Ways Drugs Enter the Body

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Ways Drugs Enter the Body

(1) Orally * Taken in the mouth. Swallowing-pills, capsules Chewing-pills, food (marijuana) Drinking-liquid, rohyphnol (dissolved in drinks) * Enter the bloodstream through stomach and small intestine.

(2) Injection hypodermic needle. The drug acts quickly. Injected in the muscle (IM) or the vein(IV) (instant). Often drug users share needles and infectious diseases are passed.

(3) Smoking Drugs that are often smoked are tobacco, marijuana, and crack cocaine, heroin, opium, peyote, meth. Enters bloodstream through lungs

(4)Inhaling Drugs Inhaling means breathing in the drug. Good drugs: asthma medication. Many drugs are abused by inhaling. Nitrous oxide Paint fumes Markers Gas Helium Pressurized air *Enters bloodstream through lungs.

(5)Transdermal medicine slowly is released into the skin and absorbed into the bloodstream. Snort, anal, under tongue, eyes Transdermal Patch- sticks to the skin like a bandage. Ointments Drops LSD Hormones Nicotine

Same drug, different form. Every drug comes in more than one form Antibiotics- pill, liquid, or injection. Nicotine-smoked, chewed, transdermal patch, chewing gum.