Impacts of illegal drugs on our health and community.

Raising awareness about the detrimental effects of

illegal drugs, as well as the importance of abstaining
from excessive alcohol consumption and cigarette
smoking.
Drug Awareness
 What are
Drugs?
Drugs are chemicals and
substances that affect both
your mind and your body. The
prolonged use of drugs may
lead to physical and/or
psychological dependence. An
overdose of any drug may lead
to death.
Why do teens try
drugs?
 RISK
• FACTORS
FRIENDS WHO USE DRUGS ABSENCE OF HEALTHY
• RECREATIONAL OR LEISURE INTERESTS EARLY
• ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR (E.G., AGGRESSION,
HYPERACTIVITY,
• DEFIANCE)
•
PARENTAL DRUG USE
• ACADEMIC FAILURE, LITTLE COMMITMENT TO SCHOOL
•
FAVORABLE ATTITUDE TOWARDS DRUGS
• PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL (FAS/E)
–POORLY DEFINED RULES
FAMILY MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS
–LACK OF MONITORING
–EXCESSIVE DISCIPLINE
–NEGATIVE COMMUNICATION
POOR ANGER–
PATTERNS
 Types of
Stimulants Drugs Hallucinoge
(Uppers) Depressants (Downers) What
ns do they do?
What do they do? Whatdo they do? These drugs alter the
Speed up the brain Slow down the brain
and and user’s state of
consciousness. (Distort
central nervous central nervous auditory and visual
system. system. sensations)

Exampl Exampl Examples:

- Caffeinees:
(coffee, es:
- Alcohol (beer, - LSD
- energy drinks, tea) - wine, vodka,
-- Ecstasy
Magic
- Nicotine (cigarettes) - tequila, gin, etc.) mushrooms
- Amphetamines (meth, - Heroin
-- Peyote
- ecstasy) Speed “Bath - Tranquilizers PCP
- salts” Cocaine and Sleeping Pills
- Crack Cocaine Diet Marijuana
Pills
 Alco
Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant.
Alcohol goes hol
directly from your digestive system into your blood
stream and within minutes it spreads to the entire
part ofThe
body. thebrain gets the highest concentration
body.
because it gets more blood than any other
In low doses In mediumdoses In high doses
causes: causes: causes:
A relaxing effect - Vomiting
- Reduced tension Breathing
difficulties
Lower inhibitions - Slurred -
- Impaired - Unconsciousnes
speech
concentration Drowsiness
- Altered - s
- Slower reflexes Coma
emotions
Impaired reaction - DEATH!
- time
Reduced -
--
coordination
 Alcohol’s Eff ects
Centralon the Body
Nervous
System
- Altered Speech
Hazy thinking
- Slowed reaction
time Dulled
- hearing Impaired
-Weakened
vision
- Foggy
muscles
memory
-
 Alcohol’s Effects on
the
Liver
Body
Long-term excessive drinking can
•cause:
Fatty liver Disease: the earliest state of alcohol-
related liver
disease. It is the build up of extra fat in liver cells.
Almost all
heavy drinkers have fatty liver disease. However, if
they stop
drinking, fatty liver disease will usually go away.
Symptoms (if any) include: fatigue, weakness and
weight
loss.
 Alcohol’s Eff ects
Liver
on the Body
Long-term excessive drinking can cause:
•Alcoholic Hepatitis: Causes the liver to swell and
damaged. Up to 35% of heavy drinkers develop
become
alcoholic
hepatitis. Alcoholic Hepatitis can be mild or severe.
If it is
mild, liver damage may be reversed. If it is severe,
it may
occur suddenly and quickly lead to serious
complications
including liver failure and death.
Symptoms include: loss of appetite, nausea,
 Alcohol’s Eff ects
Liver
on the Body
Long-term excessive drinking can
Alcoholic cirrhosis: Alcoholic cirrhosis is the scarring of the liver –
•cause:
hard
scar tissue replaces soft and healthy tissue. It is the most serious
type of
alcohol related liver disease. Between 10 and 20 percent of heavy
drinkers develop cirrhosis. The damage from cirrhosis cannot be
reversed and can cause liver failure. Not drinking alcohol can
help
prevent further damage.
 Alcohol’s Eff ects
Kidne on the Body
-ys Impairs their ability to regulate the volume and composition
of fluid and
Heaelectrolytes in the body
- Chronic, heavy alcohol use increases the risk of heart disease.
rt
- Alcohol can also worsen high blood pressure and diabetes, two
risk factors for
heart disease.

