ECSTASY

							Why is illegal drug use
 dangerous?
   dangerous /permanent damage to
    brain and body
   become addicted
   major factor in suicide, accidents
    and crimes
   risk of spreading disease through
    sharing needles
   can result in overdose
   drug use leads to making
    irresponsible decisions
    The reasons people begin using drugs are
    similar to the reasons they begin to drink or
    smoke. What are these reasons?
                     Desire to experiment
                     Desire to escape depression / boredom
                     Enjoyment of risky behavior



Belief that drugs solve personal problems
Peer pressure
Media glamorizing drug use
While there are many different illegal drugs,
 all illegal drugs have 3 things in common.

                   What are these 3 things?
                      Affects function of
                         the brain
                      Dangerous to health
                      Result in drug
                       dependence and
                         addiction
   Marijuana is a
    word used to
 describe the dried
flowers, seeds, and
    leaves of the
 Indian hemp plant.




Regardless of the name, this drug
 is an hallucinogen – a substance
   which distorts how the mind
  perceives the world you live in.
EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA
SHORT TERM                     LONG TERM
                                  Reduced resistance to common
 Sensory distortion               illnesses ( cold, bronchitis)
 Panic                           Growth disorders
                                  Increase of abnormally
 Anxiety                          structured cells in the body
 Poor coordination of            Reduction of male sex
                                   hormones
  movement                        Rapid destruction of lung fibers
 Lowered reaction time            and lesions to the brain could
                                   be permanent
 After an initial “up,” the      Reduced sexual capacity
  user feels sleepy or            Apathy, drowsiness, lack of
                                   motivation
  depressed                       Personality and mood changes
 Increased heartbeat (and        Inability to understand things
                                   clearly
  risk of heart attack)
What are some of
  the effects
marijuana has on
   the body?
 Slowed thinking,
  difficult paying
    attention, no
  sense of time or
       distance,
loss of short term
       memory,
shrinks your brain
  Can you become dependant on
  marijuana?

    Yes,
you can build
 a tolerance
    and a
dependence
     to it.
  Can marijuana use affect your
     driving? If so, how?

                       Yes, much like how
                      alcohol affects your
                            driving.


It can slow your reaction
   time and impair your
        judgment.
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Marijuana and School
Marijuana and school don’t
 mix. Marijuana makes it
    harder for users to
 concentrate, and slows
      thinking down.       Marijuana damages the
                             user’s memory and
                            things such as simple
                           math problems become
                             extremely difficult.
 One of the prevalent
 effects of marijuana is
  the decline in school
      performance.
 What are inhalants? What are 2 legal
inhalants used by physicians?
    Drugs that are inhaled as vapors such as




  Laughing Gas              Asthma Inhaler
                                                      SNIFFING
                                            Users may inhale the chemical
                                              vapors directly from open
                                                     containers
                                The chemicals are
                                 quickly absorbed
                              through the lungs into
                               the bloodstream and
                              quickly reach the brain
                                 and other organs



  Because they reach the
 brain with a faster speed
   and force than other
   substances, they can
cause irreversible physical
   and mental damages.
What type of effects might you
 experience from inhalants?

            Hyperactivity,
         loss of inhibitions,
           dizziness, loss of
             coordination,
          difficulty speaking
           and thinking, fear,
                anxiety,
               depression
    EFFECTS OF INHALANTS
SHORT TERM                   LONG TERM
 Slurred Speech              Muscle weakness
 Drunk, dizzy, or dazed      Disorientation
 Inability to coordinate     Lack of coordination
    movement                  Irritability
   Apathy                    Depression
   Impaired judgment         Serious and sometimes
                               irreversible damage to the
   Unconsciousness            heart, liver, kidneys, lungs and
   Severe headaches           brain
   Rashes around the nose    Hearing loss
    and mouth                 Bone marrow damage
   DEATH from suffocation    Deaths from heart failure
 Air blast           Bolt
 Highball            Whippets
 Satan’s Secret      Whiteout
 Hippie Crack        Toilet Water
 Shoot the Breeze    Oz
 Amy                 Locker Room
 Huff                Texas Shoe Shine
 Snappers            Pearls
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        ECSTASY
      Ecstasy is a synthetic,
psychoactive drug that is chemically
      similar to the stimulant
    methamphetamine and the
     hallucinogen mescaline.

