Because I got high
Team Members
 Adriana Martinez
Kia Rodriguez
Greta Pizarro
Francisco Patino
Reyna Ramirez
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y8EOo14&feature=related
Demographics
Latino
White
36%
25%
African American
Asian
Male
Female
63%
37%
10-12 years old
13-15 years old
16-18 years old
19-21 years old
9%
43%
43%
5%
19%
12%
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Age
15-19
10-14
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
_friends_w ho_use
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35
40
45
50
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Box Plot of _times_get_highw eek
7.0
count
2.9
0
5
10
15
_tim es_get_highw eek
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20
Beliefs about schools
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4 (29%)
10 (71%)
7 (32%)
15 (68%)
20 (49%)
21 (51%)
17 (59%)
12 (41%)
Ethnicity
Asian
African-American
Latino
White
No
Yes
Use_affect_study_habits_and_grades
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83%
17%
93%
7%
Age
14-19
8-13
No
Yes
Teachers_care_about_drug_use
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Gender
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40 (58%)
29 (42%)
14 (33%)
29 (67%)
Male
Female
No
Yes
Hom e_life_cause_drug_use
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Toddler smokes pot
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59%
41%
40%
60%
Gender
Male
Female
No
Yes
School_stress_cause_drug_use
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Age_started_using_a_lot
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20
15
13.1619
10
5
6
8
10
12
12.0952
Age_started_recreational_use
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14
16
_times_get_highweek
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15-17
2 (100%)
0 (0%)
12-14
5 (100%)
0 (0%)
9-11
9 (100%)
0 (0%)
6-8
22 (96%)
1 (4%)
3-5
36 (82%)
8 (18%)
0-2
19 (79%)
5 (21%)
0
1
2
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3
We Need
• To reach students at a younger age
• To help Latino and white students become
more aware of how drugs affect study habits
and grades
• To help our female students with stress at
home and at school
Tailored toward students who use drugs
almost every day
Focused on 10-14 year olds
Random drug testing for “recruitment”
Inform about their student’s drug use
Strategies to identify drug users
Strategies to help students get help
Continuing support
Motivational and emotional speaker
Move into small groups afterward
Group leader is trained to identify drug
users
Follow-up strategy with identified
students
Strong
Prevention
Program
Parent
Involvement
Helps Users
and Non-Users
Relevant to
Students
Workshops
for 4th-8th
Grade
Teachers
Speaker and
Then Some
Strong
Prevention
Program
Parent
Involvement
Helps Users
and Non-Users
Relevant to
Students
Workshops
for 4th-8th
Grade
Teachers
Speaker and
Then Some
Chosen Solution: Speaker and Then
Some
• Easily be tailored to 10-14 year olds
• Small groups can identify users quickly
• Presentation can be cultural and focused
on social affects and study habits
• Group leader can start by talking about
school stress
• Challenge: How to make sure students
don’t realize what’s happening