Transcript ECSTASY

Why is illegal drug use
dangerous?
 dangerous /permanent
damage to brain and body
 become addicted
 major factor in suicide,
accidents and crimes
 risk of spreading disease
through sharing needles
 can result in overdose
 drug use leads to making
irresponsible decisions
The reasons people begin using drugs are similar to
the reasons they begin to drink or smoke. What are
these reasons?
Desire to experiment
Desire to escape depression / boredom
Enjoyment of risky behavior
Belief that drugs solve personal problems
Peer pressure
Media glamorizing drug use
While there are many different illegal drugs, all
illegal drugs have 3 things in common.
What are these 3 things?
 Affects function of
the brain
 Dangerous to health
 Result in drug
dependence and
addiction
Marijuana is a word
used to describe the
dried flowers, seeds,
and leaves of the
Indian hemp plant.
Regardless of the name, this drug is an
hallucinogen – a substance which distorts
how the mind perceives the world you
live in.
EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA
SHORT TERM
LONG TERM
 Sensory distortion
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 Panic
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 Poor coordination of
movement
 Lowered reaction time
 After an initial “up,” the
user feels sleepy or
depressed
 Increased heartbeat
(and risk of heart
attack)
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Reduced resistance to common
illnesses ( cold, bronchitis)
Growth disorders
Increase of abnormally
structured cells in the body
Reduction of male sex hormones
Rapid destruction of lung fibers
and lesions to the brain could
be permanent
Reduced sexual capacity
Apathy, drowsiness, lack of
motivation
Personality and mood changes
Inability to understand things
clearly
What are some of
the effects
marijuana has on
the body?
Slowed thinking,
difficult paying
attention, no
sense of time or
distance,
loss of short term
memory,
shrinks your brain
Can you become dependant on
marijuana?
Yes,
you can
build a
tolerance
and a
dependence
to it.
Can marijuana use affect your
driving? If so, how?
Yes, much like how
alcohol affects your
driving.
It can slow your reaction
time and impair your
judgment.
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Marijuana and School
Marijuana and school don’t mix.
Marijuana makes it harder for
users to concentrate, and slows
thinking down.
Marijuana damages the
user’s memory and things
such as simple math
problems become
extremely difficult.
One of the prevalent
effects of marijuana is
the decline in school
performance.
What are inhalants? What are 2 legal
inhalants used by physicians?
Drugs that are inhaled as vapors such as
Laughing Gas
Asthma Inhaler
SNIFFING
Users may inhale the chemical
vapors directly from open
containers
The chemicals are
quickly absorbed
through the lungs into
the bloodstream and
quickly reach the brain
and other organs
Because they reach the
brain with a faster speed
and force than other
substances, they can
cause irreversible physical
and mental damages.
What type of effects might you
experience from inhalants?
Hyperactivity,
loss of inhibitions,
dizziness, loss of
coordination,
difficulty speaking
and thinking, fear,
anxiety, depression
EFFECTS OF
INHALANTS
SHORT TERM
LONG TERM
 Slurred Speech
 Drunk, dizzy, or dazed
 Inability to coordinate
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movement
Apathy
Impaired judgment
Unconsciousness
Severe headaches
Rashes around the nose
and mouth
DEATH from suffocation
Muscle weakness
Disorientation
Lack of coordination
Irritability
Depression
Serious and sometimes
irreversible damage to the
heart, liver, kidneys, lungs and
brain
 Hearing loss
 Bone marrow damage
 Deaths from heart failure
 Air blast
 Bolt
 Highball
 Whippets
 Satan’s Secret
 Whiteout
 Hippie Crack
 Toilet Water
 Shoot the Breeze
 Oz
 Amy
 Locker Room
 Huff
 Texas Shoe Shine
 Snappers
 Pearls
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ECSTASY
Ecstasy is a synthetic, psychoactive drug
that is chemically similar to the stimulant
methamphetamine and the hallucinogen
mescaline.
Ecstasy (MDMA) produces feelings
of increased energy, euphoria,
emotional warmth, and
distortions in time, perception,
and tactile experiences
STREET NAMES
BEANS
IMPAIRED
JUDGEMENT
SLEEP
PROBLEMS
LONG TERM EFFECTS
 Long lasting brain
damage affecting
thought and memory
 Damage to portions
of the brain that
regulate critical
functions such as
learning, sleep and
emotion
Depression
Anxiety
Kidney Failure
Hemorrhaging
Psychosis
Cardiovascular
collapse
 Convulsions
 DEATH
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Highly
addictive,
illegal drug
Milky, sap-like opium is first
removed from the pod of the
poppy flower. This opium is
refined to make morphine, then
further refined into different
forms of heroin.
Heroin
(like opium and
morphine)
is made from the resin
of poppy plants.
DEATH
LONG TERM EFFECTS
Abscesses from use of needles pockmark
the body of a 16 year old addict
LSD is one of the most potent, mood
changing chemicals. It is
manufactured from lysergic acid,
which is found in the ergot fungus that
grows on rye and other grains.
