Understanding Drugs and Their Effects - Educate Yourself and Your Loved Ones

1. Drugs, Alcohol &Tobacco

2. What is a Drug? • A chemical that changes the way a person feels, thinks,and acts. Personality: The way you feel, think, and act.

3. LEGAL Over the counter drugs (OTC) Advil, Tylenol, Cough Syrup Prescription drugs Examples Oxycotin Percocet Asthma inhalers Ritalin Illegal Street drugs that provide no medical purpose. Drugs that could kill you with one dose. Examples Cocaine Heroin TYPES OF DRUGS

4. Drug Misuse Using a drug improperly in the hopes of feeling better. Examples Taking someone else's medication. Taking more of a particular medication than prescribed or recommended. Drug Abuse Purposely using a drug improperly and for no medical reason. Examples Huffing Drinking to get Drunk Getting “High” How are drugs used?

5. Drugs may be: Ingested (Orally) Snorted Injected Smoked Drugs come in: Liquid form Powder As a plant Solid pill Drug Use

6. Why do people take drugs? • Medical reasons • Curiosity • Get High • Escape • Depression • Stress

7. Drug Abuse or Misuse can lead to…. Drug dependence. Mentally or physically. Drug dependence is a person’s belief that he or she needs a drug. Mental Physical The body’s need for a drug These lead to ADDICTION

8. Alcohol kills 6.5 times more youth than all other illicit drugs combined. • Traffic crashes are the greatest single cause of death for all persons age 6–33. About 45% of these fatalities are alcohol-related crashes. • More than 60% of teens said that drugs were sold, used, or kept at their school. • Crystal meth has become the most dangerous drug problem of small town America. Kids between 12 and 14 that live in smaller towns are 104% more likely to use meth than those who live in larger cities. • Youth who drink alcohol are 50 times more likely to use cocaine than young people who never drink alcohol. • About 64% of teens (12-17) who have abused pain relievers say they got them from friends or relatives, often without their knowledge. • While rates of illicit drug use are declining, the rate of prescription drug use remains high. 15.4% of HS seniors reported non-medical use of at least one prescription medication within the past year. • In 2008, 1.9 million youth age 12 to 17 abused prescription drugs. • Around 28% of teens know a friend or classmate who has used ecstasy, with 17% knowing more than one user. • By the 8th grade, 52% of adolescents have consumed alcohol, 41% have smoked cigarettes, and 20% have used marijuana. • Teenagers whose parents talk to them regularly about the dangers of drugs are 42% less likely to use drugs than those whose parents don't, yet only a quarter of teens report having these conversations.

9. Types of IllegalDrugs

10. Marijuana Pot, Weed, Ghanja, Mary Jane

12. Relaxation reduced coordination reduced blood pressure Sleepiness Disruption in attention An altered sense of time and space...a good reason not to drive or operate machinery while under the influence. In high doses, marijuana can cause: hallucinations delusions impaired memory disorientation. When THC activates cannabinoid receptors, it interfers with the normal functioning of these brain areas. In low to medium doses, marijuana causes:

13. Prescription drugs An estimated 20% of teens have used prescription drugs to get high. This growing trend is so troubling because of how easy it is to obtain these drugs; most kids can find them in their parents’ bathroom cabinet. However, parents have been slow to catch on, and now prescription drug abuse is a serious problem in schools. Teens have even begun throwing “pharming parties” where everyone brings a stash from their home to share with the group. Examples: Ritalin, Oxycotin, Vicadin and Percocet

14. Ecstasy • This drug is very popular among the dance club scene and is now being marketed to kids, using cartoon character stamps. MDMA or Ecstasy (3-4-methylenedioxymethampheta-mine), is a synthetic drug with amphetamine-like and hallucinogenic properties. It is classified as a stimulant.  Ecstasy comes in a tablet form that is often branded, With its designs and cheap prices, this stimulant has, unfortunately, become a popular pastime. EVE ADAM

15. INHALANTS • The presence of inhalants has become another danger in most teenage homes. Teens and pre-teens have begun sniffing or huffing certain chemicals or household items in order to get high. Oftentimes, teens don’t see this as being anything more than a game, and certainly don’t see it as being harmful.

16. COCAINE& HEROIN The New Face of Heroin Addiction

17. Stimulants: These stimulate activity, suppress the appetite, and ameliorate emotional depression. They include the legal drugs caffeine and nicotine as well as the legal and illegal amphetamines and the illegal methadone, ecstasy and cocaine

18. Main Types of Stimulants Cocaine: Coke, Snow, toot, blow, butter, lady. Crack: Rock, Freebase,teeth • Amphetamines: Speed, Ice, Crank, uppers, pep pills. • What Is Crystal Meth?The chemical n-methyl-1-phenyl-propan-2-amine is called methamphetamine, methylamphetamine, or desoxyephedrine. The shortened name is simply 'meth'. When it is in its crystalline form, the drug is called crystal meth, ice, Tina, or glass. See the table below for other street names of the drug. Methamphetamine is a highly addictive stimulant.

19. Depressants: These slow down the activity of the nervous system. They include alcohol, inhalants (including glue, nail polish remover, cleaning fluid, lighter fluid, antifreeze, aerosol from cans or household products and gasoline), minor tranquilizers (including Valium), and sedatives (including barbiturates, Quaaludes, and PCP). All depressants except PCP can be obtained legally.

20. Narcotics: These have an analgesic effect. They relieve physical pain and make surgery possible, but they are highly addictive. They include morphine, codeine, and heroin.

21. Hallucinogens: These are mind-distorters. They have NO medical use and create altered perceptions. They include marijuana, (only recently has marijuana been considered for medical purposes) LSD, and mescaline. All hallucinogens are illegal.

22. Halucinogens • PCP: • Angel dust, Lovely, Love Boat, Hog • Swallowed, Injected or smoked with marijuana • LSD: • Acid, White Lightning, Sugar cubes, micro dots • Swallowed, licked, or eyedrops

23. Designer Drugs Ecstasy: MDMA, EX, ADAM/EVE Made by street chemist.

24. Most Dangerous Drugs • PCP • LSD • Injectable Drugs

25. Other Overlooked Harmful Drugs • Inhalants • Alcohol • Tobacco

26. WHERE DO ILLEGAL DRUGS TAKE YOU?