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Drug Classifications

Drug Classifications. STIMULANTS: Speed up the central nervous system and can cause an increase in respiratory and heart rates, high blood pressure, dilated pupils, and decreased appetite. User symptoms : irritability, sweating, headaches, blurred vision, dizziness, and insomnia.

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Drug Classifications

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  1. Drug Classifications • STIMULANTS: Speed up the central nervous system and can cause an increase in respiratory and heart rates, high blood pressure, dilated pupils, and decreased appetite. • User symptoms: irritability, sweating, headaches, blurred vision, dizziness, and insomnia. • Overdose: can cause: irregular heartbeat, tremors, loss of coordination, and death.

  2. Classifications Continued… • Examples of stimulant drugs: • Amphetamines • Cocaine/Crack • “Speed” or “uppers”

  3. Classifications Continued… • Withdrawal Symptoms: • Long periods of sleep • Disorientation • Tremors • Convulsions • Irritability • Depression • Vomiting

  4. Depressants • DEPRESSANTS: (sedatives) Slow down the functions of the central nervous system. They relax muscles, reliee feelings of tension and worry and induce sleep. • Also slows heart and breathing rates and lower blood pressure. • Overdose: shallow breathing, weak pulse, coma and death.

  5. Depressants Cont… • Withdrawal Symptoms: Tremors, Hallucinations, Convulsions, Vomiting, Insomnia. • Examples of Depressant Drugs: • Barbiturates • Tranquilizers • Sedatives

  6. Narcotics • Drugs that act on both the central nervous system and parasympathetic system to slow down body function; made from opium poppy and can be used in some medicines such as morphine and codeine; act as a pain reliever. • Can cause sleep, coma, and death. • Narcotics can be naturally or synthetically made.

  7. Narcotic Cont… • Withdrawal Symptoms: Tremors, Panic Cramps, Sweating, Chills, Nausea, Irritability. • Examples of Narcotic Drugs: • Heroin • Opium • Morphine/Codeine

  8. Hallucinogens • Drugs that alter mood, thought, and the senses include sight, sound, touch, smell; can be naturally or synthetically made. • These drugs have no medical use and can have unpredictable effects on people. • Effects: Dilated pupils, “flashbacks”, chills, tremors, nausea, panic, anxiety, increased heart rate.

  9. Hallucinogens Cont… • Examples of Hallucinogen Drugs: • PCP (Phencyclidine) “angel dust” • LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethyl amide)

  10. Ecstasy: MDMA • A legal, psychoactive (effects the brain & senses) drug that can cause hallucinations. • Ecstasy comes in pill form usually but can also be sprayed or injected. • Effects: • Can lead to mental illness • Effects you psychologically just as amphetamines do. • Depression, insomnia, severe anxiety, and paranoia.

  11. Ecstasy Site • Site: http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/factsht/mdma/index.html

  12. Drug Schedules • Site: http://www.mspta.com/dre/pdf/Drug_Schedules.pdf

  13. Emergency Room Visits • Visit: http://thedea.org/statistics.html

  14. Oregon Statistics • Site: http://www.dea.gov/pubs/states/oregon2005.html

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