Transcript Ritalin

Health Project
By: Steven ,Carlie, and Erika
Street names
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Diet coke
Kiddie cocaine
Kiddie coke
Vitamin R
R-Ball
Poor mans cocaine
Rids
Skittles
Smarties
What is Ritalin?
• Common name- for methylphenidate
• Classified as a schedule II narcotic
• Abused by teens for stimulant effects
How it enters the body
• Take as a pill or
inject in liquid
form
• Grind into powder
and snort
Statistics
• In some schools 20% of the kids take the
drug regularly
• In 6 years there has been an 80%
increase of the drug
• From1990-2000 there have been 186
deaths in the US alone.
History
• 5 million stimulant prescriptions in 1991 to
nearly 35 million in 2007
• 3,601 emergency room visits in 2004:
13 times more than in 1990
• 271 emergency room visits in 1990
• 1995 was ranked on the drug enforcement
administration list of most stolen
prescriptions
Effects
• Short term
• Long term
• Loss of appetite
• Increased heart rate, blood
pressure, body temp raises
• Pupil dilation
• Disrupted sleep
• Nausea
• Bizarre, erratic, violent
behavior
• hallucinations
• Permanent damage to blood
vessels
• Liver, kidney, and lung
damage
• Depression
• Damage to the brain including
stroke and possible epilepsy
• Breathing problems if smoke
• Malnutrition, weight loss
• disorientation
How people get started
• It helps focus and gives you energy. When
the pill wears off you are given the feeling
of a crash coma. Making the user want
another pill to help with the tiredness.
Eventually users begin to snort or take
larger doses of ritalin
Interesting Facts
• None of it is manufactured on the streets
• Looks like aspirin
• Pale yellow, green, or white