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Page 1: Opiates What are opiates? How do they effect the body? Signs of use Prevention
Page 2: Opiates What are opiates? How do they effect the body? Signs of use Prevention

Opiates•What are opiates?•How do they effect the body?•Signs of use•Prevention

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What are opiates?•Opiates are narcotic drugs.•Narcotic drugs are derived from opium and include legal and illegal drugs such as Oxycodone and Heroin.

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Examples of prescription opiates• Fentanyl (Duragesic®)•Hydrocodone (Vicodin®)•Oxycodone (OxyContin®)•Oxymorphone (Opana®)• Propoxyphene (Darvon®)•Hydromorphone (Dilaudid®)•Meperidine (Demerol®)•Diphenoxylate (Lomotil®)

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•Among teenagers, prescription drugs have the highest abuse rate after marijuana with about half of the teens abusing painkillers over any other prescription drug.

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Effects•These drugs are depressant drugs – they slow down the Central Nervous System (CNS)•CNS is the brain and spinal cord. • Includes the heart, muscles, and lungs.

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Effects•Opiates reduce:• Tension• Anxiety• Aggression• Pain

•Opiates cause:• Drowsiness• Inability to concentrate• Apathy

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Signs of use•Physical effects include:•Constriction of the pupils•Flushing of the face and neck•Constipation•Nausea•Slowed breathing•Slowed activity

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How are they used?•Pills are swallowed. However….•Pills are crushed and snorted•Pills are crushed and smoked•Pills are crushed and injected

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How do they get them?•Prescription•Friend/relative•Internet“If your kids aren’t taking your opiates their friends are.”

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How does this start?•Experimentation•Friend•Prescription•Top two doctors who write opiate prescriptions•Dentists•Orthopedics

•And let’s not forget “Free heroin Sundays”

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Dependence vs. Addiction•Chronic long term use of ANY drug will lead to tolerance and dependence.•Dependence is not addiction.•Dependence can quickly turn into addiction.• It is approximately 27 days to addiction.

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Prevention• Education•Monitor Prescriptions•Question necessity•Question dosage•Question length of time•Get rid of partially used prescriptions – yours, kids, parents, elderly. • Take to police departments or drug take back events

•Open houses

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Resources• learn2cope.org• Officer Fiore• [email protected]

• Health teachers• Lisa Federici – [email protected]• Megan Moskal – [email protected]

• Drug Enforcement Agency• http://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml

• Webmd.com• Mayoclinic.org