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Alcohol A standard drink has 10 grams of alcohol in it. The size of a standard drink depends on what the drink is. When people have too much alcohol they get sick (and many of them vomit), they are not in full control of their minds and bodies, and they are not able to think clearly or to make good choices (especially about whether it is safe for them to drive). Some people who have had too much to drink become angry and they can hurt other people, including people in their family. Like other drugs the affects of alcohol may vary from person to person. Some of the factors that may influence how an individual may be affected by alcohol may include: How much they have had to drink How quickly they have drunk the alcohol Whether they have mixed other drugs How regularly they drink Their mood when they are drinking Their age, sex and body weight Their general health and nutrition Whether they have been eating as well as drinking If they have been binge drinking. Binge drinking means that you have been drinking heavily over a short period of time or drinking constantly over a number of days or weeks. Drinking alcohol increases the likelihood of acting in a violent way. Violence is not OK and if you are becoming violent when you drink it may be a good idea to look at how you can manage your alcohol use. Alcohol is a depressant drug meaning it slows the time it takes to respond to things. Alcohol has the ability to affect your co-ordination and judgement. When drunk in small amounts it may make you feel more relaxed, however, taken in larger amounts it may cause you to vomit or pass out. Some of the other more immediate effects of alcohol may include: Feeling more confident Feeling sleepy Losing balance or feeling dizzy Alcohol may also have longer term effects if drunk over a period of time and may cause physical ill health. Some of the physical ill health includes liver damage, hallucinations, memory loss or stomach damage. Alcohol may also cause you to feel moody or anxious and may result in tense relationships with family and friends. Mixing drinks or alcohol with other drugs Mixing different alcoholic drinks may increase the speed in which you become drunk and may mean you take more risks. Mixing alcohol with stimulants can be dangerous. The effects of alcohol may be hidden by the effects of the stimulant which may cause you to feel less drunk than you are. This may mean you take more risks, and put yourself in danger. For more information about what stimulants are check out the drugs fact sheet. Mixing alcohol with other depressant drugs like cannabis may be dangerous as both cause your body reactions to slow down and increase the likelihood of passing out or overdosing. Check out the drugs fact sheet for more information about depressants.
 * || Spirits, like whisky or vodka, have a lot of alcohol in a small amount so a standard drink would be a small amount, about 30 ml. ||
 * || Wine would have 10 grams of alcohol in 100 ml. ||
 * || A light beer would have 10 grams of alcohol in 425ml. ||
 * || Cans and bottles of alcoholic drinks may have different amounts of alcohol, depending on the amount of liquid. ||
 * || You can work out how many standard drinks are in them by looking at how much alcohol they have. ||

