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Chapter 22 Illegal Drugs

Chapter 22 Illegal Drugs. Substance Abuse . Substance abuse includes the use of illegal substances, as well as the misuse of legal substances. Medicines can be accidentally used in an improper way or intentionally abused. . Substance Abuse.

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Chapter 22 Illegal Drugs

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  1. Chapter 22Illegal Drugs

  2. Substance Abuse Substance abuse includes the use of illegal substances, as well as the misuse of legal substances. Medicines can be accidentally used in an improper way or intentionally abused.

  3. Substance Abuse Substance abuseincludes the overuse, or multiple use of a drug, use of an illegal drug, or use of a drug with alcohol. Substance abuse

  4. Substance Abuse Overuse of a drug Multiple use of a drug Substance abuse includes: Use of an illegal drug Use of a drug with alcohol

  5. Substance Abuse Some abused substances are illegal drugs. Illegal drugs

  6. Substance Abuse Illicit drug useincludes the sale of prescription drugs to those for whom the drugs are not intended. Illicit drug use

  7. Why Do People Begin Using Drugs? • Escape from depression/boredom • Enjoyment of risk-taking behaviors • Belief that drugs solve everything • Drugs are “Cool” - media

  8. Factors That Influence Teens Family Members Media Messages Perceptions of Drug Behavior

  9. How Drugs Affect Your Health Illegal drug use can lead to death. Substance abuse is a leading cause of crime, suicide, and unintentional injuries.

  10. How Drugs Affect YourPhysical Health Abusing drugs puts you at risk of an overdose or of contracting infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and HIV. Overdose

  11. How Drugs Affect YourSocial Health Abusing drugs affects your social health in these and other ways: • Teens who use drugs may with teens who choose to live drug-free. • Relationships withmembers may suffer.

  12. How Drugs Affect YourMental Health • Abusing drugsyour mental health by impairing your ability toand . • Theof illegal drug use may cause teens toin ways that go against their.

  13. How does our brain work Drug use leads toin thinking and theof inhibitions.

  14. The Path to Addiction • Reinforces behaviors • Releases the neurotransmitter - dopamine (feels pleasure) • Drugs trick the brain reward system • Therefore, releasing dopamine when taking the drugs

  15. The Path to Addiction • Starts with experimenting • Why are teenagers at higher risk of addiction? • Brain’s are still in development

  16. The Path to Addiction • User needs more of the drug to get the same feeling • Potential problems….????

  17. The Path to Addiction • Psychological Dependence • Happens • Causes a person to believe that the drug is needed in order to feel good or to function normally

  18. The Path to Addiction • Physical Dependence • User develops a need for a drug • Body on a given drug in order to function normally

  19. The Path to Addiction • User has lost control of their drug taking behavior • Learns how to: • Drug addiction is known as a brain disorder

  20. Other Effects of Drug Use A person with an addiction is someone who requires persistent, compulsive use of a substance known by the user to be harmful. Addiction

  21. Other Effects of Drug Use A user takes a drug to experience short-term pleasure. The user takes the drug again to relieve withdrawal symptoms and repeat the feelings of short-term pleasure. The Addiction Cycle As the effects of the drug wear off, the user then experiences symptoms of withdrawal.

  22. The Path to Addiction • If the drug is suddenly removed, the neurons work abnormally – • Withdrawal • The physical & psychological symptoms produced when a physically dependent drug user stops using drugs • Symptoms are of the drug’s effects • Craving the drug is the way of telling the body it more of the drug

  23. Drugs Take a Heavy Toll In addition to the physical risks to a person’s health, substance abuse can damage all aspects of your life. Drug use can create problems that affect a user’s physical, mental/emotional, and social health.

  24. Consequences for the Individual Teens who use illegal drugs may engage in dangerous behaviors. be at risk of suicide. be involved in violence or crime.

  25. Consequences for Friends and Family • Teens who usemay stop spending time with friends who value alifestyle. • Family members who feel responsible for their loved ones feel theof theand costs of drug abuse.

  26. Consequences for Others • If a pregnant female takes drugs, those drugs areto the fetus. • The fetus may be born with, behavioral problems, or a.

  27. Consequences for Society • Illegal drug use canin a rise in drug-related crime and violence. • Driving while intoxicated () or driving under the influence () can result in collisions that cause injuries and .

  28. Consequences for Society • Drug abuse cost the US economy $per year • Lost work hours & productivity • Law enforcement costs & insurance costs

  29. The consequences of drug abuse—, emotional,, legal, and—are 100 percent preventable. By choosing alifestyle, you avoid these consequences.

  30. Commonly Abused Drugs • All illegal drugs havein common: • 1) affect theof the brain • 2) areto your health • 3) can result inand

  31. Three often-abused drugs that can have serious physical and mental side effects are marijuana, inhalants, and anabolic steroids.

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