Transcript Power Point drug use - Mayfield City Schools

CHAPTER 14
DRUGS
I. DRUG USE
 A.
DRUG -A substance other
than food that changes the
structure or function of the body
and mind.
1. MEDICINES

a. PERSCRIPTION MEDICNIES CAN BE
SOLD ONLY WITH A WRITTEN
ORDER FROM A PHYSICIAN.

b. OVER THE COUNTER MEDICINES
(OTC) ARE MEDICINES THAT ARE
SAFE ENOUGH TO BE TAKEN
WITHOUT A WRITTEN ORDER.
B. DRUG MISUSE
used
in a way not
intended
1. SIDE EFFECT
ANY EFFECT OF A MEDICINE OTHER
THAN THE ONE INTEDED.
 a. UPSET STOMACH
 b. DROWSINESS
 c. DIZZINESS

2. TOLERANCE

A condition in which a person’s body
becomes used to the effect of a medicine
and needs greater and greater amounts of it
to be effective.
C. Drug abuse
1. taking drugs in a way
they are not medically
intended or
2. using it illegally
3. ADDICTION

A PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL
NEED FOR A DRUG.
II. Cannabis (marijuana)
 A.
THC is the chemical that
produces psychoactive effect
 1. Hash
a. tops or the buds of cannabis
b. has more THC
B.
1.
2.
SHORT-TERM EFFECTS – REDUCES
REACTION TIME AND
COORDINATION.
PANIC ATTACKS
IMPAIRED JUDGEMENT
C. LONG-TERM EFFECTS
1.
 2.
 3.
 4.

LUNG DISEASE
DEPRESSION
ANXIETY
PERSONALITY DISTURBANCES
III. CLUB DRUGS
ECSTASY (MDMA) –
SPEEDS UP THE CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM
 A.
B. ROHYPNOL (ROOFIE)
SUPPRESSES THE CNS, THE PERSON
IS UNABLE TO RESIST ATTACK.
 1. PRODUCES AMNESIA – THIS IS
WHERE THE VICTIM CANNOT
RECALL WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.

C. GHB

DEPRESSANT OF THE CNS.
D. KETAMINE
SPECIAL K IS USED IN MEDICAL
PROCEDURES.
 1. CAUSES – HALLUCINATIONS,
MEMORY LOSS, AND RESPIRATORY
FAILURE.

E. ANABOLIC STEROIDS

SYNTHETIC SUBSTANCES RELATED
TO THE MALE SEX HORMONE.
IV. NARCOTICS
PERSCRIPTION ONLY AND USED TO
RELIEVE PAIN.
 A. OPIUM – LIQUID FROM THE POPPY
PLANT CONTAINING SUBSTANCES
THAT NUMB THE BODY.

B. HEROIN
 severe
withdrawal symptoms
 C. OXYCOTIN –
INCREASED TOLERANCE
TO THE DRUG.
V. STIMULANTS
DRUGS THAT SPEED UP ACTIVITY IN
THE HUMAN BRAIN. SOME MILD
STIMULANTS ARE:
 1. COFFEE
 2. CHOCOLATE
 3. SODA POP

A. AMPHETAMINES (SPEED)

HIGHLY ADDICTIVE, EXTREME
WEIGHT LOSS, AND LOSS OF
PHYSICAL STRENGTH
B. Cocaine
 1.
DAMAGE TO NOSE
LINING AND LIVER; HEART
ATTACK, SEIZURES,
STROKE AND DEATH
 2. Produces a feeling of energy
C.
Crack
strong
pure cocaine
-1. very addictive
D. Methamphetamines
VERY
STRONG
STIMULANT
VI. Depressants
- slows
the body
systems down
A.
Tranquilizers
B. Barbiturates
C. Hypnotic
VII. HALLUCINOGENS
 DRUGS
THAT DISTORT
MOODS, THOUGHTS, AND
SENSES.
A. Lysergic acid diethyl amide
(LSD)
1. ergot fungus on rye
2. high tolerance
3. blotter, microdot
4. flashbacks
B. PHENCYCLIDINE (PCP)
1. CAUSES VIOLENT AND
UNPREDICTIABLE BEHAVIOR.
C. Psilocybin
chemical
found in
certain mushrooms
(magic mushrooms)
VIII. INHLANTS
ANY SUBSTANCE WHOSE FUMES
ARE SNIFFED AND INHALED TO
PRODUCE MIND-ALTERING
SENSATIONS.
 A. ABUSING INHALANTS CAN
DAMAGE THE MYELIN AROUND THE
BRAIN.

IX. GETTING HELP
A. FIRST STEP IS TO RECOGNIZE YOU
MAY HAVE A PROBLEM.
 B. ASK FOR HELP

C. SYMPTOMS OF DRUG
ABUSE
1. TOLERANCE IS HIGHER
 2. CRAVINGS ARE MORE INTENSE
 3. LOSS OF CONTROL
 4. PHYISCAL DEPENDENCE OR
WITHDRAWL SYMPTOMS

D. DETOXIFICATION

PHYISCAL PROCESS OF FREEING TH
BODY OF AN ADDICTIVE
SUBSTANCE.
X. CHOOSING TO BE DRUG
FREE
A. USE THE STOP METHOD WHEN
REFUSING DRUGS
 1. SAY NO IN A FIRM VOICE
 2. TELL WHY OR WHY NOT
 3. OFFER ALTERNATIVE IDEAS
 4. PROMPTLY LEAVE
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