PSYC 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Harm Reduction
21 May 2019
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Substance use and illicit drugs, who: 15. 3 mill people living struggling with drug disorder, canadian context: 15 years or older, past year prevalence of cannabis use has decreased to 9. 1%. The prevalence of past-year cannabis use decreased since. 2004 for males to 12. 2%, for females to 6. 2%, and youth aged 15-24 years to. 21. 6%: among youth for hard drugs: past year use has gone down to almost 5%, the rate of drug use is much higher for ages 15-24 compared o their older counterparts, drug use: prescription drugs and street drugs. Marijuana has been the most popular drug of choice. Implemented to prevent drug use by the vulnerable, such as youth (starting as early as possible). By providing info through the internet (websites such as not for me), on facebook, consequences of using drugs, stories from people who have been affected by drug use. Also gone into public schools and handed out brochures.
