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QOD • “It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get back up”. Vince Lombardi

DRUGS

What is a drug? • ARE SUBSTANCES OTHER THAN FOOD THAT CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OR FUNCTION OF THE BODY OR MIND • Medicine: are drugs that are used to treat or prevent diseases and other conditions • All____________ are ________ but not all _________ are _________________.

How can drugs or medicines enter the body? • Ingestion- _________ or ____________ -Pills, tablets, capsules, liquids • Injection- _________ ____ _ ________, directly into blood, through vein or muscle • Inhale- Breathed in. Liquid or substance can be changed into a fine mist and be inhaled

Narcotics,Stimulants,Depressants are the 3 main drug groups • NARCOTICS: SPECIFIC DRUGS THAT ARE OBTAINABLE ONLY BY PERSCRIPTION AND ARE USED TO _____________ _________ • STIMULANT: substances that _______ up body functions • DEPRESSANT: SUBSTANCES THAT _______ ______THE BODY’S FUNCTIONS AND REACTIONS

Narcotics (pain killers) • Heroin: Made from morphine -Most Commonly ________narcotic -Highly addictive -Heroin depresses the CNS (central nervous system)= coma or death -Mainly _______into blood stream (HIV) - Illegal ! -Not able to get “fix”, causes severe pain

Stimulants • Make the _______ • Stimulents can cause: _____ _________ -Blurred vision • Increase breathing -Dizziness rate -Anxiety • Raise blood pressure -Loss of coordination • Effects can be mild -May collapse (coffee and soft drinks) • No Doz, Vivarin ,caffeine • _______ is a stimulant pills, energy drinks • Cocaine is one also & illegal

Methamphetamine (Meth) Stimulant

• ________Addictive • Can be ingested, snorted,________, or injected • Can be in the form of a pill, powder, or crystals • Doctors prescribe for Obesity

Causes: •Memory Loss •Damage to Heart and Nervous System •Seizures •___________ •Can become dependent on it

Amphetamine- Stimulant • Highly Addictive • Can be ingested, snorted, smoked, or injected • Can be in the form of a pill, powder, or chunky crystals • Similar appearance to Meth

• Uneven heart beat • Rise in blood pressure • Physical Collapse • Stroke • Heart Attack • Death • “Speed” common name

Consequences of Meth and Amphetamine • • • • • • • •

Psychotic behavior Brain damage- Similar to Alzheimers _______________ Aggression Insomnia Auditory Hallucinations Mood Disturbances _______ ______ ________

Pictures of Meth s • http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugIssue /MethResources/faces/index.html • Hallucinations and paranoia with marks on skin (sores)

Depressants • Lower Blood Pressure • Tranquilizer: Valium • Slows Down • Pain Pills ________ _______ • Slow Down Breathing • Relieves Anxiety • Reduces coordination • Attention Span

Marijuana • **Most Commonly used street drug • _________ ________ ____ _________ • THC = Affects Brain, it’s the mind altering ingredient • Pot, Weed, Grass, t, Herb_____ ____ _____ _______ • Not classified as a depressant or stimulant • Because it ________ ______ ________

Marijuana Leaf and Hemp plant Cannabis Sativa or Hashish

• Leaves and flowers used to smoke • Tough fiberous stem used for rope

Effects of Marijuana • Reduces________, reaction time, coordination, initiative and ambition • Changes hormone levels in teens and body development  Red, bloodshot eyes, paranoid, giggle, confused

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• Impairs judgement • Increases heart rate and appetite • Damages heart and lungs • Contains 3x to 5x more tar than tobacco • Affects people differently

Medical Marijuana

• Used to alleviate nausea in __________patients • Used to stimulate appetite in AIDS patients • Pill form

Drug Testing • Stays in urine up to one month - Stays in hair up to 3 months. Uses most recent growth up to 1 & ½ inches _________-not long, not very accurate • Testing in High School, College, and workplace

Club Drugs-Date Rape Drugs • Ecstasy or X • Roofies-date rape drug • Special K • Oderless, tasteless, • colorless • Sedates you

• DEADLY • Homemade , don’t know what’s in them , so dangerous • Causes blackouts, memory loss, death

Prescription drugs- ___most abused drug

 Drug ToleranceBody’s need for larger and larger amounts of the same drug to produce same affect • Overdose-taking more than the body can _______. Death may result

• Physical dependanceAn addiction in which the body develops a physical ______for a drug Withdrawal SymptomsUnpleasant/painful experience when addictive substance use is stopped

Caffeine is a ______________ • Is a drug • Causes addiction • Increases stomach acid • Increases nervous and respiratory system….jitteriness • Increases urination • Increases heart rate

• Withdrawal effects___________, fatigue, muscle pain Used in some aspirin and pain relievers *Bad for pregnant women, it increases baby’s heart rate and can cause miscarriage