Transcript Ilegal Drugs

Illegal Drugs
What they are and their effects on
the human Body
Dangers of Illegal Drugs
Addiction
Factors
in suicides, MV
Accidents, and Crimes
Hepatitis B and HIV
Overdose
Lack of Responsible Decisions
Why People Begin Using Drugs
Desire
To Experiment
Boredom
Solve Personal Problems
Peer Pressure
Media
Types of Illegal Drugs
 Marijuana
 Smoked
or Eaten
 Increased appetite, relaxation,
loss of short-term memory
 Respiratory Infection, impaired
learning and memory, panic
attack
Marijuana
Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray from the
cannabis plant.
 Marijuana contains more than 400 chemicals,
including the main active chemical THC (delta-9tetrahydrocannabinol).
 The amount of THC in marijuana determines its
strength or potency.
 The THC content of marijuana has been
increasing since the 1980s.
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How Long Does Marijuana Stay
in the Body?
The THC in marijuana is rapidly absorbed
by fatty tissues in various organs
throughout the body.
 In general, standard urine tests can detect
traces (metabolites) of THC several days
after use. In heavy users, however, THC
metabolites can sometimes be detected
for weeks after use stops.
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Does marijuana use lead to
other drugs?
Long-term studies show very few high
school students use other illegal drugs
without first trying marijuana.
 However, many young people who use
marijuana do not go on to use other
drugs.
 Theories: Exposure to the brain, Contact
with drug dealers,
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What Happens if you Smoke Marijuana?
Feel nothing at all when they smoke
marijuana.
 May feel relaxed or high.
 Some experience sudden feelings of
anxiety and paranoid thoughts (more
likely with stronger varieties of
marijuana).
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What Happens If You Smoke Marijuana?
Regular use of marijuana has also been
associated with depression, anxiety, and
an amotivational syndrome, which means
a loss of drive or ambition, even for
previously rewarding activities.
 Marijuana also often makes users feel
hungry. THE MUNCHIES
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Short Term Effects
Problems with learning and memory;
 Distorted perception (sights, sounds, time,
touch);
 Diminished motor coordination;
 Increased heart rate.
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Activities/behaviors most likely to be
affected
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Learning: Marijuana's effects on
attention and memory make it difficult not
only to learn something new, but to do
complex tasks that require focus and
concentration or the stringing together of
a lot of information sequentially.
Activities/behaviors most likely to be affected
Sports: Marijuana affects timing,
movement, and coordination, which can
throw off athletic performance.
 Judgment: Marijuana, like most abused
substances, can alter judgment and
reduce inhibitions. This can lead to risky
behaviors that can expose the user to
sexually transmitted diseases like HIV, the
virus that causes AIDS.
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How does smoking marijuana affect the lungs?
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Someone who smokes marijuana regularly
may have many of the same respiratory
problems that tobacco smokers do, such
as daily cough, more frequent upper
respiratory illnesses, and a greater risk of
lung infections like pneumonia.
Some Marijuana Facts
1 in 7 teens, report past-month marijuana
use.
 2009, among marijuana users 12 and
older, 4.3 million had a marijuana abuse
or addiction problem
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More Marijuana Facts
1 in 11, of those who use marijuana at
least once will become addicted. This rate
increases to 16 percent, or about 1 in 6, if
you start in your teens, and goes up to
25-50 percent among daily users.
 Marijuana accounts for the largest
percentage of admissions: 61 percent of
those under age 15 and 56 percent of
those 15-19
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Club Designer Drugs
 Ecstasy
 Swallowed
or Snorted
 Increased awareness of
senses,increased energy
 Hyperthermia, Rapid or Irregular
Heartbeat, Heart Attack, and
Death
What is Ecstasy?
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Slang term for MDMA, short for 3,4methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
Has effects similar to those of other
stimulants.
man-made. chemicals or substances—such
as caffeine, dextromethorphan (found in
some cough syrups), amphetamines, PCP, or
cocaine—are sometimes added to, or
substituted for, MDMA in Ecstasy tablets
What Are the Common Effects?
MDMA lasts for 3 to 6 hours
 Users of Ecstasy might feel very alert, or
“hyper,” at first.
 Lose a sense of time and experience other
changes in perception, such as an
enhanced sense of touch.
 Anxious and agitated; Sweating or
chills;and people may feel faint or dizzy
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More Common Effects.
Muscle tension, nausea, blurred vision,
and increased heart rate and blood
pressure.
 Forceful clenching of the teeth can occur,
and individuals at clubs have been known
to chew on pacifiers to relieve some of the
tension.
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More Common Effects
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Even if a person takes only one pill, the
side effects of MDMA—including feelings
of sadness, anxiety, depression, and
memory difficulties—can last for several
days to a week (or longer in people who
use MDMA regularly).
Dangers
Dehydrated
 Dangerous overheating, called
hyperthermia. This, in turn, can lead to
serious heart and kidney problems—or,
rarely, death.
 Risk of seizures
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Long Term Effects
Memory Loss
 Long Term Brain Damage
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Facts
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In 2009, an estimated 760,000 people in
the United States aged 12 or older used
MDMA in the month prior to being
surveyed. Lifetime use increased
significantly among individuals aged 12
years or older, from 4.3 percent (10.2
million) in 2002 to 5.7 percent (14.2
million) in 2009;
Facts
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However, past-year use of ecstasy
decreased from 1.3 percent to 1.1 percent
during the same period. Approximately 1.1
million Americans used ecstasy for the first
time in 2009, which is a significant
increase from the 894,000 first-time users
reported in 2008.
Types of Illegal Drugs
Inhalants
Inhaled
Dizziness,
nausea and
vomiting, headache
Heart attack, brain damage,
coma, death
Club Designer Drugs
GHB
Swallowed
or Snorted
Nausea and Euphoria
Slowed Breathing, Seizures,
and Coma
Club Designer Drugs
Ketamine
and PCP
Injected,Snorted, or Smoked
Confusion, Numbness,
Distortion of Reality
Loss Of Muscle Control and
Loss of Breathing
Stimulants
Cocaine
Snorted
Increased
alertness and
energy, restlessness, and
anxiety
Aggressive Behavior, Panic
Stimulants
Methamphetamine
Smoked,
Injected, or Inhaled
Euphoria, Hyperactivity
Permanent brain,kidney, or
liver damage.
Depressants
Rohypnol
Smoked,
Swalled, Injected
Loss of inhibitions, drowsiness,
euphoria.
Loss of Consciousness, loss of
memory, coma, death
Opiates
Heroin
Swallowed,
Snorted, Smoked
or Injected.
Dreamlike State, Drowsiness.
Spread Disease, Skin
Infections
Other Opiates
Opium
Morphine
and Codeine
Hallucinogens
LSD
Swallowed
Illusions,
Enhanced Emotions,
Outside body experience
Panic, Chronic Mental
Disorders
Hallucinogens
Mushrooms
Swallowed
Altered
perceptions, anxiety,
and Panic
Flashbacks, Stomach Pains,
Vomiting, and Diarrhea.
Risk of Drug Use
Car
Accidents
Accidental Injury or Death
Violence or Criminal Activity
Unplanned Pregnancey
STD’s
Affects Society
Very
Costly to Fight between
fighting it on the streets and
providing health care to
patients without insurance.
Spread of Diseases
Drug related work accidents
Quick Fact
1983
1 in 11 was jailed for
drug related crime.
NOW 1 in 4