Prevention Plan Today, research shows that many people are today suffering from mental disorders as a result of alcohol and drugs addiction. This has caused parents, the elementary schools, communities as well as, mental health professionals to express their concern in regards to drug addiction in order to develop a prevention plan that will help teens/high school student before they become addicts. Drug addiction in families contributes to an extensive list of serious mental illness; as a result developing an invention plan is a good idea because it will minimize the chances of occurrence. The primary goals of the prevention plan include;

To reduce the use, the types of substances used as well as limiting the number of users

To ensure that the use of drugs and alcohols in teens/students are delayed. Delaying the use of drugs and alcohol reduces harm during a child's development as well as reducing the risks for developing addiction and abusive patterns of use.

To prevent the transition from the "use" to "abuse."

Diminishing the harms which may result from the use of those drugs.

Alcohol and drug use among teens/students has become a serious problem. Studies shows that most teens/high school student who begin drinking at an early age of 14 are significantly more likely to experience alcohol dependence in their lives compared to those who begin drinking after 20 years of age. Conversely, students who drink alcohol are most likely to experience negative consequences such as memory problems, impaired school performances and many others. Therefore, delaying the age of first use of drugs and alcohol is a significant goal of prevention. However, protective factors such as strong family bonds as well as, proactive parenting can also help delay teens' experimentation with alcohol and drugs and thus may help reduce long-term problems.

Responsibility for prevention should belong to many individuals and groups, not just school-based prevention programs. Example of prevention plans may include designing programs to reduce drug availability such as law enforcement and educating the teens about the effects of drugs and alcohol prior to using them; this can be done by parents, communities, and in elementary schools. Parents are role models to their children; therefore, defining the standards behavior and providing...

The use of drugs does not necessarily affect the abuser and his/her life, but it also affects the lives of the family members. As a result, when prevention plan begins, parents and elementary schools should be involved (Givaudan & Pick, 2001).
The other prevention plans which can be used are health prevention program model. The program is important because it will help in targeting behavior of the teens/student schools before they actually occur. The program can be used to target the elementary schools where the instructors can educate the teens/student on the risks of using such drugs. Conversely, secondary prevention programs can be developed to particularly for the people who have demonstrated some problematic behaviors. The main goal in this case is to help stop the peoples' behaviors before they go sky-high. Other prevention plan may include addressing the community needs through Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) because this will make the program to be successful. The goal of DARE is to teach effective peer resistance as well as, refusal skills so that the teens can say "no" to drug abuse and to the friends who may wish to influence them in using the drugs.

Theory of addiction causation

Most people believe in the multi-casual theory as a cause of drug addiction to the users. The multi-casual theory states that an individual falls into addiction for a combination of reasons such as physical dependency and positive reinforcement. Physical dependency has become the most popular model of addiction causation. For example, the nature of an individual' body chemistry changes substantially when exposed to drug and alcohol, as a result, these teens/students cannot go forward until the drug is input inside their body causing the body to revolts (Givaudan & Pick, 2001). Conversely, positive reinforcement also stresses on physical dependency, however it approach the dependency being a means of receiving pleasure as well as, avoiding pain. Positive reinforcement in regards to multi-casual theory is somehow related to the idea of physical dependency that once a drug has been introduced into a person's system, the drug will hamper with the normal production of natural chemicals in the body. In summary, regular use of drugs in the system will…