Alcohol Kidney
 Alcohol: Drinking and
Not only does Alcohol damage your body, it can cause you to
murderDriving
or seriously hurt someone with a vehicle.
FACT: An estimated 32% of fatal car crashes involve an
intoxicated driver or
pedestrian. Drinking alcohol and driving simply do not go
together.

Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) is a Crime!

If you are intoxicated, you will face a substantial fine, a
mandatory surcharge,
license revocation, higher insurance premiums, and possible
incarceration.
You also won’t be eligible to receive Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA) for college.
 NICOTINE AND
TOBACCO
Tobacco and nicotine can be
addictive like alcohol, cocaine and
morphine.
Causes: Tobacco is a plant grown for its
leaves,
which are
Tobacco smoked,
contains a chewed,
chemicalor sniffed for
called
a variety
• nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive
of effects.
substance.
• Tobacco also contains more than 19
known
chemicals that can cause cancer. As
a group,
these are called “tar.” More than
4,000 other
chemicals can be found in tobacco.
 NICOTINE AND
TOBACCO- Medical
Consequences

Information taken from

www.cdc.gov
 NICOTINE AND
TOBACCO- Medical
Consequences
 NICOTINE AND
TOBACCO- Quittin
g Tobacco users often
Why Is It So Hard to Quit?
get hooked on nicotine—the drug in
cigarettes, cigars ,and smokeless tobacco
(snuff and
chewing tobacco). Many teens and young
adults plan to
quit using tobacco after a few years but find
out too late
how powerfully
developing. Thataddictive nicotine
may be one can teens
many be. Like
reason
heroin
dependent on tobacco after feel
only a
and
usingcocaine,
it for nicotine acts on the brain
shortand
creates
time.
feelings of pleasure or satisfaction. Young
brains are still
 MARIJUA
NA
Marijuana is a brown mix of dried flowers, stems, seeds and leaves from the
hemp plant Cannabis sativa. The main active chemical is THC
(tetrahydrocannabinol), which moves quickly through the bloodstream to the
brain and other organs throughout the body.
AKA: Blunt, dope, ganja, grass, joint, bud, Mary Jane, pot, reefer, green, skunk,
weed, hash, tea,
chronic,
Short Termloud Long Term
-
- Poor Effects
memory and ability to learn BreathingEffects
problems Immune system.
Difficulty in thinking and solving The THC in marijuana can damage
- problems Poor muscle -
the cells and tissues in the body that
coordination & judgment Short
- attention span Dangerous driving
help protect against disease.
-Memory, learning, and energy are
behavior Altered sense of time
- and space Food cravings Poor impaired. Birth defects in unborn
memory Anxiety or feelings of children May cause cancer with
- paranoia heavy use.
The Bottom Line :Marijuana has the potential to cause --problems in your daily life, or
-make existing problems worse. It limits your brain’s effectiveness, slows down
thinking, and impairs coordination and judgment. While you’re young and still
-maturing, marijuana can have a long-lasting, negative impact on your developing
brain.
-
 BATH
SALTS
“Bath Salts” is a synthetic stimulant, typically in the form of a
white or brown crystalline
powder, that contains one or more chemicals that are physically similar to
amphetamines and MDMA (Ecstasy), but whose effects on the human brain
are not fully known yet. Because the drug is new and some of the contents
unknown, using Bath Salts in any way is highly dangerous.
AKA: Blizzard, Blue Silk, Charge+, Ivory Snow, Ivory Wave, Ocean Burst, Vanilla
The
Sky -
Extreme AgitationRisks
- Hallucinations &
Delusions Chest Pain
- Suicidal Thoughts
High Blood Pressure
- Acute Toxicity
Hyperthermia
- Delirium Violent
Behavior Foaming at
- the mouth Extreme
Paranoia Parkinson-
- Type Limb Twitching
Severe Insomnia
The Bottom - Line: Since it contains amphetamine-like chemicals, bath salts are
risk
likelyofto
stroke,
carry heart
the attack and
 METH
Meth, or methamphetamine, is a powerfully addictive stimulant that is both
long-lasting and toxic to the brain. Its chemistry is similar to speed, but meth
has far more dangerous effects on the body’s central nervous system. Meth has
a high potential for abuse and may lead to severe psychological or physical
dependence.
AKA: Ice, crank, chalk, crystal, fire, glass, go fast, speed, Tina, T
Short Term Long Term
- Effects
Rapid/Irregular heartbeat - Extreme Effects
weight-loss Dental
Increased blood pressure Elevated problems Sores and scabs on your
- body temperatures Reduced - skin and face Anxiety and violence
motor skills Impaired verbal skills Paranoia, hallucinations and
- Hallucinations Convulsions and - delusions Sensation of insects
seizures Panic and psychosis crawling under the skin Extreme
- Death from a stroke, heart attack - tooth decay Depression Damage to
or organ failure due to the brain similar to Alzheimer’s
- overheating. - disease Stroke and spilepsy

