Life Ed

"Delay the Decision" Was the main message at Life Ed. We applied this to alcohol and drugs.

Delaying the decision.
Michael taught us that it is important to delay the decision of using drugs until we have finished the journey of puberty. It is more dangerous for teenagers to use drugs than an adult that has already finished puberty because we have a faster absorption rate. This just means that we absorb the drugs faster.

How do drugs affect the brain
Memory
Reasoning
Judgement
Mechanical skills
Intellect
Concentration
Emotion

These are the things in your brain that gets affect almost immediately once you use drugs.

You have 4 parts to your brain. Long term, short term, future thinking and todays thinking. The words that are in a different colour are the parts that the drugs effect first.
- Long term
- Short term
- Future thinking 
- Todays thinking

This is just another reason to prove drugs is not a good way to go with your life. Michael told us a story about how a man went out and used drugs, when he got home he couldn't remember his own daughter and thought she was threatening him and then hit her.

Puberty
You can start puberty as young 9yrs or as old as 16yrs, it is simply because everyone is different. This stage in your life is very important as you start to make your way into becoming a young lady or young man. Making your way into this journey will take 7 years or described as the 7 rungs on a ladder. Most teenagers start using drugs at parties at only 13!! This has taught me to be aware of my situations when I am in places where I could be offered drugs.

Saying no
We have been taught an easy way of being able to say no.
REACH WITS

R - give a reason
E - give an excuse
A - be assertive
C - change the subject
H - humor

W - walk away
I - ignore
T -  Tell someone
S - seek help

To sum it all up we learnt that it is very important to delay the decision of using drugs until you have finished puberty. Also I have learnt all the affects that drugs will do to your body and that it is NOT a good idea to start!