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General Drug Presentation

General Drug Presentation. Cst Rene Shank Royal Canadian Mounted Police Drug and Organized Crime Awareness Service Regina, SK. What is a Drug?. Any substance, other than food that affects the way your mind and body work.

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General Drug Presentation

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  1. General Drug Presentation Cst Rene Shank Royal Canadian Mounted Police Drug and Organized Crime Awareness Service Regina, SK

  2. What is a Drug? Any substance, other than food that affects the way your mind and body work.

  3. What kinds of Drugs can you think of?Give me some examples of drugs common on the street.

  4. Crystal Meth Cocaine Crack Cocaine Psilocybin (mushrooms) PCP Ketamine GHB Marijuana aka marihuana Heroine Alcohol Tylenol (T3 & T4) Caffeine Smokeless Tobacco Cigarettes Rohypnol MDMA (ecstasy) LSD (acid) Other prescription drugs Examples of Drugs

  5. Distribution of Drugs • Drugs are distributed throughout the body by blood • Drugs are distributed to places called receptors • Receptors are usually in the brain and are responsible for how drugs affect the body

  6. Facts about Marijuana • If you don’t smoke marihuana you are far less likely to try other drugs • Youth treatment in US and Canada has shown that 48% of addicts are using marijuana • Marijuana impairs learning that can last up to four weeks

  7. Effects of Marijuana • Adverse • Acute anxiety, restlessness, sense of loss of control, and fragmented thought processes • Mood disturbances and depression • Delusions and hallucinations

  8. COCAINE Leaves of Erythroxylon coca from Bolivia (Source: www.murple.net/bolivia/pix/tn/coca-leaves.jpg.html)

  9. Cocaine History Used to overcome fatigue/ hunger- traditional use was encouraged by Spanish for work in Silver Mines. In early 1900’s, problems were noted with addiction and bizarre behavior, and popularity of traditional cocaine use declined. Two forms of Cocaine known as Cocaine Hydrochloride (powder) and Freebase or Crack (rock crystal)

  10. Cocaine powder • Pure (white powder) • Became popular in early 1900’s to snort the powder (self-limiting method of use) • Snorting causes nasal tissues to swell, running nose and burned septum • In 1970s cocaine hydrochloride was converted to freebase cocaine making cocaine smokeable

  11. Crack Cocaine Up to 99% pure cocaine When smoked and absorbed through the lungs cocaine reaches the brain within 5-8 seconds. Typically off white rock ( similar to consistency of rock candy) It is not water soluble and so people stick it in their mouth and hide it

  12. COCAINE • Initial rush with euphoria followed by anxiety and depression, hallucinations and feelings of strength and superiority • Toxic effects commonly include paranoia, violent behavior, seizures, psychosis, and muscle twitches • Short-term effects include • Dry mouth • Increased pulse and heart rate and blood pressure • Increased body temperature • Constriction of blood vessels

  13. Cocaine • Long term effects • Dramatic mood swings • Hypersensitivity to sensory stimuli i.e.. visual/ auditory • Sleep disorders • Sexual dysfunction • Perforated septum • Confused behavior and delusions • Damage to heart muscle, arteries and blood vessels • Unexplainable aggressiveness • Itching/ picking/ scratching of skin • Increased risk of stroke and cocaine induced heart attack

  14. Cocaine Use looks like • Wide mood swings • Dilated pupils • Talks and walks fast • Nose constantly red & running, frequent sniffing or track marks on arms or neck • Frequent absences from work or school • Time distortion, including tardiness, unusual meal times, disorganization, and missed appointments

  15. Who thinks Alcohol is a Drug? If you think alcohol is a drug stand up. If you think it is not a drug stay sitting down. If you are not sure stand up.

  16. Alcohol • The legal drug which has the greatest cost to society • The most widely used and abused drug in the world • 76.3 million persons in the world admit to alcohol abuse disorders • Alcohol can be attributed to 1.8 million deaths annually • Alcohol acts on the brain as a depressant. How each person is affected by alcohol depends on factors such as age, sex, prior usage experience and levels of tolerance.

  17. Symptoms of Alcohol use • Flushed face • Impaired fine motor skills • Impaired recent (short term) memory • Slurred speech • Poor concentration • Reduced attention span • Increased mood swings • Bloodshot watery eyes • dehydration

  18. Statistics that affect YOU • More than 1/5 (22.6%) of persons age 12-18 have participated in binge drinking in the past 30 days • 6.8% of persons age 12-15 have reported to drink heavily in the past 30 days • Heavy drinking is described as having more than 8 drinks in an 8 day period • Females show signs of impairment twice as fast a males of similar body weight and size because of the chemical make up of the female body

