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•Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs•

•Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs•. Mike Ballo 9 th Grade Health Class. Increase in teens dying from prescription 60% students knew of drugs at school 1 in 9 high school students tried marijuana 1.3% tried bath salts Alcohol can increase other drugs usage By 8 th grade:

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•Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs•

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  1. •Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs• Mike Ballo 9th Grade Health Class

  2. Increase in teens dying from prescription • 60% students knew of drugs at school • 1 in 9 high school students tried marijuana • 1.3% tried bath salts • Alcohol can increase other drugs usage • By 8th grade: • 29.5%consumed alcohol • 15.5% smoked cigarettes • 15% smoked marijuana • 6.5% of students some regularly ‹Drug Facts›

  3. Medical Use • Recreational Use • Self Improvement • Religious Use Intro to Drugs

  4. Medical Use

  5. Can be beneficial when used correctly • Treat illness • Prescription and over the counter • Can cause other symptoms Benefits of Drugs

  6. Recreational Use

  7. Slowing of the CNS • Slowed brain function, pulse, breathing • Tolerance, addiction, withdrawals, overdose • Alcohol, pain killers Depressants

  8. 18+ years- 51% drink regularly • Binge drinking- 5 or more • 15 million people in US alcohol dependent • 17,000 • People die from drunk driving • Drinking moderately can have positive effects –Alcohol facts–

  9. Enhanced brain stimulation • Increased norepinephrine and dopamine • Increased heart beat, blood pressure • Very addictive, feelings of hostility • Can lead to heart attack • Cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamines, caffeine ⃰Stimulants

  10. Distort perceived reality • Hear, see, feel nonexistent things • Fear, anxiety, paranoia • Can be dangerous, even fatal • Flashbacks, long lasting psychoses • LSD, mushrooms, Hallucinogens

  11. Self Improvement

  12. Can enhance athletic performance • Many negative side effects • Illegal in sports □Steroids

  13. Roid Rage • Acne • Swelling of testicles • High blood pressure • Live Malfunction • Balding Steroid Side Effects

  14. Steroid Information√

  15. Help with memory loss • Nootropics • Parkinson's disease • Alzheimer's disease Other self improvement drugs

  16. †Religious Use†

  17. Ancient Greece • Sometimes used in Hinduism • Used in Buddhism • Alcohol often used in religion Religious Use

  18. ◦Tobacco◦

  19. Greatest cause of preventable death • Can lead to lung, mouth, heart diseases • Causes millions of death every year • Kills second hand smokers too • 19 to buy • NJ pack of cigarettes- $8.35 Tobacco

  20. Half a million deaths per year • Another 50,000 from second hand smoke • Estimated 19% of adults smoke • Tobacco revenue was $664 billion 2010 • 25% of US deaths tobacco related

  21. http://www.drugfree.org/drug-guide/depressants • http://www.drugfree.org/drug-guide/prescription-stimulants • http://typesofdrugs.org • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2779437/ • http://www.psychedelic-library.org/hsmith.htm • http://ash.org/resources/tobacco-statistics-facts/ • http://www.steroidabuse.com/side-effects-of-steroids.html Works cited

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