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SECTION 1. DRUGS OF ABUSE. DRUG ABUSE. INTENTIONAL IMPROPER OR UNSAFE USE OF A DRUG KEY: INTENTIONAL!. DRUG MISUSE:. MISREADING A DRUG LABEL EX: TAKE 2 EVERY 6 HOURS YOU TAKE 2 EVERY 2 HOURS. DRUGS OF ABUSE USED FOR:. RECREATIONAL PURPOSES . IT IS ILLEGAL TO:. PROCESS ILLEGAL DRUGS

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  1. SECTION 1 DRUGS OF ABUSE

  2. DRUG ABUSE • INTENTIONAL IMPROPER OR UNSAFE USE OF A DRUG • KEY: INTENTIONAL!

  3. DRUG MISUSE: • MISREADING A DRUG LABEL • EX: TAKE 2 EVERY 6 HOURS • YOU TAKE 2 EVERY 2 HOURS

  4. DRUGS OF ABUSE USED FOR: • RECREATIONAL PURPOSES

  5. IT IS ILLEGAL TO: • PROCESS ILLEGAL DRUGS • USE ILLEGAL DRUGS • BUY ILLEGAL DRUGS • SELL ILLEGAL DRUGS

  6. WHY DRUGS ARE DANGEROUS • PERMANENT EFFECTS ON THE BODY/BRAIN • RISK OF ADDICTION • A FACTOR IN SUICIDE, MVA’S, AND CRIME • RISK OF HIV, HEPATITIS VIA SHARED NEEDLES • LOSS OF DECISION MAKING ABILITY

  7. WHY PEOPLE TRY ILLEGALS: • EXPERIMENT • ESCAPE (BOREDOM / DEPRESSION) • RISK TAKERS – RISKY BEHAVIORS • PEER PRESSURE • GLAMORIZATION BY MEDIA • BELIEVE DRUGS WILL SOLVE PROBLEMS • PERSONAL, SOCIAL, MEDICAL

  8. TEENS: • HIGHER RISK OF ADDICTION • BRAINS ARE STILL DEVELOPING • CAN CHANGE THE FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN

  9. SECTION 2 COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS

  10. COMMON ABOUT ILLEGAL DRUGS: • AFFECT BRAIN FUNCTION • DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH • RESULT IN DEPENDENCY & ADDICTION

  11. MARIJUANA • POT, WEED, REEFER, DOPE • DRIED FLOWERS & LEAVES OF THE CANNABIS SATIVAPLANT • ACTIVE CHEMICAL IS THC

  12. SHORT TERM EFFECTS: • SLOWED ABILITY TO THINK • DIFFICULTY PAYING ATTENTION • DISTORTED SENSE OF TIME & DISTANCE • GIDDINESS/ SILLY • LOSS OF SHORT TERM MEMORY • LOSS OF BALANCE & COORDINATION • INCREASED APPETITE • ANXIETY • PANIC ATTACK

  13. MARIJUANA • SAME NEGATIVE EFFECTS AS SMOKING CIGARETTES • CANCERS • ADDICTIONS • POOR LUNG HEALTH • EXPOSURE TO CARCINOGENS

  14. INHALANTS • DRUGS THAT ARE INHALED AS VAPORS • EASY TO GET: • HOUSEHOLD ITEMS • GATEWAY DRUG leads to abuse of more/different illegal drugs

  15. COMMONLY ABUSED INHALANTS • GLUE • PAINT THINNER • GASOLINE • MARKERS • PROPANE • BUTANE • NITROUS OXIDE (“POPPERS”)

  16. DANGERS OF INHALANTS • KILLS BRAIN CELLS (LACK OF O2) • CAUSE SUDDEN DEATH • DAMAGE ORGANS • SOFT TISSUE OF NASAL/SINUS CAVITIES

  17. CLUB DRUGS: • CLOSELY RESEMBLE COMMON ILLEGAL DRUGS • SYNTHETIC (MAN-MADE) • ECSTASY, PCP, KETAMINE, GHB

  18. ANABOLIC STEROIDS • SYNTHETIC VERSIONS OF THE MALE HORMONE • TESTOSTERONE • NO PSYCHOACTIVE EFFECT • ILLEGAL IN SPORTS ARENA