- -

-The Bottom Line: Meth is powerfully addictive

- and damaging to your
-body and brain. -
Faces of
Meth
 HEROI
Heroin is a highly addictive drug. Overdose is a real, and deadly risk. Heroin is
an opiate, a class of
N
drugs that are either naturally derived from the flowers of the poppy plant, or
synthetic substitutes. In the case of heroin, it’s produced from morphine, a naturally
occurring substance that comes from the seedpod of poppy plants. It carries a strong
risk of addiction and physical dependence. Heroin is abused by injecting, snorting or
smoking it, and all three can cause the same level of addiction, as well as serious
health problems. Targets and stimulates brain’s natural reward system.
Short Term Long Term
AKA: Smack, horse, brown sugar, dope, H, junk, skag, skunk, white horse, China
Effects
- Suppressed Effects of the heart
- Infection
white, Mexican black -
tar breathing lining
- Nausea and and valves Liver
vomiting Blood clots - disease Lung disease
- can form and travel Hepatitis and HIV/AIDS
to the lungs, liver, - from needle use
- heart or brain,
which is instantly
fatal. Addiction and
physical
Thedependency
Bottom Line:in aIt’s a fast high, but just as quickly, it can
short
take over amount of and be fatal. Heroin and other opiate
your life
time
addictions are treatable, but the path to recovery requires a
commitment that can often last years or even decades
 COCAI
NE
Cocaine is a highly addictive drug that can be risky even the first time you
use it. It is a hydrochloride salt derived from processed extracts of the
leaves of the coca plant. Overstimulates the brain’s natural reward system,
causing it to be a highly addictive drug.
AKA: Blow, bump, C, candy, Charlie, coke, snow
Short Term Long Term
- Effects
Increasedheart rate - IrritabilityEffects
and anxiety Paranoid
Increased blood psychosis
- pressure - Scabsto form on your mucus
Increased body membranes
- temperature - Damage to nasal septum
Seizures Cardiac arrest Eventually make your nose
- Death - collapse Depression Agitation and
mania
- -
The Bottom Line: Using cocaine even once is dangerous, and the more you use
-it, the worse the effects are on your brain
- and heart. Cocaine-related deaths are
often caused by cardiac arrest or seizures, followed by respiratory failure.
-
 CRACK-
COCAINE
Crack-cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in powder
form. It comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale
rose or white. Crack is heated and smoked, which allows it to reach the brain
more quickly and brings an immediate and intense – but short lived-high.
Addiction can develop even more rapidly if the substance is smoked. An abuser
can become addicted after his or her first time trying crack.
AKA: Crumbs, hard rock, rock, crack, apple jacks, tornado,
Short Term snow coke, sugar
Long Term
block,Effects
ice cube Effects
- Highblood pressure, leading to heart
-
attacks, strokes and death. Liver,
Loss of appetite Increased heart rate,
- kidney and lung damage Severe chest
- blood pressure, body temperature
pains Respiratory failure Infectious
Contracted blood vessels Increased rate
- diseases and abscesses if injected
- of breathing Dilated pupils Disturbed
Malnutrition, weight loss Severe tooth
sleep patterns Nausea Bizarre, erratic,
- decay Auditory and tactile
- sometimes violent behavior
hallucinations Irritability and mood
Hallucinations Anxiety and paranoia
- disturbances Increased frequency of
- Depression Panic and psychosis
risky behavior Delirium and psychosis
Convulsions, seizures and sudden death
- Severe depression Tolerance and
- from high
addiction (even after just one use)
doses(even one time) -
-
-
-
 ECSTASY
Was developed by Merck Pharmaceutical Company in 1912. It was known as
•
“MDMA”. It was used in 1953 by the US Army in psychological warfare tests.
Later in the 1960s it resurfaced as a psychotherapy medication to “lower
inhibitions”. In the 1970s it started being used as a party drug. In 1985 the
drug was banned due to safety concerns.
•
Ecstasy today can contain a wide mixture of substances –from LSD, cocaine,
heroin,
amphetamine and methamphetamine, to rat poison, caffeine, dog
• deworming substances,
etc.
Most often comes in a pill form, but can be injected and taken in other ways.
Liquid Ecstasy
ShortisTermactually GHB, a nervous systemLong depressant
Term –a substance
that can be also found in drain cleaner, flood stripper and degreasing
-
solvents.
Effects
Impaired judgment - Effects
Longlasting brain damage affecting
Falsesense of affection thought and memory Damage to portions
- Confusion Depression - of the brain that regulate critical functions
Sleep problems Severe such as learning, sleep and emotion.
- anxiety and paranoia - Degenerate nerve branches and nerve
Faintness and chills or endings Depression, anxiety, memory loss
- swelling Blurred vision - Kidney failure Hemorrhaging Psychosis
Involuntary teeth Convulsions Death
- clenching Nausea -

