Transcript Drug addiction

• PEER PRESSURE
• SOCIAL SITUATIONS
• FAMILY MEMBERS
• ROLE MODELS
• MEDIA MESSAGES
• PERCEPTION OF DRUG BEHAVIOR
• ESCAPE MY PROBLEMS
• “I WON’T GET ADDICTED.”
• MISLEADING INFORMATION
• EUPHORIA – SENSE OF GREAT WELL BEING AND PLEASURE BROUGHT ON BY
SOME DRUGS.
• BIOLOGICAL MOTIVATOR THAT MAKES YOU WANT MORE.
ADDICTION.
• DRUG ADDICTION – PHYSICAL OR PSYCHOLOGICAL NEED FOR HIGHER AND
HIGHER DOSES OF A DRUG.
• DRUGS CREATE A “HIGH” BY RELEASING PLEASURE PRODUCING CHEMICALS IN THE
BRAIN.
• ENDORPHINS – CHEMICALS IN THE BRAIN THAT PRODUCE FEELINGS OF
PLEASURE.
• NATURAL ENDORPHINS ARE PRODUCED DURING HEALTHFUL ACTIVITIES.
• DYSPHORIA – UNPLEASANT FEELINGS THAT OCCUR WHEN ENDORPHINS ARE
LACKING.
HOW DOES ADDICTION SET IN?
LOOK TO PG. 316 FOR FIGURE.
• FACES OF DRUG ADDICTION
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Classification
Drug
Effects
Narcotics – habit forming drugs that relieve pain and
Opium, Morphine, Codeine, Heroin,
Oxycodone, Methadone
Euphoria, drowsiness, respiratory
depression, clammy skin, coma, death.
Barbiturates
Rohypnol
GHB
Slurred speech, drunken behavior,
difficulty walking, memory loss, dilated
pupils, coma, death.
Cocaine
Amphetamines
Methamphetamine (speed)
Aggression, Euphoria, pulse rate, insomnia,
loss of appetite, “trip episodes”, death by
accident or suicide, kidney failure, blood clot.
LSD, PCP, Ketamine
Ecstasy
Mushrooms
Illusions, poor perception of time and distance,
vomiting, organ damage, death from heart or
kidney failure, psychosis.
produce sleep when taken in moderate doses.
Depressants – slow body system and the
activity of the CNS.
Stimulants – increase activity, block fatigue and
hunger and cause euphoria.
Hallucinogens – cause visions and other
sensory illusions.
Classification
Inhalants
Drug
Hydrocarbon Vapors
Effects
Altered sense of time, nausea,
vomiting, liver, brain, and kidney
cancer, death by suffocation,
cerebral hemorrhage, Sudden
Sniffing death.
Euphoria, relaxed inhibitions,
memory loss, disorientated
behavior, fatigue, paranoia,
psychosis
Cannabis - plant
Marijuana
MARIJUANA.
• CONTAINS MIND ALERTING CHEMICAL (THC) .
• COMES FROM A PLANT CALLED CANNABIS SATIVA.
• MOST COMMONLY USED ILLICIT DRUG IN THE US.
• SMOKED
• VAPORIZED (SEPARATES THC AND SMOKE)
• FOOD
• HASHISH – MOST DANGEROUS FORM (OIL OR WAX FORM)
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EXTRACT THC
Legal Marijuana use
Washington
Oregon
Colorado
Alaska
*21 years of age can
possess 1 oz. of
marijuana.
*Can only buy ¼ oz. in a
single transaction.
EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA.
• SHORT TERM
• ALTERED SENSES/CHANGE IN MOOD/DIFFICULTY THINKING
• POOR JUDGEMENT/IMPAIRED MEMORY
• LONG TERM
• REDUCED THINKING, MEMORY AND LEARNING FUNCTIONS AND AFFECT HOW THE
BRAIN CONNECTS BETWEEN AREAS NECESSARY FOR THESE FUNCTIONS.
• PHYSICAL AND MENTAL EFFECTS
• BREATHING PROBLEMS/DEVELOPMENT/INCREASED HEART RATE
• PARANOIA/HALLUCINATIONS/ANXIETY
HEROIN.
• MADE FROM THE RESIN OF A POPPY SEED.
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93% COME FROM AFGHANISTAN.
• USED MY 9.2 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.
• MOST HEROIN IS INJECTED WHICH PUTS USER AT GREATER RISK OF AIDS AND
OTHER INFECTIONS.
• WHITE POWDER FORM, BUT USUALLY MIXED WITH OTHER SUBSTANCES.
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NEVER KNOW WHAT IS IN HEROIN THEREFORE OVERDOSE IS HIGHLY LIKELY –
ESPECIALLY “STREET” HEROIN.
• HIGHLY ADDICTIVE
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BREAKS DOWN IMMUNE SYSTEM
LEAVES USER SICKLY, VERY THIN AND BONEY, AND ,ULTIMATELY DEAD.
HEROIN. AT HOME.
• ON AUGUST 23, WASHINGTON, PA HAD 8 OVERDOSES IN 70 MINUTES. 18 IN 24
HOURS. 3 DIED.
• LAST YEAR 50 DEATHS TO HEROIN USE.
• WHY WASHINGTON, PA?
• DRUG TRAFFICKING EASY BECAUSE OF LOCATION. (I-70 AND 179)
• DRUGS COME FROM NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK AND OHIO.
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CLUB DRUGS.
• INCLUDE A WIDE VARIETY OF DRUGS ABUSED BY YOUNG PEOPLE AT DANCE
CLUBS AND ALL-NIGHT DANCE PARTIES.
• EFFECTS INCLUDE: LOSS OF MUSCLE CONTROL, BLURRED VISION, SEIZURES,
AND DEATH.
• ROHYPNOL
- “DATE RAPE DRUG” – COLORLESS, TASTELESS AND ODORLESS
DRUG. WHEN MIXED WITH ALCOHOL VICTIMS BECOME HELPLESS.
• GHB AND KETAMINE “SPECIAL K” – HAVE BEEN USED BY SEXUAL PREDATORS
TO SEDATE VICTIMS.
FACING THE PROBLEM.
• FIRST STEP: ADMITTING YOU HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM.
• OTHER STEPS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TOO:
• NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS – SELF HELP PROGRAM.
• METHADONE – A DRUG USED TO TREAT HEROIN ADDICTION.
• DRUG ABUSE AGENCIES
• DRUG REHAB