What Are

Drugs?
Your Body
and its processes.
and feelings.
Your behavior
Theyre natural or synthetic
chemical substances that
can affect:
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They can be used legally to:
Correct imbalances in body chemistry.
Fight or protect against diseases.
Relieve pain.
What Are
Drugs?
Some Drugs have
MEDICAL PURPOSES
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- and extremely dangerous.
And legal drugs (such as alcohol,
over-the-counter drugs) can also
be dangerous if misused.
What Are
Drugs?
But many drugs
are illegal
prescription medications and even
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Drugs can create
Big problems
Drug use can cause..
Its not always possible to
the user or the users life.
Even in small amounts,
predict how a drug will affect
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Damage to health
Every year, thousands of people
mental and physical illness.
are treated for drug addition,
drug-related injuries and
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Because of drugs
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Trouble with the law
Being convicted of an alcohol -
or other drug-related offense
can seriously disrupt a persons life.
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Financial hardship
Drug use can be expensive -
cigarettes or cocaine.
money they have
just to buy drugs!
whether the money goes for
Some users spend all the
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Social difficulties
Instead of trying to work out
try to run from their problems
by using drugs.
This makes the problems worse
their problems, some people
and creates new ones!
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barbiturates
(barbs, goof balls, blues)
GHB
Depressants (downers)
(roofies, Valium)
Tranquilizers and hypnotics
(G, Georgia home boy)
alcohol
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Classification of drugs and effects
hallucinogens
pcp
Angel dust
(LSD, acid, dots)
Lysergic acid diethylamide
Can cause changes in thinking and in the senses:
narcotics
heroin
MORPHINE
codeine
Lower perception of pain.
Classification of drugs and effects
Classification of drugs and effects
cannabis
Affects thinking and behavior.
Marijuana and hashish
(herb, pot, weed, hash)
inhalants
Are chemical products that can seriously
seriously damage the mind and body,
Increased heart rate, lowered body temperature,
loss of coordination, confusion, distortion of reality,
paranoia, depression, panic, hallucinations.
using inhalants is something called huffing.
Stimulants (uppers)
Speed up the nervous system
amphetamines
Medical use
Some effects
Increased heart rate and blood pressure,
followed by depression, heart problems,
infections, malnutrition, death.
Only a few users, such as appetite control
(meth, speed, crank, ice)
loss of appetite, increased activity.
Feelings of alertness, self-confidence, sometimes
or treating hyperactivity.
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Hazards
Physical exhaustion.
cocaine
(coke, blow, toot, snow)
Medical use
of amphetamines.
Stimulants (uppers)
Addiction and the need for increasing amounts
anesthetic, rarely used today for medical purposes.
Formerly used as an anesthetic, rarely used as an
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Some effects
hazards
crack or rock
Is highly potent cocaine that can be smoked.
Stimulants (uppers)
Its just as dangerous as other forms of cocaine
and is extremely addictive.
Quickened pulse and circulation, restlessness.
Paranoia, nervous exhaustion, hallucinations.
of cocaine,
Feelings of confusion, anxiety, depression.
Addiction and the need for increasing amounts
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destroyed nasal tissues, lung liaisons,
convulsions, heart failure and death.
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1. nicotine
In tobacco.
Some effects
Elevated heart rate and blood pressure.
Stimulants (uppers)
Addiction.
hazards
2 - common stimulants:
Emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease
and death.
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Nicotine and Caffeine
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2 - common stimulants:
2. caffeine
In coffee, tea, cola and some medications.
Some effects
Raised blood pressure.
Stimulants (uppers)
Aggravated ulcers.
hazards
Nervousness.
Increased secretion of stomach acid.
Addiction and possible increasing use.
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Gateway drugs are lower classed drugs
that can lead to use of harder,
More dangerous drugs.
Examples of gateway drugs
Tobacco
Alcohol
Marijuana
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What are gateway drugs?
Columbia University Study shows that children
12 to 17 years old were who smoke are 19 times
more likely to use cocaine.
Two-thirds of drug abusers are regular
tobacco smokers.
This is double the general population.
PET scans show long-term changes
in glucose metabolism in the brain
of a marijuana abuser, compared to
that of a normal brain.
gateway drugs?

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