Transcript Drugs
Drugs • What is a Drug? A substance(s) that influences physical and/or psychological change in the body. Benefits To Drugs • OTC= Over The Counter: Colds, Fever, Headache, Body Pain. • Cancer: these drugs affect the rapid growth of cancer cells and destroys them. • Heart Transplants: Prevents rejection and hemorrhaging during surgery. • Pain Relief: headaches, body aches, codeine, morphine, etc. Why Do People Use Drugs Illegally? • 1. Biological: Medicines for disease, genetics, levels of neurotransmitters. • 2. Social: Peer pressure, role models. • 3. Psychological: How needs are being met; cope with life; crisis management, and stress. Addict vs. Normal Individual • Addict: The drug is the center of an addicts life. The addict can’t function without the drug in their system. • Individual: The “self” is the center of an individuals life. They are more concerned about their life goals then drugs. Who is responsible for the safety of drug use? • • • • • • • Individual Person- YOU! Drug Companies FDA Media Pharmacy Federal Government Laws and Police Government Intervention 3 major laws passed concerning drug use. 1. 1906: Food & Drug Act- Regulation of safety for human use. 2. 1914: Harrison Narcotics Act- Improved record keeping for sale & use of depressant drugs. 3. 1986: Drug Free American Act- Banned the sale, manufacturing, possession, and trafficking of controlled substances. How Do Drugs Get Into The Body. • • • • • Oral Ingestion ( most common method) Injection (Longest duration) Snorting (Quickest High) Inhalation Absorption – Transdermal (through the skin) – Buccal ( between the cheek and gum) What happens in the body with the cycle of the “high”? • Rush: The rush is the initial response to the drug. • High: The user feels aggressively smarter than others and becomes argumentative, sometimes violent. Pleasure results from an explosive release of dopamine in the brain. • Binge: A continuation of the high by using more drugs. Drug cycle continued… • Tweaking: This occurs at the end of the binge when nothing the user does will take away the feeling of emptiness and anxiety. Tweaking is very uncomfortable. • Crash: The user energy has been completely depleted and he or she sleeps very deeply. (hoursdays at a time) • Normal: After the crash, the abuser returns to normal, a state that is slightly deteriorated from the normal state before use.