1. BELL RINGER DO THE “WARM UP” ON PG. 426. READ THE “MYTH” AND “FACT” AND THE WRITING QUESTION THAT GOES ALONG WITH BOTH.

2. CHAPTER17 PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE

3. DIFFERENCES IN DRUGS MEDICINES: Legal drugs that help the body fight injury, illness, or disease. OVER-THE-COUNTER: Medicine that is sold legally in pharmacies and other stores without a doctors prescription. PRESCRIPTION DRUG: A drug that can only be obtained with a written order from a doctor. ILLEGAL DRUG: Chemical substance that people of any age may not lawfully manufacture, possess, buy, or sell.

4. DRUG MISUSE AND ABUSE DRUG MISUSE: The improper use of medicines—either prescription or over- the-counter drugs. (ex: taking more than prescribed) DRUG ABUSE: When a drug is intentionally used improperly or unsafely. (ex: taking pain killers for a “high”) Figure 1 Page 427

5. DANGERS OF DRUG MISUSE AND ABUSE SIDE EFFECTS: An unwanted physical or mental effect caused by a drug. TOLERANCE AND DEPENDANCE: Needing more of the drug to feel the effects, and needing the drug to feel normal. WITHDRAWAL: Nausea, vomiting, headaches, fever, paranoia, panic, seizures, death.

6. COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS: DEPRESSANTS BARBITURATES: In small doses can relax a person, in large doses induce sleep. OPIATES: Any drug made from psychoactive compounds contained in the pods of poppy seed plants. Combined with morphine makes heroin. CNS DEPRESSANTS: Slows down the activity of the central nervous system. Chart on pg. 441

7. COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS: STIMULANTS STIMULANT: Drug that speeds up activities of the central nervous system. AMPHETAMINES: Prescription drugs that are sometimes sold illegally as “speed.” METHAMPHETAMINE: Closely related to amphetamines but more powerful. COCAINE: Powerful but short-acting. Often snorted or injected directly into blood stream. (Chart on 443)

8. COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS: HALLUCINOGENS HALLUCINOGENS: A drug that distorts perception, thought, and mood. LSD: Strongest known hallucinogen PSILOCYBIN: Also known as “shrooms” PCP: Formerly used as a painkiller for large animals. Users may unintentionally injure or kill themselves.

9. MARIJUANA **The leaves, stems, and flowering tops of the hemp plant. Effects of Marijuana: ◦ Distorted perceptions ◦ Difficulties with thinking/problem solving ◦ Loss of motor coordination ◦ Feelings of anxiety or paranoia

10. TOBACCO **Tobacco products are made from dried, processed leaves of tobacco plants. Tobacco plants naturally produce a chemical called nicotine. Tobacco users take in nicotine whenever they use cigarettes, cigars, pipes, or smokeless tobacco products.

11. TOBACCO CONT. SMOKELESS TOBACCO: Tobacco that is chewed, placed between the lower lip and teeth, or sniffed through the nose. **Smokeless tobacco is NOT a healthy alternative to regular tobacco (Smoking)!!

12. RISKS OF TOBACCO USE CHRONIC BRONCHITIS: Persons breathing airways are constantly inflamed. Mucus producing cells increase in number and size. EMPHYSEMA: Disorder in which alveoli in the lungs can no longer function properly CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE CANCER