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Task Force on Substance Abuse Services 61
students need to be referred, and whether follow- up
services and recovery supports are available on
campus or in the community.
( b) The Department of Public Instruction, North Carolina
Community College System, and University of North
Carolina system should coordinate their prevention efforts
with the prevention activities led by the Division of Mental
Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse
Services to ensure the development of consistent messages
and optimization of prevention efforts. Prevention efforts
should be based on research- based programs that focus on
intervening early and at each stage of development with age
appropriate strategies to reduce risk factors and strengthen
protective factors before problems develop.
In addition to general prevention efforts, the Task Force also focused
on prevention efforts that have been shown to be effective in reducing
the use or misuse of tobacco, alcohol, prescription drugs, and illicit
drugs.
Tobacco
Youth tobacco use: Tobacco is considered a gateway drug and is often
one of the first substances that children use. 57 Tobacco use ( as well as
alcohol and marijuana use) is a precursor to other illicit drug use. 57
Studies show that children and adolescents who use tobacco are more
likely than those who do not use tobacco to consume alcohol or use
other illicit substances. 58 Tobacco is a highly addictive substance and
targets the same pathway in the brain as alcohol and many other
drugs. 59
North Carolina Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 2007 show that
22.5% of high school students have smoked cigarettes on 1 or more of
the past 30 days, while 11.7% of middle school students have. 45 In
general, as age increases, so does the probability that cigarettes have
been smoked on 1 or more of the last 30 days.
Congress enacted the Synar Amendment in 1992 to protect youth from
tobacco. The Synar Amendment requires states to have laws
prohibiting the sale of and distribution of tobacco to individuals under
the age of 18 and to have effective enforcement mechanisms. y Under
y Promulgation of regulation and monitoring states’ compliance with the
requirements of Synar are the responsibility of the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Administration ( SAMHSA). The SAMHSA regulation implementing the
Synar Amendment requires the State to do the following:
“ a. Have in effect a law prohibiting any manufacturer, retailer or distributor of
Children and
adolescents who
use tobacco are
more likely than
those who do not
use tobacco to
consume alcohol
or use other illicit
substances
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| Full Text | Task Force on Substance Abuse Services 61 students need to be referred, and whether follow- up services and recovery supports are available on campus or in the community. ( b) The Department of Public Instruction, North Carolina Community College System, and University of North Carolina system should coordinate their prevention efforts with the prevention activities led by the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services to ensure the development of consistent messages and optimization of prevention efforts. Prevention efforts should be based on research- based programs that focus on intervening early and at each stage of development with age appropriate strategies to reduce risk factors and strengthen protective factors before problems develop. In addition to general prevention efforts, the Task Force also focused on prevention efforts that have been shown to be effective in reducing the use or misuse of tobacco, alcohol, prescription drugs, and illicit drugs. Tobacco Youth tobacco use: Tobacco is considered a gateway drug and is often one of the first substances that children use. 57 Tobacco use ( as well as alcohol and marijuana use) is a precursor to other illicit drug use. 57 Studies show that children and adolescents who use tobacco are more likely than those who do not use tobacco to consume alcohol or use other illicit substances. 58 Tobacco is a highly addictive substance and targets the same pathway in the brain as alcohol and many other drugs. 59 North Carolina Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 2007 show that 22.5% of high school students have smoked cigarettes on 1 or more of the past 30 days, while 11.7% of middle school students have. 45 In general, as age increases, so does the probability that cigarettes have been smoked on 1 or more of the last 30 days. Congress enacted the Synar Amendment in 1992 to protect youth from tobacco. The Synar Amendment requires states to have laws prohibiting the sale of and distribution of tobacco to individuals under the age of 18 and to have effective enforcement mechanisms. y Under y Promulgation of regulation and monitoring states’ compliance with the requirements of Synar are the responsibility of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration ( SAMHSA). The SAMHSA regulation implementing the Synar Amendment requires the State to do the following: “ a. Have in effect a law prohibiting any manufacturer, retailer or distributor of Children and adolescents who use tobacco are more likely than those who do not use tobacco to consume alcohol or use other illicit substances |
