Transcript Illegal Drugs

Drugs
Types of Drugs
• Over the Counter Drugs
• Prescription Drugs
• Illegal Drugs
• Drug Abuse
• Intentional and improper use or unsafe use of a drug
• Overdose
• Taking of too much of a drug which causes sickness, loss
of consciousness, permanent health damage or even death
Why do people use them?
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Medical purposes
Desire to experiment
Desire to escape from depression/boredom
Peer pressure
Glamorization of drug use by media
Teens and Drug Use
-Peer Pressure
-Lack of refusal skills
-Escape from reality
-Curiosity
-Risk Takers or Thrill Seekers
* Teens have a higher risk of addiction than adults
because the brain is still developing
Over the Counter Drugs
• Require no prescription to purchase
• Advil, Tylenol, Ibuprofen
• NyQuil, Dayquil
Prescription Drugs
• Drugs that require a prescribed amount by a medical
professional for a medical illness/pain
• Amoxicillin, NorCo, Oxycodone
Types of Illegal Drugs
• Three Things in Common
• Affect brain function
• Dangerous to your health
• Result in drug dependence and addiction
Marijuana
• Effects
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Slowed thinking
Difficulty paying attention
Distorted sense of time and distance
Giddiness
Loss of short term memory
Loss of balance and coordination
Increased appetite
Anxiety
Panic attack
Inhalants
• Drugs that inhaled as vapors
• Glue, paint thinner, gas, felt tip markers
• Propane, butane and nitrous oxide
• Effects of Inhalants
• Hyper activity, loss of inhibition an dizziness
• Loss of coordination, difficulty speaking, fear, anxiety,
depression, vomiting, headache
Dangers of Inhalants
• Damage organs
• Solvents may cause permanent hearing loss, bone marrow
damage, liver damage, kidney damage and loss of bladder
control
• Kill brain cells
• Brain damage, coma, death from suffocation
• Sudden Death
• Sudden sniff death syndrome (heart stops)
Club Drugs
• Drugs designed to resemble common illegal drugs in
chemical structure and effect
• Ecstasy
• Adam, X or XTC
• Normally taken as pill
• Increased awareness, hallucinations, energy
• Muscle tension, teeth clenching, rapid heart rate
• Pass out and die from heat stroke
• GHB (date rape drug)
• Clear liquid or white powder
• Causes euphoria, relaxation, dizziness
• Vomiting, memory loss, coma, death
• Highly addictive
• Combined with ecstasy leads to high risk of seizure
• Ketamine
• Special K, Kit Kat or Vitamin K
• Hallucination, numbness, inability to move
• Some people hurt themselves because they cant feel pain
• PCP
• Angel dust
• Mild euphoria, out of body experiences
• Suicidal, accidental suicides, violent
• Can last a few hours to a few weeks
Other Illegal Drugs
• Stimulants
• Amphetamines
• Euphoria, loss of appetite, hyper activity
• Meth, crystal, ice
• Cocaine
• Paranoia, aggression, lack of sleep
• Crash at end creates addiction
• Depressants
• Cause relaxation and sleepiness
• Rohypnol
• Roofies or forget pill (date rape drug)
• Easy to mix in drinks
• DXM
• Ingredient in cough syrup
• In high doses effects are similar to PCP
 Opiates
 Heroin
 Most commonly used opiate
 Swallowed, snorted, smoked or injected
 Creates rush that leads to dreamlike state
 Most closely linked with violent crime
 Infection and HIV/AIDS is likely when sharing needles
 Opium
 Black or dream stick
 Mild pain killer, slowed heartbeat, slowed breathing
 Morphine and Codeine
 Mister blue or morpho
 Very similar to heroin
 Used for severe pain
• Hallucinogens
• LSD
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Tablet form
Absorbed through the tongue
Effects are not easy to predict
Some experiences can be extremely frightening
• Mushrooms
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Commonly known as Magic Mushrooms
Similar effects to LSD
Produce alter perceptions of sight, sound, taste and smell or touch
If abuser takes wrong kind: stomach pains, vomiting and even death
Anabolic Steriods
• Synthetic versions of the male hormone testosterone
to promote muscle development
• Unique because it does not have immediate psychoactive
effects
• Usually taken for the body not the brain
Effects on Males
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Stunted growth
Aggression
Paranoia
Liver cancer
Severe acne
Shrinking of testes
infertility
Effects on Females
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Severe acne
Increased facial hair
Deeper voice
Disrupted menstrual cycle
Infertility
Rapid weight gain
Effects on the Body
• If teens take steroids their bones will mature too
early and growth will be stunted
• In males it shuts down normal testosterone
production (males can grow breasts)
Effects on Mind
• Aggression
• Roid rage (extremely irritable)
• Leads to violent crimes, assault and rape
• Withdrawl symptoms
A Drug Free Life
• Drug affects the individual
• Drug affects the family
• Pregnancy
• Family life
• Drug affects society
• Costly addiction
• Crime
Treatment
• Recovering
• Process of learning to live without drugs
• “cold turkey”
• “clean”
• 12 Step Program
• Intervention- confronting the abuser
• Relapse- return to using drugs while trying to recover
Refusal Skills
• How to say NO
• Say no firmly
• Calm and firm
• Buy yourself time
• Use the bathroom or go outside
• Give good Reasons
• Sports, family…etc
Assignment
• Prep for Test next period