- -

- -
 LSD
• 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.
AKA “acid”, sold on the street in small tablets, capsules, or gelatin squares.
LSD causes a serious disconnection from reality. LSD users calls an LSD
• experience a “trip” typically lasting twelve hours or so.
An intense, altered state transforms into disassociation and despair.
Physical Mental
Effects - DelusionsEffects
Visual
- Dilated pupils hallucinations An artificial
Higheror lower - sense of euphoria or certainty
- body temperature Distortion of one’s sense of
Sweating or chills - time and identity Impaired
- Loss of appetite depth perception Impaired
Sleeplessness Dry - time perception Severe,
- mouth terrifying thoughts and
- feelings Fear of losing control
Tremors Panic attacks Flashbacks, or a
-
- recurrence of the LSD trip,
- often without warning long
- after taking LSD Severe
- depression or psychosis
-
 PRESCRIPTION
•
DRUGS
Recreational use of prescription drugs is a serious
problem with teens and young adults. Many teens
think prescription drugs are safe because they are
prescribed by a doctor, but taking them for
nonmedical use to get high or “self medicate” can be
• just as dangerous and addictive as taking illegal street
drugs.
There are very serious health risks in taking
prescription drugs.
• This is why they are taken only under the care of a
doctor, and
even then, they have to be closely monitored to avoid
addiction
or other problems.
Many pills look the same. It is extremely dangerous to
take any
 PRESCRIPTIO
N DRUGS
Types Description Examples Effects
Depressants Types of Abused
These drugs slow brain Prescription
Xanax,Klonop Short Term: Slow brain function,pulse
AKA:Downer function. They include in, Halcion, and breathing; lowered blood
s, Sleeping sedatives (used to make Librium, pressure; poor concentration;
Pills a person calm and Drugs
Amytal, dizziness; depression; addiction Long
drowsy) and Seconal, Term:Overdose; depression; chronic
tranquilizers (intended Zyprexa, fatigue; breathing difficulties;
to reduce tension or Valium cravings; anxiety; panic; insomnia
Opioids anxiety) Florionalwith
and Codeine, Short Term: Drowsiness; slowed
morphine Generallyreferred to as Robitussin A-C,
painkillers, these drugs Roxanol,
derivative Demerol, breathing;
constipation;
contain opium or nausea;coma unconsciousness;
s Duramorph
opium-like Long Term physical dependence and
substances and are addiction; overdose.
Stimulants used to of drugs
A class Ritalin,
AKA: Withdrawal symptoms:restlessness;
Uppers, relieve pain.
intended
increase to
energy and Concerta,
Biphetamine, muscle
Speed alertness and bone pain; insomnia; vomiting;
diarrhea
but which also increase Dexedrine
Antidepressa Zoloft, Short Term: exhaustion; apathy and
depression
nts blood Prozac,
pressure, heart rate and
Paxil,Celexa, Long Term: Addiction; hostility;
breathing. Effexor, paranoia;
Psychiatric drugs that dangerously high body temperatures
Remeron and an
 ANABOLIC
Anabolic steroids can be legally prescribed to treat conditions resulting from

