Are the Drugs Worth the Risk?

In 1993, Ron and Ayres had a boy named Jacob, but until 3 years old, Jacob showed no signs of mental disorder. At the age of 4, Jacob's pre-school teacher suggested using him to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (often referred to as ADHD). He lacks impulsive control. After several teachers made the same proposal, Ron and Iris stopped resistance and brought Jacob to a psychiatrist.

Despite the fact that parents, school, and federal government are making efforts to "refuse" drugs to children and teenagers, advertisements of tobacco, alcohol, prescription drugs of more than $ 25 billion effectively "Yes" I say. In addition, although television programs and movies contain the use of a large volume of materials, unlike traditional advertisements, explanations of legitimate drugs by media are usually positive, not criticized as ads It does not cause. Information is mixed, and media contributes greatly to the participation risk of young people

In order to solve drug-related problems, we need to understand why some young people take medicine, but others do not. The factor that raises the possibility that some people will use medicines is called a "risk factor". Factors that seem to protect others from the risks of drug use are called "elastic factors". I can not predict who will continue to use drugs. What we can do is to examine the following factors. Young people with many risk factors and few recovery factors are more likely to use medicine

Risk factors can affect drug abuse in many ways. They may be additional: the higher the risk of child contact, the more likely the child will abuse the drug. Several risk factors are particularly effective, but may not affect drug abuse unless specific conditions are met. For example, a family history of drug abuse exposes children to the risk of drug abuse. However, in environments without drug abuse or strong anti-drug regulation, children are less likely to become drug addicts. The existence of many protection factors can mitigate the effects of several risk factors. For example, strong protection such as support and participation by parents can reduce the impact of strong risks such as drug abuse peer abuse. Therefore, an important goal of prevention is to change the balance between risk elements and protection elements so that protection elements exceed risk elements.