Transcript hallucinagens and inhalants lesson 4

BELL WORK
Write about activities you would do
instead of drugs.
REVIEW
Specific drugs that are obtainable only by
prescription and are used to relieve pain are
called what?
Narcotics
Drugs that speed up activity in the human brain
and spinal cord
STIMULANTS
DRUGS
HALLUCINOGENS AND INHALANTS
OBJECTIVES
 define hallucinogens.
 explain how hallucinogens affect the user.
 identify the health risks to a person who uses
inhalants or hallucinogens.
HALLUCINOGENS
Some hallucinogens are made from natural
substances, some are manufactured.
hallucinogens Drugs that distort moods,
thoughts, and senses
HALLUCINOGENS
Hallucinogens affect how a user perceives the
passage of time, sees colors, senses motion, or
hears sound.
Hallucinogens interfere with a person’s thought
process and ability to communicate.
IMAGINE YOU ARE IN CLASS AND YOU ARE THE
ONLY ONE SEEING THESE
HALLUCINOGENS
PCP “Angel dust, ozone, wack, rocket fuel”
Loss of coordination, increased heart rate, blood
pressure, and body temperature, convlulsoions,
heart and lung failure, broken blood vessels,
violent behavior, temporary psychosis, FALSE
FEELING OF HAVING SUPER POWERS.
HALLUCINOGENS
LSD “acid”
Increased blood pressure, heart rate, and body
temperature, chills, nausea, tremors, and
sleeplessness, unpredictable behavior, flash
backs, false feelings of having super powers
INHALANTS
Inhalants are not meant to be put into the
human body.
inhalant Any substance whose fumes are
sniffed and inhaled to produce mind-altering
sensations
INHALANTS
PAINT
AIR FRESHNERS
MAKERS AND PENS
HAIR SPRAYS
VEGTABLE COOKING SPRAYS
LIGHTER FLUID
CORRECTION FLUID
INHALANTS
Abusing inhalants can damage the protective
coating that surrounds brain cells, called myelin.
Permanent effects can include an impaired
ability to walk, talk, or think.
INHALANTS
Even a first- time experiment with inhalants can
result in death from choking, suffocation, or
heart attack.
WARNING SIGNS OF INHALANT ABUSE
EYES ARE RED OR RUNNY
BREATH SMELLS LIKE CHEMICALS
SORES OR SPOTS NEAR THE MOUTH
HOLDING MARKERS OR PENS NEAR THE NOSE