the program will be gathered a day before the meeting day. Pamphlets will be printed weekly to ensure constant access to information by individuals in the program. Prevention The prevention objective will be evaluated through the adaptation of different techniques by students. One method will be counseling to assist students to cope with the pressure of drug abuse which will be assessed through interviews on the relapse rate of individuals in counseling. Another technique is the examination of risk factors in the environment that will foster drug abuse which will be evaluated through the decline of risk factors.