                 Ecstasy (MDMA) produces
                feelings of increased energy,
                euphoria, emotional warmth,
                   and distortions in time,
                   perception, and tactile
                         experiences
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 IMPAIRED
JUDGEMENT




            SLEEP PROBLEMS
LONG TERM EFFECTS
 Long lasting brain
  damage affecting      Depression
  thought and memory    Anxiety
                        Kidney Failure
                        Hemorrhaging
 Damage to portions    Psychosis
  of the brain that     Cardiovascular
  regulate critical      collapse
 functions such as
 learning, sleep and    Convulsions
 emotion                DEATH
                                   Highly
                                addictive,
                               illegal drug
                                       Heroin
                             (like opium and morphine)
                              is made from the resin of
                                    poppy plants.
  Milky, sap-like opium is
first removed from the pod
 of the poppy flower. This
 opium is refined to make
   morphine, then further
    refined into different
       forms of heroin.
DEATH
LONG TERM EFFECTS




                    Abscesses from use of needles pockmark
                        the body of a 16 year old addict
 LSD is one of the most potent, mood
       changing chemicals. It is
manufactured from lysergic acid, which
is found in the ergot fungus that grows
        on rye and other grains.
Colorless
               Odorless
                            Slightly Bitter Taste
 No matter what form it
comes in, LSD leads the
user to a same place, a
serious disconnect from
         reality

   Sold on the street as:
       • small tablets       LSD users call an
         • capsules          LSD experience a
      •gelatin squares              “trip,”
           •Liquid           usually lasting 12
                            hours or so. When
 •It is sometimes added to    things go wrong,
 absorbent paper, which is       which often
   then divided into small  happens, it is called
  squares decorated with a “bad trip,” another
      designs or cartoon      name for a living
 characters (“loony tunes”)      nightmare!
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  BATTERY          BOOMERS
   ACID

     DOTS

     GOLDEN
     DRAGON
              LUCY IN THE SKY
HIPPIE        WITH DRAGONS
HARMFUL EFFECTS OF LSD

 PHYSICAL EFFECTS            MENTAL EFFECTS

                          Delusions
 Dilated Pupils
                          Visual Hallucinations
 Higher or Lower Body    Panic Attacks
  Temperature             Impaired Depth Perception
 Sweating or Chills      Severe Depression or Psychosis
                         
 Loss of Appetite         Flashbacks
                          Severe, terrifying thoughts and
 Sleeplessness            feelings
 Dry Mouth               Fear of losing control
                          Impaired time perception
 Tremors                 Distorted perception of the size
                           and shape of objects,
                           movements, color, sound, touch,
                           and the users own body image
           WHAT IS COCAINE?
   The word cocaine refers to the
    drug in a powder or crystal form.


   The powder form is usually mixed
    with corn starch, talcum, powder,
    sugar or any other drugs such as
    procaine (a local anesthetic) or
    amphetamines


   Extracted from cocoa leaves


   Cocaine was originally developed     It can also be ingested or rubbed into
    as a painkiller                      the gums

   Cocaine is most often sniffed with   To more rapidly absorb the drug into
    the powder absorbed into the         the body, abusers inject it, but this
    bloodstream through the nasal        substantially increases the risk of
    tissues.                             overdose.
    A Deadly White Powder
 Cocaine is one of the deadliest
   drugs known to man.


