Transcript HARD DRUGS

 Very
addicting.
 Always
chasing a high that you can never
 Always
need that next “hit”.
obtain.
 http://www.drugfreeworld.org/real-life-
stories.html
Facts
 Heroin
is a highly addictive and rapidly
acting opiate. Heroin is produced from
morphine, which is a principal
component of opium.
 Heroin is injected, snorted, or smoked.
 Impossible for them to know the purity of
the heroin they are using (dangerous).
 Heroin stops producing “highs” once a
tolerance is built, from there it is used to
just feel normal.
 3.8
million people (1.5 percent of the
population above 12) say they have tried
heroin at least once in their lifetimes.
 560,000 people used heroin last year.
 338,000 people used heroin last month.
 The rate of heroin use is higher among
those in prison (23.4 percent for State
and 17.9 percent for Federal).
 Cocaine
is a powerfully addictive
stimulant. The powdered form of cocaine
can be snorted or dissolved in water and
then injected. Crack is the street name
given to the form of cocaine that has
been processed to make a rock crystal,
which, when heated, produces vapors
that are smoked.
 Stimulant
 Disruption
of normal brain
communication between neurons.
 With repeated use, tolerance to the
cocaine high often develops. Many
cocaine users report that they seek to
achieve as much pleasure as they did
from their first time, but never reach it.
 About
14% of U.S. adults have tried
cocaine.
 One in 40 adults has used it in the past
year.
 Young men aged 18 to 25 are the biggest
cocaine users, with 8% using it in the
previous 12 months.
 Comes
in pill or tablet form.
 Synthetic drug, noted for its
hallucinogenic effects.
 Extreme disorientation.
 Typically sold as a liquid (often
packaged in small bottles designed to
hold breath freshening drops) or applied
to blotter paper, sugar cubes, gelatin
squares, and tablets.
 In
2009, 779,000 Americans age 12 and
older had abused LSD at least once in the
year prior to being surveyed.
 The NIDA-funded 2010 Monitoring the
Future Study showed that 1.2% of 8th
graders, 1.9% of 10th graders, and 2.6%
of 12th graders had abused LSD at least
once in the year prior to being surveyed.
 More
pure than the powder form of
methamphetamines.
 The drug can cause rapid heart rate,
increased blood pressure, and damage to
the small blood vessels in the brain--which
can lead to stroke.
 Chronic use of the drug can result in
inflammation of the heart lining.
 Overdoses can cause hyperthermia
(elevated body temperature), convulsions,
and death.
 According
to the University of Michigan's
Monitoring the Future Survey, nearly 5
percent of high school seniors in the
United States used crystal
methamphetamine at least once in their
lifetime and 3 percent used the drug in
the past year.