Colorless
Odorless
Slightly Bitter Taste
No matter what form it
comes in, LSD leads the
user to a same place, a
serious disconnect from
reality
Sold on the street as:
LSD users call an
LSD experience a
“trip,”
usually lasting 12
hours or so. When
things go wrong,
•It is sometimes added to
which often
absorbent paper, which is
then divided into small happens, it is called
a “bad trip,”
squares decorated with
another name for a
designs or cartoon
characters (“loony tunes”) living nightmare!
• small tablets
• capsules
•gelatin squares
•Liquid
STREET NAMES
BATTERY
ACID
BOOMERS
DOTS
GOLDEN
DRAGON
HIPPIE
LUCY IN THE SKY
WITH DRAGONS
HARMFUL EFFECTS OF LSD
MENTAL EFFECTS
PHYSICAL EFFECTS
 Dilated Pupils
 Higher or Lower Body
Temperature
 Sweating or Chills
 Loss of Appetite
 Sleeplessness
 Dry Mouth
 Tremors
Delusions
Visual Hallucinations
Panic Attacks
Impaired Depth Perception
Severe Depression or Psychosis
Flashbacks
Severe, terrifying thoughts and
feelings
 Fear of losing control
 Impaired time perception
 Distorted perception of the size
and shape of objects, movements,
color, sound, touch, and the users
own body image
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WHAT IS COCAINE?
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The word cocaine refers to the drug
in a powder or crystal form.
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The powder form is usually mixed
with corn starch, talcum, powder,
sugar or any other drugs such as
procaine (a local anesthetic) or
amphetamines
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Extracted from cocoa leaves
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Cocaine was originally developed
as a painkiller
It can also be ingested or rubbed into
the gums
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Cocaine is most often sniffed with
the powder absorbed into the
bloodstream through the nasal
tissues.
To more rapidly absorb the drug into
the body, abusers inject it, but this
substantially increases the risk of
overdose.
A Deadly White Powder
 Cocaine is one of the deadliest
drugs known to man.
 Once a person begins taking
cocaine, it has proven almost
impossible to become free of its
grip physically or mentally
 Physically it stimulates key
receptors (nerve endings that
sense change in the body) within
the brain that, in turn, create a
euphoria to which users quickly
develop a tolerance.
WHITE
Binge
Sniff
SHORT TERM EFFECTS OF COCAINE
 Loss of appetite
 Tactile hallucinations
 Increased heart rate
 Contracted blood vessels
 Increased rate of
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breathing
Nausea
Disturbed sleeping
habits
Bizarre, erotic, violent
behavior
Depression
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that creates the illusion
of bugs burrowing
under the skin
Intense euphoria
Anxiety and paranoia
Intense drug craving
Panic and psychosis
Convulsions, seizures,
and sudden death from
high doses (even one
time)
LONG TERM EFFECTS
OF COCAINE
 Permanent damage to
blood vessels of the
heart and brain
 Malnutrition
 High blood pressure
 Sexual problems
 Liver, kidney and lung
 Severe depression
damage
 Destruction of tissues in
nose if sniffed
 Infectious diseases and
abscesses if injected
 Severe tooth decay
 Tolerance and
addiction
Considered a
“rich man’s drug”
 The most potent form in which
cocaine appears
 Also the riskiest
 Between 75%-100% Pure
(far stronger and more potent than regular
cocaine)
Smoking crack allows it
to reach the brain
more quickly and thus
brings an intense and
immediate – but very
short lived- high that
last about 15 minutes.
CLOUD
 Malnutrition
 Severe tooth
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decay
Auditory
Irritability and
mood
disturbances
Sexual problems
Severe depression
Tolerance
White, Crystalline Drug
Develop a strong desire to
continue using it because the
drug creates a false sense of
happiness and well-being -A “RUSH” of confidence,
hyperactiveness and energy
Decreased Appetite
SPEED
SHARDS
Tick Tick
BLADE
Chalk
LONG TERM EFFECTS
 Liver, kidney, lung damage
 Infectious diseases and abscesses
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if injected
Malnutrition
Severe Tooth Decay
“METH MOUTH”
Strong psychological dependence
Depression
Damage to the brain similar to
Alzheimer’s Disease
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FACES OF
METH
A synthetic
version of the
male hormone
What type of effects
might this drug
have on an
adolescences body
and mind?
Bones will mature early, growth can be
stunted.
Can cause sever acne,
increased cholesterol,
rapid weight gain,
liver damage,
kidney tumors,
heart disease
and heart attacks.
Can cause
breasts
to grow in males
Can shrink the testes
and reduce
sperm count.
Feeling of
paranoia, panic
attacks,
depression,
anxiety and
even suicidal
thoughts
ROID RAGE can lead to violent
behavior, crime assault and rape.
Makes abusers
more irritable
and
aggressive.
Drugs that lead to the use of other
drugs are called what?
What are the 3 most common ones?