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Medicine and Illegal Drugs
Stimulants-Any drug that increases the body’s activity. –Stimulants cause heart rate and
breathing to speed up.–User feels awake & alert (possibly for days)
Types: caffeine, cocaine, crack cocaine, & methamphetamine.
Cocaine & Crack Cocaine
Cocaine Crack Cocaine
Cocaine –Powerful drug (stimulant) made from the coca plant. Cocaine comes in a white powder and inhaled through the nose.
Crack Cocaine (ROCK) – Cocaine that is altered or cooked into a different form, which can be smoked. Effects are more intense and do not last as long as cocaine.
• Both cocaine and crack cocaine cause intense euphoria- physical and mental sense of well-being (exaggerated state of mind).
• Due to the short lived effects of both drugs people must use the drug often to make the effects last. High lasts about 10-15 minutes followed by physical illness and depression.
• Addiction can lead to overdose which results in heart attacks or strokes (brain damage or death)
• Prolonged cocaine snorting can cause scabs to form on your mucus membranes, damage your nasal septum and eventually make your nose collapse
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine• A stimulant that is synthetic and comes in a
rock form.• Street Names: Meth, Crystal, Crystal Meth• Ways that it is used: smoked, injected, or
inhaled.• Effects will last for hours and is extremely
addictive.• Short term-effects: euphoria, decreased
appetite, increased body temperature.• Permanent kidney damage, liver damage,
brain damage, death.
• Meth users pick at their skin and rot their teeth.
Depressants
Depressants-Any drug that decreases activity in the body. - Also known as sedatives.–Heart Rate & Breathing slows
down–Blood Pressure drops–Mild relaxation–Deep sleep–Very addictive
Types of depressants: • Tranquilizers – mild depressants that
help treat anxiety.• Barbiturates – makes you drowsy and
sleepy. Also used to treat seizures
• Hypnotics – very powerful depressants, causes sleep
• Overdose can cause coma, death and brain damage.
• Interacts strongly with alcohol causing severe effects.
RohypnolAn extremely powerful hypnotic depressant.
Rohypnol:• Small white tablets, lasts for 8 hours• Street names: roofies, roach, rope
• Effects: sleepiness, slurred speech, impaired judgment, difficulty walking, loss of muscle control, and BLACKOUT. Effects are increased when mixed with alcohol.
• Blackout – is the inability to remember anything that happened while under the drugs effects.
• Known as the “date rape drug”
MarijuanaDried flowers & leaves of the Cannabis
plant.
Marijuana:• Most abused drug.
• Known as the “Gate Way Drug”
• Street names: Grass, weed, pot, dope, Mary Jane, green, bud, and reefer.
• Most of the time it is smoked, but it can be mixed with food and eaten.
• THC – (tetrahydrocannabinol) chemical substance in marijuana. Levels of THC may vary based on the plant.
Long Term Effects of Marijuana
• Decreases ability to think and concentrate• Decreases desire and energy. – “Lethargic”
• Because it is smoked marijuana use can have similar effects as smoking cigarettes. – Chronic bronchitis– Respiratory problems– Circulatory problems
Opiates
Any drug that is produced from the milk of the opium poppy plant (grows in Europe & Asia)
Opiates• Extremely addictive (quickly addictive)• STRONG HIGH• Develops a strong tolerance• Hardest addiction to break• Intense (painful) withdrawals
symptoms: cramps, vomiting, muscle pain,
shaking, chills, panic attacks.
Types of Opiates
• Prescription Opiates: Used to treat pain, coughs, and
intestinal problems. These can be abused leading to addiction with failure of following a doctors instructions.
Types of Opiates• Heroin:–The most powerful and addictive
opiate.–Made from Morphine. – Inhaled through nose, smoked,
or injected (most popular way to take it is to inject it).
Effects of Heroin:
• Euphoria, sleepiness, warm feeling in the skin, shallow breathing, and nausea.
• Infections of the heart, liver disease, and lung disease
• Using dirty needles can lead to diseases such as hepatitis or HIV.