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Understanding Drugs of Abuse: Stimulants, Depressants, Opiates, and Hallucinogens

This article provides information on the common categories of abused drugs, including stimulants, depressants, opiates, and hallucinogens. Learn about their general characteristics, how they are taken, intoxication effects, and potential health consequences.

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Understanding Drugs of Abuse: Stimulants, Depressants, Opiates, and Hallucinogens

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  1. Drugs of Abuse Categories of drugs that are commonly abused

  2. 1. Stimulants • Cocaine • Methamphetamines • Crystal Meth • Caffeine • Diet Pills

  3. General Characteristics of Stimulants • How is it taken? • Snorted • Injected • Smoked • Swallowed

  4. Possible intoxicationeffects: • Increased alertness and energy • Euphoria • Hyperactivity • Restlessness • Anxiety • Increased heart rate/ breathing rate • Elevated blood pressure

  5. Possible health consequences: • Nervousness • Irritability • Panic • Aggressive behavior • Confusion • Loss of awareness of reality • Kidney/liver damage • Heart failure • Death

  6. 2. Depressants • Rohypnol, GHB, Ketamine • Tranquilizers • Pain medications

  7. General Characteristics of Depressants: • How is it taken? • Swallowed • Injected • Possible intoxication effects : • Euphoria • Reduced anxiety • Loss of inhibitions • Drowsiness

  8. Possible health consequences: • loss of coordination • Slurred speech • Confusion • Slowed heart rate • Dangerously slow breathing • Loss of consciousness • Loss of memory • Coma • Death

  9. 3. Opiates • Heroine • Morphine • Codeine • Hydrocodone

  10. General Characteristics of Opiates • How is it taken? Smoked, injected, swallowed, snorted • Possible intoxication effects: • euphoria • feeling of well-being • relaxation • drowsiness • pain relief

  11. Possible health consequences: • nausea/vomiting • constipation • confusion • loss of consciousness • dangerously, slowed breathing • coma • death

  12. 4. Hallucinogens • Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) • Psilocybin (mushrooms) • PCP, Angel Dust • Ecstasy

  13. General Characteristics of Hallucinogens • How is it used? Swallowed, smoked, absorbed • Possible intoxication effects: • sensory illusions • distortions of reality • dizziness • weakness • enhanced emotions • feelings of being outside the body

  14. Possible health consequences • panic, • self-injury, • chronic mental disorders, • recurring distortion of perception (flashbacks)

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