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BELL RINGER
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DO THE “WARM UP” ON PG. 426.
READ THE “MYTH” AND “FACT” AND
THE WRITING QUESTION THAT GOES
ALONG WITH BOTH.
CHAPTER17
PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE
DIFFERENCES IN DRUGS
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MEDICINES: Legal drugs that help the body fight
injury, illness, or disease.
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OVER-THE-COUNTER: Medicine that is sold legally
in pharmacies and other stores without a doctors
prescription.
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PRESCRIPTION DRUG: A drug that can only be
obtained with a written order from a doctor.
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ILLEGAL DRUG: Chemical substance that people of
any age may not lawfully manufacture, possess, buy, or
sell.
DRUG MISUSE AND ABUSE
DRUG MISUSE: The improper use of
medicines—either prescription or overthe-counter drugs. (ex: taking more than
prescribed)
 DRUG ABUSE: When a drug is
intentionally used improperly or unsafely.
(ex: taking pain killers for a “high”)
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DANGERS OF DRUG MISUSE
AND ABUSE
SIDE EFFECTS: An unwanted physical or
mental effect caused by a drug.
 TOLERANCE AND DEPENDANCE:
Needing more of the drug to feel the
effects, and needing the drug to feel
normal.
 WITHDRAWAL: Nausea, vomiting,
headaches, fever, paranoia, panic, seizures,
death.
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COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS:
DEPRESSANTS
BARBITURATES: In small doses can relax a
person, in large doses induce sleep.
 OPIATES: Any drug made from psychoactive
compounds contained in the pods of poppy
seed plants. Combined with morphine makes
heroin.
 CSN DEPRESSANTS: Slows down the activity
of the central nervous system.
 Long- Term: Sleepiness, blood and liver
disease, infections , brain damage
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COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS:
STIMULANTS
STIMULANT: Drug that speeds up activities of
the central nervous system.
 AMPHETAMINES: Prescription drugs that are
sometimes sold illegally as “speed.”
 METHAMPHETAMINE: Closely related to
amphetamines but more powerful.
 COCAINE: Powerful but short-acting. Often
snorted or injected directly into blood stream.
(Chart on 443)
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COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS:
HALLUCINOGENS
HALLUCINOGENS: A drug that distorts
perception, thought, and mood.
 LSD: Strongest known hallucinogen
 PSILOCYBIN: Also known as “shrooms”
 PCP: Formerly used as a painkiller for
large animals. Users may unintentionally
injure or kill themselves.
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Long-term: brain damage, psychotic behavior,
depression, paranoia, heart damage
Club Drugs
MDMA (Ecstasy)- Hallucinogen and
stimulant.- Increased HR, BP, Body Temp
 Rohypnol- Depressant – decrease BP, HR,
causes drowsiness.
 GHB- Depressant/Steroid- drowsiness,
nausea, headache
 Ketamine- Hallucinogen-Special Kincrease HR, BP, memory loss
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MARIJUANA
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**The leaves, stems, and flowering tops of
the hemp plant.
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Effects of Marijuana:
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Distorted perceptions
Difficulties with thinking/problem solving
Loss of motor coordination
Feelings of anxiety or paranoia= Gateway Drug
◦ Synthetic Marijuana (spice) (k2)
TOBACCO
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**Tobacco products are made from dried,
processed leaves of tobacco plants.
Tobacco plants naturally produce a
chemical called nicotine.
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Tobacco users take in nicotine whenever
they use cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or
smokeless tobacco products.
TOBACCO CONT.
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SMOKELESS TOBACCO: Tobacco that is
chewed, placed between the lower lip and
teeth, or sniffed through the nose.
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**Smokeless tobacco is NOT a healthy
alternative to regular tobacco (Smoking)!!
RISKS OF TOBACCO USE
CHRONIC BRONCHITIS: Persons
breathing airways are constantly inflamed.
Mucus producing cells increase in number
and size.
 ENPHYSEMA: Disorder in which alveoli
in the lungs can no longer function
properly
 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
 CANCER
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