Substance Use Ripple Effect Mapper¶
Specification¶
The full specification below is extracted from Chapter 10: Substances - Effects and Safer Choices.
Type: workflow
**sim-id:** substance-use-ripple-effect-mapper<br/>
**Library:** Mermaid<br/>
**Status:** Specified
Bloom Taxonomy Level: Analyze (L4)
Bloom Verb: examine, distinguish, organize
Learning objective: Students examine how a single substance-use pattern
can create compounding effects across relationships, school, and work
domains, distinguishing direct effects from cascading secondary effects.
Visual style: Mermaid flowchart with a central starting node branching
into three domain chains, all nodes clickable via `click NodeId call
showInfo("term")`
Nodes:
1. Start: "Ongoing Substance Use (e.g., regular vaping or drinking)" —
click reveals: "This node represents any pattern of regular substance
use, not a specific product or method."
2. "Disrupted Sleep and Concentration" — click reveals: "Nicotine,
cannabis, and alcohol all measurably disrupt sleep quality and
next-day concentration."
3a. "Relationship Trust Strain" — click reveals: "Mood changes and
impaired judgment are linked to increased conflict and reduced honest
communication."
3b. "Declining School Performance" — click reveals: "Reduced
concentration and attendance are linked to lower grades and more
disciplinary consequences."
3c. "Workplace Risk" — click reveals: "Impaired performance and safety
violations are linked to job loss and, in roles involving machinery or
driving, physical danger to self and others."
4. "Increased Stress" — click reveals: "Strained relationships, school
struggles, and job instability all increase overall stress levels."
5. End (highlighted): "Cycle Can Reinforce Further Substance Use — Unless
Interrupted" — click reveals: "Reaching out for support at any point in
this chain is what breaks the cycle; earlier is easier, but any point
is a valid time to seek help."
Connections: Start → 2 → (3a, 3b, 3c, each shown as parallel branches) →
4 → 5, with a dashed feedback arrow from 5 back to Start labeled "Without
intervention"
Color coding: gray for the start/mechanism nodes, orange for the three
domain-effect branches, red for the stress/cycle nodes, green highlight on
a small "Support Breaks This Cycle" callout node connected to node 5
Implementation: Mermaid flowchart with click bindings to a showInfo()
function; infobox text in a JS lookup object; content restriction: no node
depicts a specific product, brand, or method of use — only documented
effect categories and relationship pathways.