alcohol tobacco uppers, downers & all arounders drugs
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ALCOHOL
TOBACCO
UPPERS, DOWNERS
& ALL AROUNDERS
DRUGS
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› A drug is any substance other than food that changes a person’s physical or psychological state.
What is a Drug?
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› Drugs can:Alter(change) moodSlow down reaction timeImpair thinking abilityEffect formation of memoryDistort judgmentCause lung cancer & heart diseaseCreate problems with the law
Effect of Drugs on the Body
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› Drugs do not provide the body with any nutrients that are necessary for life.
› Drugs can be found in foods and beverages as well.
› For example: ____________
What Is a Drug?
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› Drugs can be takenOrally (by mouth)Chewing Injection (by hypodermic needles)SmokingInhaling (by breathing)Transdermal patch
Taking Drugs…
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› Many drugs are used as medicine.
› A medicine is a substance used to treat disease, injury, or pain.
› Medicines can be obtained in two ways:Prescription Over the counter
The Use of Drug as Medicine
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Drug abuse is misusing a legal drug on purpose or using any illegal drug.
Misuse of a drug involves taking too much of the drug.
Drug Abuse
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People abuse drugs for many reasons:
They like how the drug makes them feel
They feel the drug helps them perform better
To escape their problems
Drug Abuse
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› Drug addiction is the uncontrollable use of a drug even if it is harming a person’s health and/or relationships.
› Dependency on a drug means needing the drug in order to function properly.
› Withdrawal is the negative symptoms that result when a drug-dependant person stops using a drug.
What Is Addiction?
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Physical dependency is the body’s chemical need for a drug.Stopping to use the drug will take the body
into withdrawal.
Psychological dependency is a person’s emotional or mental need for drug.Stopping to use the drug will cause craving
for the drug.It is harder to overcome psychological
dependency than physical dependency.
Dependency
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Some problems related to drug abuse:–Problems with family and friends
–Problems at school–Money problems–Health problems–Problems with the law
The Consequences of Drug Abuse
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Drugs are classified as:Stimulants (uppers)
Cocaine, crack cocaine, methamphetamine,
Depressants (downers)Alcohol, heroin, morphine,
Hallucinogens PCP, LSD, mushroom,
Types of Drugs
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› Stimulants are drugs that speed up the activities of the body.
› Stimulants increase heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, blood sugar level, and tight blood vessels.
› All of these changes make the user feel more awake and alert.
› Dangers of using stimulants include heart failure, brain damage, and stroke.
› Caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, and methamphetamine are examples of stimulants.
Stimulants
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› Depressants are drugs like tranquilizers that slow down the body’s activities.
› Depressants reduce heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing; causing the person to feel relaxed, sleepy and slow.
› Depressants are extremely addictive and they can cause heart failure, brain damage, and death.
› Alcohol, heroin, and pain killers such as Vicodin and Methadone are examples of depressants.
› Narcotics like morphine, heroin and codeine are depressants that relieve pain and dull the senses
Depressants
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› Hallucinogens are drugs that cause a person to sense things that are not real or do not exist.
› The user may feel several emotions at once, panic, or act dangerously.
› A long-term effect of hallucinogens is having a sudden flashback of reliving the hallucinogen experience (even months or years later).
› LSD, magic mushrooms and PCP are examples of hallucinogens.
Hallucinogens
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› Marijuana is the dried flowers of the Cannabis plant. It has many street names like pot, grass, weed, green, and Mary Jane.
› The active chemical in marijuana is THC.
› The effect of marijuana on a person depends on the amount of THC the flower has in it.
› Major effects of marijuana are: –Inability to focus–Poor coordination–Lack of motivation–Slow reaction time
Marijuana
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› Alcohol is a depressant drug.
› Alcohol is the oldest of all drugs.
› Is alcohol a legal drug?
› Short term effects include inhibiting the central nervous system, making it difficult to operate heavy machinery.
› Long term effects can be fatal and include withdrawal – this can cause anxiety, seizures and hallucinations.
Alcohol
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› Heroin is a drug that is semi-synthetic. It is synthetically derived from morphine, which is a painkiller created from the poppy plant.
› It is a downer drug that takes effect fastest with a rush if it is injected into the blood.
› Withdrawal can begin within 6-24 hours and include symptoms such as sweating, chills, muscle and bone aches, vomiting, diarrhea, cramps, anxiety and depression.
Heroin
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› A naturally occurring stimulant drug that is found in the leaves of the coca plant.
› Cocaine increases alertness, feelings of well-being, energy and motor activity.
› Anxiety, paranoia and restlessness are some frequent side effects.
› Dependence may result in physical damage, psychosis, depression and death.
Cocaine