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Clearing The Air about: Gretchen Hagenbuch, M.Ed. SAP Coordinator Philadelphia Region Caron Quick Facts Nationally recognized behavioral healthcare and addiction treatment facility Addiction treatment services (60 year history)

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Clearing The Air about:

Gretchen Hagenbuch, M.Ed. SAP Coordinator Philadelphia Region

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Caron Quick Facts

  • Nationally recognized behavioral healthcare and

addiction treatment facility

  • Addiction treatment services (60 year history)
  • Student assistance services/prevention

(27 year history)

  • Offers a full spectrum of treatment programs to meet

the needs of everyone (adolescents to seniors)

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Addiction is an illness:

The repetitive use of a substance

  • r behavior, despite negative

consequences

Mind altering substances are either: Physically addictive Emotionally addictive

  • r BOTH!
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Drugs and the Brain

Mind altering substances usually fall into 3 categories Stimulants- Speed up HR, respiration, raise BP Depressants- Slow down HR, respiration, lower BP Hallucinogens- Alter perception of reality Nicotine is a stimulant

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  • Age the person starts using
  • Family History of Addiction
  • Being around others that abuse drugs or

alcohol

  • Pre-existing, untreated mental health issue

Risk Factors for Addiction

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An introduction to ‘Vaping’

  • Originally designed to be a ‘harm reduction’ tool

for cigarette users, is now a billion dollar industry

  • Referring to any electronic vapor devices such as

e-cigs, vapes, vape pens, mods, and e-hookahs

  • Used to ingest vaporized liquid nicotine, liquid

THC from marijuana, flavorings, or a combination

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An introduction to ‘Vaping’

  • Is often referred to as “Juuling” due to the

popularity of the Juul device

  • Is introducing teens to nicotine addiction
  • Several studies are showing that teens may turn

from Vape devices to cigarettes

  • PA received 13.7 million dollars in taxes

according to the department of revenue (40% tax rate)

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The New Look of Nicotine Addiction

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Rechargeable E-cigarettes (JUUL, myblu, and Bo)

Types of Products

Disposable E-cigarettes

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Tank Systems Vape Pens

Types of Products

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E-liquids and E-Juices Pods

Types of Products

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JUUL Suorin Aspire/Breeze Phix

Most Popular Vaping Products

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New and Emerging Products

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  • Many users believe they are inhaling

harmless water vapor

  • What they ARE inhaling is aerosol

produced by solvents in the liquid What We Know

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Vaping liquids contain propylene glycol and/or glycerin, the solvents that produce the vapor. Potential danger of inhaling toxic carbonyls including:

  • Formaldehyde
  • Acetaldehyde
  • Acetone
  • Butanol

What We Know

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Nicotine: Can produce nausea, vomiting, elevated heart rate, and seizures Flavoring agents: Vape liquids can potentially damage cells Ultra-fine particles: Including water, solvent and nicotine appear to be deposited in the lungs Heavy Metals: Nickel, Cadmium, Lead, and Mercury

What We Know

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Flavors

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Risks

  • Nicotine Addiction
  • Nicotine Poisoning
  • Unknown long term effects
  • Switching to traditional cigarettes
  • Dripping
  • Using devices to vape other drugs
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Brain Health: Can reduce impulse control, deficits in cognition, and attention and mood disorders Gum Disease: Bloody mouth sores are being reported by teens who vape. Vaping promotes gum disease and tooth loss Vaper’s Cough: Inhaling particles and vaporized liquids can produce chronic bronchitis. Current vape users are twice as likely Addiction: Several studies show that teens who vape are turning to traditional cigarettes. Nicotine is highly addictive

Additional Risks

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Vaping Other Drugs

THC: The psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, can be converted to an oil. The THC concentrate is much stronger Synthetic Marijuana: K2, Spice: 100 times more psychoactive than THC. Can cause dangerous spike in BP, seizures, kidney failure and chest pain Flakka: Synthetic drug that is cheap and deadly. Paranoid psychosis, elevated body temp., insensitivity to pain, and fatigue DMT: Dimethyltryptamine is one of the strongest hallucinogens in the world, more powerful than LSD

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How do teens get Vapes?

  • A friend or relative
  • Local Vape shops and gas stations
  • Many online vendors also sell vape devices

and e-juice. Underage youth may use Visa Gift Cards or PayPal accounts

  • Look out for packages delivered to your

home

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Marijuana Trends

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Marijuana is a ‘mixed action’ drug It can be a:

  • Stimulant
  • Depressant
  • Hallucinogen
  • It can be smoked in traditional form
  • Inhaled as an oil or wax
  • Consumed orally: ‘Edibles’

The active ingredient that makes a person ‘high’ is THC There is also CBD in Marijuana which has some medical benefits, but without the ‘high’

Marijuana Basics

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Marijuana is much more potent

  • THC levels in the ‘60s and ‘70s were about 1%
  • THC levels in the ‘80s and ‘90s were about 3%
  • Today the average THC level is 13%

Consuming in edible form has it’s own risks

Marijuana Today

Using THC oils or waxes can increase the level to 40-80%

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Risks of Marijuana/THC Use

  • Problems with memory & learning
  • Distorted perception
  • Trouble with thinking & problem-solving
  • Apathy
  • Increased risk of Mental Illness
  • Marijuana strength is leading more addiction
  • Unpredictability, especially with edibles
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Resources

  • Tobacco Prevention Toolkit

https://med.stanford.edu/tobaccopreventiontoolkit.html

  • The Partnership for a Drug-Free Kids

http://www.drugfree.org

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse

http://www.drugabuse.gov/parents-teachers

  • Community of Concern

http://www.thecommunityofconcern.org

  • Smoke Free Resources

http://www.smokefree.gov