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Understanding Illegal Drugs: Regulation, Effects, and Consequences

Explore the definition, regulation, and effects of illegal drugs including ecstasy and marijuana. Learn about drug schedules, potential for abuse, and health risks associated with drug use.

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Understanding Illegal Drugs: Regulation, Effects, and Consequences

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  1. Illegal Drugs Dena Lackey, Adrianna Jenkins, Dieula John, Meredith Hunter, Cindy Chang

  2. What defines an illegal drug? • Medicinal Purposes • Benefits • Consequences • Potential for Abuse • Potential for Addiction

  3. Regulation of Drugs • 1970: Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act • Controlled Substances Act regulates the manufacture and distribution of drugs, and organizes them into one of five schedules.

  4. Schedule of Drugs • Schedule I • Has no acceptable medical use and is highly addictive • Examples: Heroin, Marijuana, LSD, Peyote, Hashish, Psilocybin

  5. Schedule of Drugs • Schedule II • Has current medical use and high potential for abuse • Examples: Dilaudid, Demerol, Methadone, Cocaine, PCP, Morphine

  6. Schedule of Drugs • Schedule III • Has current medical use and medium potential for abuse • Examples: Tylenol with codeine, Opium, Vicodan

  7. Schedule of Drugs • Schedule IV • Has current medical use and low potential use for abuse • Examples: Darvocet, Xanax, Valium, Ambien, Ativan, Halycon

  8. Schedule of Drugs • Schedule V • Has current medical use and has the lowest potential for abuse • Examples: Phenergan, Lomotil, and many liquid suspensions

  9. Stimulants • Ecstasy (MDMA): Where does it come from? • Manufactured: made with various chemicals in a laboratory.

  10. How introduced to the body • Swallowed as a tablet • Snorted after crushing tablet • Injected • Inserted per rectum as a suppository

  11. Effects of Ecstasy on the Body • Effects on the brain *Suppresses need to eat, drink, or sleep *Seizures *Loss of consciousness *Stroke

  12. Effects of Ecstasy on the Body • Severe dehydration • Increases body temperature • Rapid heartbeat • High blood pressure • Faintness • Muscle cramping • Panic attacks

  13. Effects of Ecstasy on the Body • Jaw muscle tension and teeth grinding • Kidney and cardiovascular failure • DEATH

  14. Effect of Ecstasy on the Body

  15. Marijuana • Where marijuana comes from *Grown *Imported

  16. Statistics of Marijuana Drug Use

  17. How Introduced to the Body • Ingested in food • Smoked as a “joint” or “blunt” • Out of a pipe or bowl

  18. Effects of Marijuana on the Body • Effects on the Brain *Impairs memory and learning

  19. Effects of Marijuana on the Body • Effects on the body *Frequent respiratory infections *Increased heart rate *Anxiety *Panic attacks *Physical dependence *Tolerance

  20. Effects of Marijuana and the Body • Effects on the body * When smoked marijuana introduces over 2,000 chemicals to the body * Some of the chemicals are carcinogenic

  21. Common Street Names • Ecstasy -E, X, XTC, go, hug drug, Adam, beans

  22. Common Street Names • Marijuana *Pot *Dope *Grass *Weed *Mary Jane

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