 Once a person begins taking
   cocaine, it has proven almost
   impossible to become free of its
   grip physically or mentally


 Physically it stimulates key
   receptors (nerve endings that
   sense change in the body) within
   the brain that, in turn, create a
   euphoria to which users quickly
   develop a tolerance.
WHITE
          Binge




  Sniff
SHORT TERM EFFECTS OF COCAINE

  Loss of appetite              Tactile hallucinations
                                    that creates the illusion
  Increased heart rate             of bugs burrowing under
  Contracted blood
                                    the skin
     vessels                       Intense euphoria
    Increased rate of             Anxiety and paranoia
     breathing                     Intense drug craving
    Nausea                        Panic and psychosis
    Disturbed sleeping            Convulsions, seizures,
     habits                         and sudden death from
                                    high doses (even one
    Bizarre, erotic, violent       time)
     behavior
    Depression
        LONG TERM EFFECTS
           OF COCAINE
 Permanent damage to
  blood vessels of the         Malnutrition
  heart and brain              Severe tooth decay
 High blood pressure          Sexual problems
 Liver, kidney and lung
                               Severe depression
  damage
 Destruction of tissues in
                               Tolerance and
  nose if sniffed               addiction
 Infectious diseases and
  abscesses if injected
                                                  Considered a
                                               “rich man’s drug”

                                               Smoking crack allows it
                                                   to reach the brain
                                                more quickly and thus
                                                brings an intense and
                                                 immediate – but very
 The most potent form in which
                                                  short lived- high that
  cocaine appears
                                                last about 15 minutes.
 Also the riskiest
 Between 75%-100% Pure
  (far stronger and more potent than regular
  cocaine)
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 Malnutrition
 Severe tooth decay
 Auditory
 Irritability and mood
    disturbances
 Sexual problems
 Severe depression
         Tolerance
                    White, Crystalline Drug



Develop a strong desire to
continue using it because
 the drug creates a false
 sense of happiness and
       well-being --
 A “RUSH” of confidence,
   hyperactiveness and
         energy




                                Decreased
                                 Appetite
 SPEED      SHARDS




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LONG TERM EFFECTS
   Liver, kidney, lung damage
   Infectious diseases and abscesses
    if injected
   Malnutrition
   Severe Tooth Decay
   “METH MOUTH”
   Strong psychological dependence
   Depression
   Damage to the brain similar to
    Alzheimer’s Disease
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                        METH
  A synthetic
 version of the
 male hormone


   What type of
effects might this
 drug have on an
  adolescences
 body and mind?
Bones will mature early, growth can be
  stunted.

Can cause sever acne,
increased cholesterol,
rapid weight gain,
liver damage,
kidney tumors,
heart disease
and heart attacks.
                           Can cause
                             breasts
                        to grow in males




Can shrink the testes
    and reduce
   sperm count.
   Feeling of
paranoia, panic
    attacks,
  depression,
  anxiety and
 even suicidal
   thoughts
ROID RAGE can lead to violent
  behavior, crime assault and rape.



                        Makes abusers
                         more irritable
                                   and
                           aggressive.
Drugs that lead to the use of other
drugs are called what?
   What are the 3 most common ones?
 What are Club
 or Designer
 drugs?

Drugs made to
resemble common
illegal drugs in
chemical structure
and effect.
 GHB a clear liquid or
  white powder.
 Causes euphoria,
  relaxation, dizziness
  and loss of inhibitions.
 High doses could
  cause vomiting,
  memory loss,
  respiratory problems,
  loss of consciousness,
  seizures, coma and
  death

 Also known as the
   Date Rape Drug
                                    Known as Special K,
                                      Kit Kat or Vit. K.
 It is used as a horse tranquillizer.
 After the initial rush, the body can
  become numb and paralyzed, there
  may be sickness and vomiting, and
  co-ordination can go making the
  simplest task impossible
  to do.
You can also suffer from terrifying
  hallucinations, such as your limbs
  growing or shrinking,
  and a feeling that you're close to
  death.
 also
known
  as




        effects range from
        mild euphoria to
        distortions of reality,
        out of body
        experiences and
        psychotic behavior