Alcohol and Drug Abuse Campaign Speech
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Alcohol and Drug Abuse Campaign Speech
Added on 2020-05-16
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Running head: CAMPAIGN SPEECHCampaign speechName of the student:Name of the University:Author’s note
1CAMPAIGN SPEECHUnit IV project:Campaign speech on identify and solving the problem of alcohol and drug abuse:Alcohol and drug abuse is a serious issue which starts at teen age and continues in laterstage of life too. Alcohol and drug abuse infects every aspects of people’s life. It starts withminor issues in the beginning, however when left untreated, it has detrimental effects on work,health, relationship and finance (Ttofi et al., 2016). It is major reason for high rate of crime andbreakdown of family. This campaign speech is particularly targeting teenagers as people at thisage are more prone to risk taking behavior because of curiosity and tendency to engage in risktaking behavior. The main purpose of the speech is to identify the problem and make targetaudience aware about innovative ways to solve the problem of alcohol and drug abuse. Teenagers are most likely to experiment with drugs. This may proceed to tolerance anddependency quickly and this gradually takes the pattern of addiction. Hence, recognizing druguse among the group can be helpful in preventing emerging problems and taking precaution atthe right time. One should be aware about noticeable symptoms of drug and alcohol abuse toidentify the problem on time (Braams et al., 2015). Some of the cues for detecting risk of alcoholor alcohol abuse in teenagers include increased desire to take increased amount of drugs,bloodshot eyes, dilated pupils, abrupt weight changes and bruises near the drug entrance site.Changes in behavior of people can also give indication about the person’s dependence on drug oralcohol. Some common behavioral symptoms associated with drug abuse include aggressivebehavior, personality changes, sudden change in habits, lethargy, depression and isolating fromsocial gathering (Fernandez-Serrano et al.,2010). These information can be useful for those
2CAMPAIGN SPEECHpeople who live close to the addicted person. This can act as the first step of identifying drug oralcohol abuse risk.After the technological advancement and new research on causes of abuse, there aremany more tools available to identify the cause and consequences of alcohol and drug abuseacross the life span. Many screening tools have been developed that uses several risk factorparameters to identify drug and alcohol abuse. Physicians should engage in routine screening ofadolescents by the use of tools like AUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test), CRAFFTAND GAPS (Guidelines for Adolescence Prevention Service) tool (Harris, Louis-Jacques &Knight, 2014). AUDIT is specialized tool for screening of alcohol abuse and the 10 itemquestionnaire is used to identify and assess drinking behaviors, level of alcohol consumptionsand alcohol related problems in people (Babor & Robaina, 2016). CRAFFT is behavioral healthscreening tool used to detect substance abuse in adolescent based on six questionnaires (Bagley,Anderson & Stein, 2017). One innovative step that can be taken to promote universal screeningand standardized use of screening tools include integrating them into electronic health records.This will increase rate of adolescent screening and improve response to screening too (Harris,Louis-Jacques & Knight, 2014). To prevent the problem of alcohol and substance abuse in adolescent, one of the effectivestrategies would be to implement school based intervention which can be accessible to youth andalso make them aware about the harmful consequences of drug and alcohol use. This kind ofschool based intervention program can focus on providing cognitive behavioral training so thatstudents become aware of the skills to tackle risky drinking situations. It can also providemotivational enhancement to students so that they learn the ways to self-regulate their behavior.This can help them to minimize risk tasking behavior and indulgence in drug and alcohol use
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