Finland, you, alcohol and drugs

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1 Finland, you, alcohol and drugs Information about alcohol and drugs for immigrants Tule mukaan Päihdetyö

2 It may look like this:

3 It may lead to this:

4 When you are drunk, you are a moron.

5 Finland and alcohol and drugs We do preventive work Relatively good alcohol and drugs addiction treatment Strict legislation related to alcohol and drugs Nevertheless: young people use drugs The spectrum of intoxication is very broad: alcohol, drugs, intoxicative inhalants, poly drugs The usage of alcohol is common

6 Let s start with cigarettes/ electronic cigarettes Cigarettes consist of 7000 components, over 60 of which are cancer-causing and toxic chemicals Every year about 6000 people die from the harm of cigarettes in Finland As well, passive smoking is harmful. E.g. it predispose children to asthma and infections Snuff tobacco and electronic cigarettes are also harmful Smoking can have an affect to your medications

7 Cigarettes and the Law Only those retail outlets or shops who have got the permission can sell cigarettes. Others are allowed neither sell nor give away tobacco products to children under the age of 18. Smoking is forbidden: To public in the open indoor public places or outdoor sheds In the outdoor areas of schools and kindergartens In the personal car, where there is a child under 15 years old The importation and sale of snuff is forbidden

8 How to cutback / quit smoking? When you smoke, - what else could you do instead? Quit with a friend, - peer support Document the amount you smoke and smoke everyday one less If you have the urge to smoke wait for 15 minutes Nicotine gum & patch, medicines, inhalators Web sites with support services, phone apps

9 And then this alcohol The symptoms of intoxication: nausea, confusion, vomiting and loss of consciousness Risks: brain damage, choking on vomit, respiratory depression Reduces judgment ability 10 % of Finns are totally nondrinkers 90 % uses alcohol sometimes About people die from alcohol in a year

10 The Alcohol and the Law It s allowed to sell only for those shops or retail outlets, who have got the permission No alcohol is allowed to be sold or served to the children under the age of 18 Children under 18 years old must not be in possession of alcohol The crime s judgment can not be reduced, even though one didn t understand the doing because of alcohol intoxication. The municipality may prohibit drinking in a public place

11 Woman and alcohol In the evening: On the next day: 90 % of Finnish women drink or have been drinking The drunk woman has the same rights as all women have. The drunks no is NO!

12 How to cutback / quit drinking? Keep a week of sobriety or preferably a month Drink every second class water, drink slowly Drink beverages with low alcohol content Drink diluted alcoholic drinks Eat before drinking alcohol Try to set limits for yourself: timelimit, quantity Don t keep alcohol available Web sites with support services, phone apps

13 How to help a person, who has passed out? Check if the person can be woken up and does he/she breath properly. If not, call 112 for an ambulance. Lie him/her on his/her side in the recovery position

14 And the drugs Cannabis is the most commonly used drug in Finland It is particularly harmful to the young people Stimulants cause cardiac arrhythmia, cerebral haemorrhages (brain bleeding) and cardiac arrest Sedative drugs depress respiratory system The designer/synthetic drugs sale has increased in the Internet The synthetic drugs are tested on their users The synthetic drugs effect is slower, more intense and it lasts longer.

15 Other substances: Alcohol and medicines: The effects are unexpected, there combination caused number of deaths. The alcohol can increase or decrease the effect of the medicines. Doping substances: Hormonal disorders (e.g. men can have growing breasts, women body hair) Very unexpected changes of the mood, aggression

16 Drugs and the Law All drugs are illegal. It is illigal to: Produce, cultivate, import, sell, transmit, assign, use or possess drugs. As well the attempting of doing all of those things is illigal. The judgment for that is from the fine to 10 years of imprisonment.

17 Do you experience any of these? Sleep disorders Something distresses you Depression The traumas comes to your mind My head can't bear it and you feel confused If yes, do not use alcohol or drugs! They will make much worser all those feelings!

18 The alcohol and drugs impair the mental health: Increase anxiety feelings and depression Bad memories get stronger Sleeping disorders On the next day the feeling is even worser.

19 The alcohol, drugs and violence: 70 % of physical assaults and 80 % of homicides are done under the influence of the alcohol or drugs In 2/3 situations of violence the victim, doer or both are intoxicated by the alcohol or drugs. The alcohol and drugs intoxication clearly increases the risk of becoming a victim too. The usage of alcohol weekly increases the risk of becoming a victim of violence threefold

20 Take care of yourself! Protect your mental health, - do not use alcohol or drugs Protect yourself from violence, - do not use alcohol and drugs Stay in control and acumen, - do not use alcohol or drugs If you use, use with moderation Try to sleep, to eat and to exercise Try to find joy in the small things!

21 THANK YOU! TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND OTHERS!