Transcript Drug Classifications

Drug Classifications
• STIMULANTS: Speed up the central nervous
system and can cause an increase in respiratory
and heart rates, high blood pressure, dilated pupils,
and decreased appetite.
• User symptoms: irritability, sweating, headaches,
blurred vision, dizziness, and insomnia.
• Overdose: can cause: irregular heartbeat, tremors,
loss of coordination, and death.
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Examples of stimulant drugs:
Amphetamines
Cocaine/Crack
“Speed” or “uppers”
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Withdrawal Symptoms:
Long periods of sleep
Disorientation
Tremors
Convulsions
Irritability
Depression
Vomiting
Depressants
• DEPRESSANTS: (sedatives) Slow down
the functions of the central nervous system.
They relax muscles, reliee feelings of
tension and worry and induce sleep.
• Also slows heart and breathing rates and
lower blood pressure.
• Overdose: shallow breathing, weak pulse,
coma and death.
Depressants Cont…
• Withdrawal Symptoms: Tremors,
Hallucinations, Convulsions, Vomiting,
Insomnia.
• Examples of Depressant Drugs:
– Barbiturates
– Tranquilizers
– Sedatives
Narcotics
• Drugs that act on both the central nervous system
and parasympathetic system to slow down body
function; made from opium poppy and can be used
in some medicines such as morphine and codeine;
act as a pain reliever.
• Can cause sleep, coma, and death.
• Narcotics can be naturally or synthetically made.
Narcotic Cont…
• Withdrawal Symptoms: Tremors, Panic
Cramps, Sweating, Chills, Nausea,
Irritability.
• Examples of Narcotic Drugs:
– Heroin
– Opium
– Morphine/Codeine
Hallucinogens
• Drugs that alter mood, thought, and the
senses include sight, sound, touch, smell;
can be naturally or synthetically made.
• These drugs have no medical use and can
have unpredictable effects on people.
• Effects: Dilated pupils, “flashbacks”, chills,
tremors, nausea, panic, anxiety, increased
heart rate.
Hallucinogens Cont…
• Examples of Hallucinogen Drugs:
• PCP (Phencyclidine) “angel dust”
• LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethyl amide)
Ecstasy: MDMA
• A legal, psychoactive (effects the brain & senses)
drug that can cause hallucinations.
• Ecstasy comes in pill form usually but can also be
sprayed or injected.
• Effects:
– Can lead to mental illness
– Effects you psychologically just as amphetamines do.
– Depression, insomnia, severe anxiety, and paranoia.
Ecstasy Site
• Site:
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publi
cations/factsht/mdma/index.html
Drug Schedules
• Site:
http://www.mspta.com/dre/pdf/Drug_Sched
ules.pdf
Emergency Room Visits
• Visit: http://thedea.org/statistics.html
Oregon Statistics
• Site:
http://www.dea.gov/pubs/states/oregon2005
.html