STEROIDS
steroid hormone deficiency, such as delayed puberty, as well as diseases that
result in loss of lean muscle mass, such as cancer and AIDS, but some
athletes, bodybuilders, and others abuse these drugs in an
attempt to enhance performance and/or improve their physical appearance.
Abuse of anabolic steroids may lead to:, paranoia, jealousy, delusions,
impaired judgments stemming from feelings of Aggression
invincibility and other psychiatric problems. Extreme mood swings
(including manic-like
symptoms and anger known asOther “roidrage”)
health that can lead to violence are
can also occur. effects:
Male Femal Adolesce Both
s es
- Growth of facial -ntsStuntedgrowth Kidney impairment or
hair Male-pattern due to premature failure; damage to the
- Shrinkage of the - baldness Changes skeletal liver; cardiovascular
testicles Reduced in or cessation of maturation and problems including
sperm count or - the menstrualcycle accelerated enlargement of the
infertility Baldness Deepened voice - puberty changes heart, high blood
- Development of - Risk of not pressure, and changes
breasts Increased reaching expected in blood cholesterol
risk for prostate height if steroid leading to an
cancer use precedes the increased risk of stroke
-- typical adolescent and heart attack (even
growth spurt in young people) -
- Riskof spreading
CONSEQUENCES OF DRUG
USE-ON CHILDREN
• MISCARRIAGES
• PREMATURE BIRTH LOW
• BIRTH WEIGHT BIRTH
• DEFECTS
• DEVELOPMENTAL
PROBLEMS
 CONSEQUENCES
OF DRUG USE-
SOCIETY
CRIMES SUCH RESULT
• JAIL TIME MASSIVE LEGAL
AS:• DRUG POSSESSION IN:
• FINES NOT ELIGIBLE FOR
• DRUG USE DRUG • FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN
• TRAFFICKING DRUG AID FOR COLLEGE
TROUBLE BECOMING
• MANUFACTURING EMPLOYED
•
• THEFT BREAK AND HOMELESSNESS FAILED
• • RELATIONSHIPS WITH
ENTER ROBBERY •
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
• MOTOR VEHICLE ADDICTION/DEPENDENCY
• ON DRUGS LEADING TO
• THEFT MURDER
MORE CRIME DEATH
•
•
 DRUG ABUSE IS PREVENTABLE&
DRUG ADDICTION IS A TREATABLE
DISEASE
Drug abuse and addiction affect every segment of society.
That’s all of us. Not one person is immune from the disease
- of addiction.
Being informed of the risks associated with
- substance abuse Prevent drug abuse by :
- Involvement in alternative activities
- Build self-confidence
- Make positive future plans
- Be brave enough to say “NO!”
- Surround yourself with friends who disapprove of
drug abuse
drug use with a professional such as a school
Solve underlying issues that might lead to future
counselor.
 DRUG ABUSE IS PREVENTABLE&
DRUG ADDICTION IS A TREATABLE
DISEASE
Brains from addicts are different from the brains of people who are not addicted. It
is
difficult, in some cases impossible, to return the brain to normal. Because drug
abuse and addiction have so many dimensions and disrupt so many aspects of an
individual's life, treatment is not simple. Effective treatment programs typically
incorporate many components, each directed to a particular aspect of the illness
and its consequences. Addiction treatment must help the individual stop using
drugs, maintain a drug-free lifestyle, and achieve productive functioning in the
family, at work, and in society. Because addiction is typically a chronic disease,
people cannot simply stop using drugs for a few days and be cured. Most patients
require long-term or repeated episodes of care to achieve the ultimate goal of
sustained abstinence and recovery of their lives
 IS IT WORTH
THE RISK?
TRYING A DRUG MIGHT COST YOU MUCH MORE
THAN YOU
BARGAINED FOR. IS IT WORTH THE
RISK?
DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS TO
YOURSELF?
 SOUR
CES
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steroids