Gangs  ** What ** ** is a gang? **  The police's definition of a gang is: a group of individuals, juvenile and or adult, who associate on a continuous basis, form an allegiance for a common purpose, and are involved in delinquent or criminal activity. This definition is simple and functional. It allows the police departments to take proactive law enforcement action normally before the gang gets an organized structure. The gang may range from a loose knit group of individuals who hang around together and commit crimes together, to a formal organization with a leader or ruling council, gang colors, gang identifiers, and a gang name. ** structure. **  1. ** O.G.s **, original gangster. They are in it forever. 2. ** Hardcore **. Comprise approximately 5-10% of the gang. These are the die-hard gangsters, who thrive on the gang's lifestyle and will always seek the gang's companionship. The hardcore gangsters will most always be the leaders and without them the gang may fall apart. The gang's level of violence will normally be determined by the most violent hardcore members. They are usually the shooters. 3. ** Regular Members ** (or Associates). Usually range from 14 to 17 years old; their jobs are robbing and stealing. They are money oriented. They are initiated into the gang and will back up the "hardcore" gang members. If they stay in the gang long enough, they will become hardcore. They usually join the gang for status and recognition. They will wear gang colors, attend gang functions, and may even participate in some gang related criminal activity all to fulfill their emotional need of belonging. 4. ** Wanna-be's **. Usually 11 to 13 years old; their jobs are tagging and stealing. They are not yet initiated into the gang, but hang around with them and usually will do most anything the gang members ask of them so that they may prove themselves worthy of belonging. 5. ** Could-be's **. Usually under the age of 10. Children of this age are at more risk when they live in or close to an area where there are gangs or have a family member who is involved with gangs. It is important to find alternatives for these children in order that they may avoid gang affiliation completely. Generally, the further into a gang that someone is, the harder it is to get out. ** of different gangs. **  ·  ** Scavenger Gangs (Wanna-be's) ** : Have no backing from the "real" gangsters. They get killed for using sect names. They are usually trouble makers. They are commonly found in the suburbs. They join gangs because they want to be cool and are nick-named "weekend gangsters". They are usually white and usually join the gang for the intimidation factor. · ** Territorial Gangs ** : They protect their block, neighborhood, or city. They are usually Latino or Spanish, but sometimes are black. Their purpose is to keep their gangs in their neighborhoods and they join for respect. · ** Hardcore ** : They want all rival gangs dead. Their main objective is to make money and to get rid of their rivals. They are mostly black, but some can be Spanish. ** attire. **  ·  ** Dressing to the right or the left. ** brim of hat turned to the left or right, pant leg rolled up, shirt collars turned up on one side only, any predominance of colors, colors displayed in wrist or ankle bands, shoe laces, rubber bands, barrettes, and bandannas, tongues hanging out of one shoe, earrings worn on one side only, bandannas or scarves hanging from belt loops, pockets, or tied to the leg. Eyebrows shaved or lines shaved through them. Small tattoos on the inside of the hand or between the thumb or index finger. Burn marks (brands) on the arms, hands, or chest. Look for writing on the inside of hat, or under the brims for gang writing. · Some clothes that have strong gang affiliation: ** and gangs. **

Girls are attracted to gangsters because of the respect they think they will acquire once people realize who they are going out with. Little do they know that the guys are only using them for their sexual enjoyment. Very rarely will a gangster have a serious relationship with a girl who "hangs" with the gang. And in almost all cases where the girl gets pregnant, they guy will ditch her and the baby. Girls do form their own gangs, and also belong to spinoffs of the guys' gangs. The girl gangsters can be just as dangerous and just as organized. They also are initiated in the same manner as the boys; by being V'd in. And don't think for a minute that these beatings aren't every bit as vicious as the beatings that the guys take. In some cases, if a girl wants to hang with the guy's gang, she has to be V'd-in in order to associate with them. This is done by one of several ways. The most popular of those ways being that the girl have sex with every guy in the gang (never using protection); and in some cases, the girl has to have sex with a guy who is HIV infected to prove her loyalty.  