  19. SECTION 3 OTHER DRUGS OF ABUSE

  20. STIMULANTS • DRUGS THAT TEMPORARILY INCREASE A PERSON’S ENERGY & ALERTNESS

  21. CRACK & COCAINE: • STIMULANTS DERIVED FROM THE COCA PLANT

  22. LEGAL STIMULANTS: • NICOTINE • CAFFEINE • CAN BE ADDICTIVE

  23. DEPRESSANTS: DRUGS THAT CAUSE RELAXATION & SLEEPINESS

  24. DEPRESSANTS: • USED WITH ALCOHOL INCREASES THE EFFECTS • OVERDOSE MAY CAUSE: • BRAIN DAMAGE • COMA • DEATH

  25. OPIATES • HIGHLY ADDICTIVE FROM THE POPPY PLANT • USED FOR: • PAIN RELIEF • ANESTHETICS • SEDATIVES

  26. OPIATES – LEGAL IN SMALL DOSES/PRESCRIPTION • MORPHINE • CODEINE • REDUCE PAIN • RELIEVE DIARRHEA • SUPPRESS COUGHING • INDUCE RELAXATION

  27. COCAINE = OPIATE

  28. HEROIN: • MOST COMMONLY ABUSED OPIATE • CAN BE SWALLOWED, SNORTED, INJECTED

  29. HEROIN: HIGHLY ADDICTIVE OPIATE

  30. HEROIN ADDICTS typically: • LOSE THEIR JOBS • LIVE IN POOR CONDITIONS • SUFFER HEALTH PROBLEMS • ENGAGE IN CRIME TO FINANCE ADDICTION • CHOKE/DIE ON OWN VOMIT • DIE DUE TO ADDICTION

  31. HALLUCINOGENS: • DISTORT PERCEPTIONS • PERSON HEARS &/OR SEES THINGS THAT ARE NOT REAL

  32. L.S.D. • ALTERS PERCEPTIONS • INCREASE ENERGY • ALTERS MOOD • PRODUCE STRANGE SENSATIONS & HALLUCINATIONS

  33. PSILOCYBIN • POISONOUS SPECIES OF MUSHROOM • PRODUCE SIMILAR EFFECTS OF LSD

  34. AMPHETAMINES: • ARE STIMULANTS • PRODUCED IN A LAB • “SPEED” • PRESCRIBED • TO TREAT NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS • LIFE THREATENING OBESITY

  35. ROHYPNOL • WIDELY USED DATE RAPE DRUG • ODORLESS • TASTELESS • COLORLESS • Usually dropped into a drink

  36. DEXTROMETHORPHAN • USED IN COUGH SYRUP • SIMILAR EFFECTS OF PCP (A HALLUCINGOEN)

  37. HOW DRUG ABUSE AFFECTS INDIVIDUALS • CAR ACCIDENTS • ACCIDENTAL INJURY • VIOLENCE & OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY • UNPLANNED PREGNANCY • STD’S • DEATH

  38. N.A.S. • NEONATAL ABSTINENCE SYNDROME • DRUG WITHDRAWAL THAT OCCURS IN NEWBORN INFANTS WHOSE MOTHERS WERE FREQUENT DRUG USERS DURING PREGNANCY

  39. DRUG ABUSE AFFECTS SOCIETY • $38 BILLION SPENT ON HEALTH CARED DIRECTLY RELATED TO DRUG ABUSE (1995)

  40. OTHER COSTS: • LOST PRODUCTIVITY @ WORK • ACCIDENTAL INJURY • MVA’S • SUICIDE • OVERDOSE

  41. ABUSE AND ADDICTION • INCREASE IN CRIME & OTHER FORMS OF VIOLENCE

  42. RECOVERY: PROCESS OF LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT DRUGS *usually will include rehabilitation

  43. DRUG TREATMENT • USUALLY INVOLVES 12 STEPS

  44. PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT: • NO SINGLE TREATMENT FOR EVERYONE • EASY TO ACCESS • ADDRESS OTHER ISSUES (WHY DRUG ABUSE?) • OFFER OTHER SERVICES (COUNSEL, MEDICAL, LEGAL…

  45. PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT: • LONGER STAY AVAILABILITY • GROUP THERAPY • MEDICATION IF NECESSARY • TREATMENT OF MENTAL ILLNESS • INTERVENTION – CONFRONT THE ABUSER

  46. PRINCIPLES OF TREATMENT: • MONITOR PROGRESS • TEST FOR HEPATITIS, HIV, AIDS • INCLUDE RECHECK FOR RELAPSE

  47. SAYING “NO”! • SAY IT FIRMLY! • BUY YOURSELF TIME • GIVE REASONS WHY NOT • STATE CONSEQUENCES • OPTION ALTERNATE CHOICES • WALK AWAY

  48. SUMMARY OF DRUGS

  49. STIMULANTS • AMPHETAMINES • TREAT: ASTHMA, SLEEP DISORDERS, HYPERACTIVITY • “SPEED” • COCAINE

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