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Teen Drug Use

Teen Drug Use. 8 th Grade Health Mrs. Bauder. What are reasons teens give for using drugs?. R x. Fun. Rebellion. Curiosity. Availability. Conformity. Boredom. Escape. Drugs Most Commonly Used By Teens. Alcohol Tobacco Marijuana Prescription Drugs Inhalants Club Drugs

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Teen Drug Use

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  1. Teen Drug Use 8th Grade Health Mrs. Bauder

  2. What are reasons teens give for using drugs? R x Fun Rebellion Curiosity Availability Conformity Boredom Escape

  3. Drugs Most Commonly Used By Teens • Alcohol • Tobacco • Marijuana • Prescription Drugs • Inhalants • Club Drugs • Steroids *Heroin

  4. Marijuana

  5. Marijuana (Canabis) • aka “Pot” • Most likely the first illicit drug that young people will use • Average age of first use is about 14 years • THC is the main active ingredient • Medical in some states

  6. How Does Marijuana Effect the Body? • Impairs - • memory • event recall • judgment • cognitive functions • coordination and balance • Increased heart rate • Dry mouth • Occasional anxiety, fear or panic

  7. How marijuana affects a person depends on…… • Whether it is smoked or ingested • Dosage • THC content • Time between puffs • Length of time in one’s lungs • Previous experience (tolerance)

  8. Club Drugs

  9. Club Drugs - What are they? • Typically used by young adults at bars, clubs, concerts, and parties. • The most common club drugs include Ecstasy (MDMA), GHB, Rohypnol, and Ketamine

  10. Intoxicating Effects of Club Drugs • Ecstasy • increase awareness of senses, mild hallucinations, increased energy, loss of judgment • GBH • relaxation, nausea, loss of inhibitions, euphoria • Ketamine and PCP • confusion, distortions of reality, numbness

  11. Health Consequences of Club Drugs • Ecstasy • impaired learning and memory, hyperthermia, rapid heartbeat, high blood pressure, heart attack, death • GBH • dangerously slowed breathing, seizures, coma • Ketamine and PCP • loss of memory, loss of muscle control, dangerously slowed breathing

  12. Heroin

  13. Heroin: What is it? • Opiate– derived from poppy plant • Used as a pain reliever • Aka: smack • Can be injected, smoked or snorted

  14. Heroin: How does it affect the body? • HIGHLY ADDICTIVE • Dulls senses • Impairs judgment • Sleepy • Dramatically slows thinking process • Produces many side effects

  15. Heroin: Health Consequences • HIGHLY ADDICTIVE • Slows down CNS • Injection – contract blood borne diseases • Coma • Overdose • Death

  16. Inhalants - What are they? • Inhalants are legal, everyday products that when inhaled can produce mind-altering effects or a euphoric state. • nail polish remover • glue • gasoline • household cleaners • nitrous oxide ("laughing gas," which can be found in whipped cream dispensers and is often inhaled via a balloon)

  17. Inhalant Abuse • National surveys report that more than 22.9 million Americans have abused inhalants at least once in their lives. • Inhalants are abused more often by younger children than older children. • Why?

  18. Long Term Effects of Inhalants • Regular abuse of inhalants can result in serious harm to vital organs. Can cause • brain damage • spinal cord damage • heart damage • kidney damage • liver failure • muscle weakness

  19. Steroids • Anabolic steroids • artificial forms of the male hormone testosterone • Ergogenic drugs • substance that enhances athletic performance • Two forms • Injectable solutions • Pills • Motivator - body image concerns

  20. Effects of Steroids

  21. Any Questions????

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