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The Drug Unit

Personal Pollutants

Why people abuse drugs?

• To fit in• To escape or relax • To relieve boredom • To seem grown up • To rebel • To experiment

Definition of a Drug?

• A chemical substance that, when taken into the body, will change functioning of the body/mind in some way.

• meaning doctors are allowed to prescribe them for patients, stores can sell them, and people are allowed to buy them.

Definition of a Legal Drug?

• Over the Counter Drug- a drug that can be purchased without a prescription– Advil – Tylenol – Motrin– Benadryl– Sudafed

• Prescription Drugs- is a medicine that can be obtained only with a written order from a licensed health professional.– OxyContin– Xanax– Ritalin

• Cigarettes-In the United States, adults 18 and older can buy cigarettes

• Alcohol- In the United States those 21 and older can buy alcohol.)

• *But smoking and excessive drinking are not healthy for adults and are off limits for kids.

Examples of a Legal Drug?

• Read the label and follow directions.• Ask if you have questions.• Take medicines exactly as prescribed. If the

instructions say take one tablet four times a day, don't take two tablets twice a day. It's not the same.

• Always follow your doctor's or pharmacist's instructions.

• Never share prescription medicine with anyone else

• A drug whose production or use is prohibited by the government.

• Illegal drugs are drugs that are made and used purely for their effects and are harmful to the body.

Definition of an illegal Drug?

Marijuana Cocaine

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Examples of a illegal Drug?

• By Mouth• Inhaled• Smoked• Injected• Applied to Skin

How is a drug taken into the body?

What are harmful Effects of drug abuse?

• Physical Health: – Sleeplessness– Irritability– damage to the body organs, death

• Mental/emotional health: – Drugs kill brain cells interfering with the user’s ability to think– drugs can cause depression– low self-esteem.

• Social health– Lose interest in school– withdraw from family and friends– get involved with the wrong crowd.

What is withdrawal? Signs and symptoms

• Withdrawal- a condition that occurs when a person with a physical dependence stops the drug.

• Signs and Symptoms– Vomiting

– Restless/Shaking

– Losing Sleep

– Depression

– Severe Stomach Cramping

What is Drug Tolerance?

• The change in the body’s response to the drug so that larger and larger doses are needed for the same desired effect.

What is a stimulant?• Drugs that speed up body functions (like the heart

and lungs) so they become faster than normal

• Examples: – Caffeine-a legal drug that is found in chocolate, coffee,

tea, soda, prescription drugs, and OTC drugs.

– Cocaine and Crack-a high addictive drug ob obtained from the leave of the coca bush.

– Amphetamines (speed)- chemically manufactured drugs that are highly addictive.

Depressants• Drugs that slow down body functions so they

become slower than normal.• Examples:

– Marijuana-a drug containing THC that impairs short term memory and changes moods

– Inhalants- chemicals that are breathe in and produced immediate effects

– Alcohol- An alcoholic beverage is a drink that contains ethanol (commonly called alcohol). Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes: beer, wine, and

spirits.

Hallucinogens

• Drugs that changes how a person’s brain works. A person may see, hear, smell, taste, and feel things that do not exist.

• Examples:– LSD- hallucinogen that is often sold in powder,

tablet, or capsule form. Flashbacks can be produced

– PCP-also known as angel dust, body actions to speed up or slow down.

– Ecstasy (MDMA)- is an illegal drug that can act as a stimulant as well as a hallucinogen.

Any Questions about Drug?