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Tobacco Trouble
• Kills More than all
Other Drugs Combined!
430,000 + Every Year!
• Second Hand Smoke
• Impairment & Illness
Remember
about
Tobacco
• Emphysema
• Cancer, Heart Attacks
• Smokers’ Face/Breath/Teeth
• No Safe Way To Use
Alcohol Trouble
• Health Risk
• Fitness for Duty
• Accidents
• Drinking & Driving
• Violence / Family
• Underage Drinking
Remember about Alcohol
Excessive Drinking can Cause
Problems with...
Work, Family,
Friends, Society,
and Self
Illegal (Controlled) Drugs
Marijuana
Methamphetamine
Cocaine
Hallucinogens
Narcotics
Depressants
Steroids
Inhalants
Marijuana
Strong, Available,
$, 30 Mil Users,
Reputation as a
“safe” drug, antiestablishment
Marijuana
Effects on:
Brain, Lungs,
Heart, Sex/Rep,
Immunity System,
Personality,
Marijuana
• 15 Times Stronger than ‘70s
• Keeps People from Achieving
Their Potential
• Often Laced w/ Other Drugs
• Hooks into Fat Cells
Cocaine & Methamphetamine
Similarities:
Increased Heart Rate,
Blood Pressure, Energy,
Activity, Insomnia,
Euphoria followed by
Depression, Neural
Disruption, “Wired”,
Addiction
The “Up Twins”
COCAINE vs. Methamphetamine
Crack vs. ICE
Differences:
Coke=> Shorter,
Bigger Surge
Ice=> Voices &
Bugs, Paranoia,
Violence
Cocaine
• Highly Addicting
• Dealing & Stealing
• High Dying Potential
• Often in Up/Down
Combos => w/ Heroin
Methamphetamine - “Ice”
High Potential for Violence,
Addiction, & Death
The Drug of Choice in
Hawaii
2-3 Months Addiction Time
Losing One’s Mind & Will
Ecstasy (Methamphetamine)
vs. Herbal Ecstasy
(Ephedrine)
Ecstasy: Powerful Stimulant
& Hallucinogen
Herbal Ecstasy: Dangerous
When Taken in Multiple
Doses or When Soldier is
Susceptible
Hallucinogens
Therapeutic Use
Street Abuse
Army Testing
Begins in 1989
Users Easy to Spot
Hallucinogens
Effects: Focus X,
Distortions, Nausea,
Disorientation,
Performance X,
Communications X,
Panic, TRAUMA
Hallucinogens
Things to Remember:
Its Advantages are Its
Disadvantages
Not Counteractable
Extreme Trauma/FlashB
# 1 on Army Hit List
Depressants
1950’s - Sleeping Pills
1960’s - Barbiturates
(Seconal & Phenobarbital)
1970 to present - Benzodiazepines
(Valium, Librium, Xanax)
Others - Methaqualone, Miltown
Depressants - Effects
Slowed Down, Sleepy;
Impaired Thinking,
Coordination; Mood
Swings, Stressed Heart
Flip Side Withdrawal
OVERDOSE: Confusion,
Cramps, Vomiting,
Convulsions, Death......
Rohypnol & GHB
Date Rape / Rip Off Drugs
Alcohol Extenders:
Used by Soldiers at
“Raves” High Risk
and Potential
Overdose
DEPRESSANTS
Things To Remember
* Fast Addiction Pattern
* High % of Addiction
* High Potential for Dying
NARCOTICS
The Naturals:
Opium, Morphine,
Heroin
The Synthetics:
Percodan, Demerol,
Codeine
NARCOTICS
Effects
Sleepy, Pinpoint Pupils,
Cold Skin, Warm Body
Excessive Use: Organ
Damage, Endocarditis,
Abscesses
WITHDRAWAL: Cramps,
Tremors, Nausea, Sweating,
Runny Nose, Watery Eyes
OVERDOSE:
Convulsions,
Coma, Death
NARCOTICS
Things To Remember
* AIDS
* Combining with Uppers
(e.g. “speedballing cocaine”
* Combining with Downers
(e.g. alcohol)
* High Potency Varieties (e.g.
black tar, designer drugs)
Inhalants
The Hidden Addiction:
Readily Available => Gas,
Glue, Sprays, Paint, Polish,
Cleaning Fluid, Medications,
Poppers, White Out, Scented
Pens....
Inhalants
Effects: Feeling LightHeaded, Light-Sensitive,
Sores, Nose Bleeds =>
Organ Damage, Bone
Marrow, Increasing
Dysfunction, Withdrawal,
Addiction, Overdose
Inhalants
Things to
Remember:
Very Short High,
Very High Dosage
Rate,
High Addiction &
Overdose Potential
Anabolic Steroids
Invented in 1935
Widely Used &
Promoted in the ‘50s
Discouraged Use 1960-1990
Non-Athlete Use: 1990s
Anabolic
Steroids
Effects: Building Muscle Mass - getting
bigger, stronger, faster. Puffy Face, Acne,
Jaundice, Extremities, Organ Damage,
ROID RAGE !#@*#!
“Long Term Death”
Anabolic Steroids
Things to Remember:
Most buy Steroids Illegally,
are not under medical care,
and take in megadoses.
Excess Use Causes Too
Many Changes, Too Fast
For The Body to Handle