PREVALENCE OF WEAPON-CARRYING BY YOUTH A higher incidence of weapon-carrying, and guns in particular, among youths has been identified as a key factor in the recent increase in youth violence. Weapon-carrying increases risk of death and serious injury to both the carrier and others. In recent years a number of studies have investigated the accessibility of weapons and the extent to which youth carry them. According to the 1990 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 1 in 20 senior high school students carried a firearm, usually a handgun, and 1 in 5 carried a weapon of some type during the 30 days preceding the survey (Centers for Disease Control, 1991). A survey of 10 inner-city high schools in four states found that 35% of male and 11% of female students reported carrying a gun (Sheley, McGee, & Wright, 1992). A study of rural school students in southeast Texas found that 6% of male students had taken guns to school, and almost 2% reported that they did so almost every day. In addition, 42.3% of those surveyed said they could get a gun if they wanted one (Kissell, 1993). More than one-third (34%) of urban high school students in Seattle reported having easy access to handguns, while 11.4% of males and 1.5% of females reported owning a handgun. One-third of those who owned handguns reported that they had fired at someone. Further, almost 10% of female students reported a firearm homicide or suicide among family members or close friends (Callahan & Rivara, 1992). Another study from the southeast U.S. found that 9% of urban and suburban youth owned a handgun (Larson, 1994). A poll of students in grades six through twelve conducted by Louis Harris for the Harvard School of Public Health in 1993 found that 59% said they could get a handgun if they wanted one, and 21% said they could get one within the hour. More than 60% of urban youth reported that they could get a handgun, and 58% of suburban youth also claimed that they could (Larson, 1994). Fifteen percent of students reported carrying a handgun in the past month, 11% said that they had been shot at, 9% said that they had fired a gun at someone, and 4% said they had carried a gun to school in the past year (Drevitch, 1994; Hull, 1993). In a study of two public inner-city junior high schools in Washington, D.C., 47% of males reported having ever carried knives, and 25% reported having ever carried guns for protection or to use in case they got into a fight; 37% of females reported having carried a knife for these purposes. Both schools are located in high-crime areas (Webster, Gainer, & Champion, 1993). WHY DO YOUNG PEOPLE CARRY WEAPONS? A common reason given by young people for carrying weapons is for protection against being "jumped" (Price, Desmond, & Smith, 1991). However, research has shown that weapon-carrying among youth appears to be more closely associated with criminal activity, delinquency, and aggressiveness than to purely defensive behavior (Sheley, McGee, & Wright, 1992; Webster, Gainer, & Champion, 1993). Handgun ownership by inner-city high school youth has been associated with gang membership, selling drugs, interpersonal violence, being convicted of crimes, and either suspension or expulsion from school (Callahan & Rivara, 1992). Gun-carrying among junior high students is also strongly linked with indicators of serious delinquency, such as having been arrested (Webster, Gainer, & Champion, 1993). These studies have the following implications for the prevention of gun-carrying among youth (Webster, Gainer, & Champion, 1993): If gun carrying stems largely from antisocial attitudes and behaviors rather than from purely defensive motives of otherwise nonviolent youths, interventions designed to prevent delinquency may be more effective than those that focus only on educating youths about the risks associated with carrying a gun. The latter may, however, be able to deter less hardened youths from carrying weapons in the future. Intensive and comprehensive interventions directed at high-risk children could possibly "inoculate" children against the many social factors that foster criminal deviance and the most violent behavior patterns. (p. 1608) HOW ARE FIREARMS OBTAINED? Adult criminals and youth involved in illegal activities have reported that guns are not difficult to obtain. Illegal or unregulated transactions are the primary sources of guns used in violent acts; stealing, borrowing from friends or acquaintances, and illegal purchasing of guns are the most common. Less than 1 in 5 guns used for illegal activities were purchased from licensed dealers. The most commonly cited reason for acquiring a gun is "self-defense" (Roth, 1994). FIREARMS AND VIOLENCE Every day in the United States there are 733 shootings (Cotton, 1992). It is estimated that 66.7 million handguns and 200 million firearms of all kinds are in circulation (Larson, 1994). About one-haft of all households own at least one firearm and one-quarter own a handgun (Reiss & Roth, 1993). Experts assert that greater availability of guns increases the rates of murder and felony gun use. However, the greater availability of guns does not appear to affect levels of violence in general (Roth, 1994)

James Mitchell Jemma Herbert
 * Risk taking **
 * The members of your group **
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Newspaper article
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The consequences of drugs and alcohlo and being a part of a gang To educate the public Don’t do drugs or have too much alcohol or join a gang How you are going bring in music or sound ** Sound effects and music at appropriate times
 * An explanation of what you are doing, why you are doing it and what you would like the audience to get from your piece. **

Do this wiki
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No instruments No costume Some props not yet decided
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Risk taking: it is a risk to take drugs and alcohol and join gangs Decision making: the characters have to make decisions regarding there wellbeing Consequences: the characters experience the consequences of their actions Causes: the play will show the causes
 * An explanation of how your piece is related to risk taking,. decision making and the consequences; things that make us do what we do; being “invincible” because we’re young. This will form part of your “synopsis” which you will present to the CLP teachers and the audience before you perform your piece. **