  19. Alcohol Effects • Short term: • Decreased heart rate • Impaired vision, judgment, memory, and coordination • Possible blackouts • Reduce inhibitions (will now do what you normally wouldn’t do) Long term: • Contributes to mood and emotional changes and amplifies any pre-existing disorders and disturbances • Alcohol blocks the absorption of essential nutrients • Can cause alcoholism, ulcers, liver disorders, irreversible brain damage

  20. Methamphetamine • Often referred to as meth, crystal meth, ice, speed, jib, crank, speed, poor man’s cocaine, gingo • A drug that stimulates the central nervous system. Creates an alert feeling, energetic, and no interest in food or sleep • “A hit of meth has been best described as: Imagine wires popping, snapping and melting away on an overloaded circuit board. That is the best way to picture what is going on in the brain of a meth user.” Dr Bill MacEwan

  21. What Meth looks like • It comes in many different forms such as: • White, odourless, bitter tasting powder • Tablets or capsules, in varies shapes and sizes • A clear, chunky form that looks like ice crystals or shards of glass • The last form is crystal meth and is regarded to be the most pure form of the substance.

  22. Ways of taking Crystal Meth • There are 4 different ways to administer crystal meth. Each of these methods change the effect of the drug on the individual. • Oral • Nasal • Injecting • Smoking

  23. ORAL • 1 % of users • It is ingested in a tablet or capsule form or as a powder form. • The powder form will be placed in a liquid like water or coffee. It takes approx 20 min for effects to be felt This method of use has a lower risk for contracting HIV and or Hep C.

  24. NASAL • 10 % of users. • Powder or Crystals are snorted. Using the same method as snorting Cocaine. • This method is absorbed faster into the blood stream therefore the effects are felt within 5 minutes. • Users do not prefer this method as it burns the inside of the nose. This method of use has a lower risk for contracting HIV and or Hep C.

  25. Injecting • 29% of users • Crystals are dissolved in water and then drawn into syringe for IV injection. • As drug is being injected directly into the blood stream effects of drug are felt immediately. This creates an initial intense euphoric rush for individual. This method of use has a higher risk for contracting HIV and or Hep C.

  26. Smoking • 60% of users. • Meth is very volatile when heated but the heat doesn’t change the make up of the drug. • Crystals are placed in the bottom of a glass pipe or other glass objects and heated. The smoke is then inhaled. • As the drug is absorbed into the blood stream immediately the effect of the drug is felt immediately. • This is what causes the user to feel an initial intense euphoric rush. This method of use has a higher risk for contracting HIV and or Hep C. Due to the sharing of pipes.

  27. Short term effects of Crystal Meth As the drug is absorbed into the blood stream immediately the effect of the drug is felt immediately. This is what causes the user to feel an initial intense euphoric rush. This method of use has a higher risk for contracting HIV and or Hep C. Due to the sharing of pipes. Paradox of Use of Crystal Meth Tolerance to the euphoric effects develop quickly Users increase dosage to try and regain the same euphoric feeling. The original state of euphoria felt the first time that the drug was taken will never be reached again.

  28. Binging and crashing • Binging is when a user will inject or smoke the drug every 3-4 hours for several days • Binge’s have been know to last for up to 10 days. The longest reported Binge is 27 days that I am aware of. • The binge will quite when the user runs out of the drug or they are to exhausted to continue. This is called crashing.

  29. Ages • A Crystal Meth user will usually only survive 4 years of addiction with this drug.

  30. B E F O R E A F T E R B E F O R E A F T E R 17 months later 2.5 years later 3 months later

  31. Physical Appearance common to Meth Users

  32. Meth Mouth A chronic user can lose their teeth within 2 years

  33. Meth Labs • They can be found anywhere from: • Houses • Apartments • Storage facilities • Warehouses • Vehicles

  34. House Explosion

  35. Meth labs • What they look like inside:

  36. What would you do With This?????

  37. Materials found in Meth • Over the counter cough, cold and allergy medication containing Pseudo ephedrine or ephedrine • Acetone • Rubbing and Isopropyl Alcohol • Iodine • Starter fluid (ether)

  38. Materials found in Meth • Gas additives (methanol) • Drain cleaner • Lithium Batteries • Rock salt • Matchbooks (red phosphorus) • Lye • Paint thinner

  39. Other items needed to make Meth • Aluminum foils • Glassware • Coffee filters • Propane tanks • The whole process can take from 12-24 hours to manufacture this product.

  40. One lb of Meth produces 8-10 lbs ofhazardous waste

  41. Club Drugs • LSD (acid) • Psilocybin (magic mushrooms) • MDMA (ecstasy) • GHB (gamma-hydrobutyrate) • Ketamine (special K) • Rohypnol

  42. L.S.D. / ACID • Restricted Drug - Lysergic Acid Dithylamide - Hallucinogen • Sold in paper blotter or micro-dot tablets • Synthesized from fungus grown on grain • Effects last 8 to 12 hours

  43. LSD

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