DRUGS

Depressant: Slows down the brain Stimulant: Speeds up the brain, heart, and other organs Narcotics: Reduce pain and induce sleep Hallucinogens: Distort the user’s senses and ability to perceive reality.

ALCOHOL Depressants Tranquilizers Barbiturates Marijuana

Medical Uses Stop convulsions Relief of tension Induce sleep

Marijuana Marijuana is 4 times more cancer causing than tobacco  Does this seem right? Aka: chronic, weed, 420, blunt, ganga, pot How it’s taken: smoked or eaten

Marijuana Effects: increased heart rate, bloodshot eyes, dry mouth, increased appetite, short term memory loss, birth defects, and immune system deficiencies

Do you think it should be legalized? Should it be legalized for medicinal purposes only?  Why do you feel this way?

Barbiturates They produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to total anesthesia.

LSD Hallucinogens PCP Marijuana

What are hallucinogens: drugs that causes altered states of perception, feelings, and consciousness. Medical uses: None

LSD Lyseric Acid Diethylamide Hallucinogen that comes from a fungus grown on grain Aka acid, blotters, lids, windowpane, cube, dots, microdots, hits, tabs, trips Ways to take:  Licked off of absorbent paper called blotter paper  Gelatin square  Sugar cube

lsd The high is called a “trip” Can cause severe thoughts and feelings, muscle weakness, impaired motor skills, lack of concentration These effects begin within minutes and last 6-8 hours It is not physically addictive, but can be psychologically addictive

PCP Phencyclidine Formerly used as an anesthetic agent Aka: Angel dust, dust, synthetic marijuana, boat, zombie, killer weed, crystal Comes in White powder, tablet, or capsules Can be take: orally, snorted, smoked or injected

Can cause speech disturbances, increased blood pressure and heart rate, agitation, delusions These effects begin within 30 minutes and the “high” lasts 4-6 hours, and the effects decline within 24 hours. It is physically and psychologically addictive

Ecstacy Stimulant and hallucinogen Taken in pill form Aka: XTC, adam, x, E, bean Is it addictive? Possibly

Affects: mood, aggression, sexual activity, sleep, insomnia, increased blood pressure and heart rate, sensitivity to pain Causes: memory loss, hyperthermia (cooks your body and your brain), anxiety These effects begin within minutes and typically last 3-6 hours

Mushroom Dried mushrooms or capsules are taken orally. Aka: shrooms, magic mushrooms, caps, boomers, fungus

Can cause facial numbness, abdominal cramping, hallucinations, impaired memory. These effects typically begin within 3-6 hours of ingestion. It is neither physically or psychologically addictive

CODEINE Narcotics Morphine Heroin Methadone

Medical Uses Used for pain relief

Heroin Comes from poppy plant Can be injected, smoked, or snorted Can cause infections to the heart and lungs, and veins to collapse = death

Meth Stimulant Aka: chalk, crank, croak, crypto, crystal, fire, glass, tweek, white cross, ice, speed

May cause psychotic behavior and brain damage Can be ingested, smoked, injected, or snorted.

Codeine & Morphine Codeine: Pain killer  Causes drowsiness  Habit forming Morphine: Very strong pain killer  Highly addictive

COCAINE Stimulants Caffeine Nicotene

Medical Use Weight control Treat hyperactivity Treat narcolepsy

Cocaine Aka: Coke, snow, blow, nose candy, mojo Can be inhaled, smoked, and injected

Effects: Increased heart rate and breathing, paranoia, stimulates the nervous system, seizures, possible heart attack

Club drugs Lab produced designer drugs Examples: Rohypnol, ketamine, ecstasy

Inhalants Propellants or solvents that are huffed or sniffed Examples: gas, nitrous oxide, cleaning fluid, glue, etc.