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Drugs
What they are and what they do
Marijuana
• Marijuana is a mixture of the dried and shredded
leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the cannabis
sativa plant. The mixture can be green, brown, or
gray.
• Marijuana has a chemical in it called delta-9tetrahydrocannabinol, better known as THC. A lot
of other chemicals are found in marijuana, too—
about 400 of them, many of which could affect
your health. But THC is the main psychoactive
(i.e., mind altering) ingredient.
Marijuana
The Brain
• Using marijuana has negative consequences. Your
ability to do complex tasks could be compromised, as
well as your pursuit of academic, athletic, or other life
goals that require you to be 100-percent focused and
alert. People who use marijuana over the long term
report less life satisfaction, poorer education, and job
achievement.
• Studies show that early marijuana use may increase
your risk of developing psychosis if you have a genetic
vulnerability to the disease. Psychosis is a severe
mental disorder in which there is a loss of contact with
reality, including false ideas about what is happening
(delusions) and seeing or hearing things that aren’t
there (hallucinations).
Medical Marijuana
• Studies have shown cannabis does have several welldocumented beneficial effects. Among these are: the
amelioration of nausea and vomiting, stimulation of
hunger in chemotherapy and AIDS patients, lowered
intraocular eye pressure (shown to be effective for
treating glaucoma), as well as gastrointestinal illness.
• The United States Supreme Court has ruled in United
States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Coop and Gonzales
v. Raich that the federal government has a right to
regulate and criminalize cannabis, even for medical
purposes. A person can therefore be prosecuted for a
cannabis-related crime even if it is legal medical use
according to state laws.
Film
• http://www.drugfreeworld.org/real-lifestories/marijuana.html
Methamphetamine
What Is Crystal Meth?
• The chemical n-methyl-1-phenyl-propan-2amine is called methamphetamine,
methylamphetamine, or desoxyephedrine.
The shortened name is simply ‘meth'. When it
is in its crystalline form, the drug is called
crystal meth, ice, Tina, or glass.
Methamphetamine
• Usually crystal meth is smoked in glass pipes,
similar to how crack cocaine is used. It may be
injected (either dry or dissolved in water),
snorted, swallowed, or inserted into the anus
or urethra.
• Some people take meth because of the longlasting high that it gives. Methamphetamine
causes numerous neurotransmitters to be
released in the brain, producing a sense of
euphoria that may last as long as 12 hours,
depending on how the drug was taken.
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine
• http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/crys
talmeth.html
Cocaine
Cocaine is a powerful drug that stimulates the brain.
People who use it can form a strong addiction. They may
have to use more and more of the drug to get high. Crack
is the street name of a smoke-able form of cocaine.
No matter how cocaine is taken, it is dangerous. Some of
the most common serious problems include
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Heart problems, including heart attacks
Respiratory effects, including respiratory failure
Nervous system problems, including strokes
Digestive problems
Any of these can be fatal. Using cocaine with alcohol is
a common cause of drug-related death.
• http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/coca
ine.html
Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive drug derived from
morphine, which is obtained from the opium
poppy. It is a “downer” or depressant that affects
the brain’s pleasure systems and interferes with the
brain’s ability to perceive pain.
Heroin can be used in a variety of ways
Heroin can be injected into a vein (“mainlining”),
injected into a muscle, smoked in a water pipe or
standard pipe, mixed in a marijuana joint or regular
cigarette, inhaled as smoke through a straw, or
snorted as powder via the nose.
Effects of Heroin
• The short-term effects of heroin abuse appear
soon after a single dose and disappear in a
few hours. Warm flushing of the skin, a dry
mouth, and heavy extremities.
• Following this the user goes “on the nod,” an
alternately wakeful and drowsy state. Mental
functioning becomes clouded due to the
depression of the central nervous system.
• Other effects included slowed and slurred
speech, slow gait, constricted pupils, droopy
eyelids, impaired night vision, vomiting,
constipation.
Effects of Heroin
• Long-term effects appear after repeated
use for a period of time. Chronic users
may develop collapsed veins, infection of
the heart lining and valves, abscesses,
cellulites, and liver disease.
• With regular heroin use, tolerance
develops. This means the abuser must
use more heroin to achieve the same
intensity or effect.
• http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/her
oin.html
LSD
• LSD is the most common hallucinogen and is
one of the most potent mood-changing
chemicals. It is manufactured from lysergic
acid, which is found in ergot, a fungus that
grows on rye and other grains.
• LSD is usually found on “blotter” paper (paper
that is perforated into small squares). The
squares or “tabs” may be colored or have
images printed on them. Liquid LSD is a clear
liquid, usually in a small container, tube or
flask. LSD can also be found in thin squares of
gelatin.
LSD
• Some LSD users experience flashbacks,
recurrence of certain aspects of a person’s
experience even if the user doesn’t take the
drug again. A flashback occurs suddenly, often
without warning, and may occur within a few
days or more than a year after LSD use. Most
users of LSD voluntarily decrease or stop its
use over time.
• http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/lsd.
html