1. The Truth About Club Drugs
Produced by: Lisa Guadalupe

2. Definition: Club drugs are the drugs being used by young adults at
dance parties, raves, clubs, and bars!!!

3. Common Club Drugs:
ECSTASY
GHB
ROHYPNOL
METHAMPHETAMINE

4. ECSTASY

5. ECSTASY IS USUALLY TAKEN ORALLY AS A TABLET

6. EFFECTS OF ECSTASY INCREASE HEART RATE INCREASE BLOOD PRESSURE
ELEVATION OF BODY TEMPERATURE

7. DANGERS OF ECSTASY KIDNEY AND CARDIOVASCULAR FAILURE
CHORNIC ABUSE MAY PRODUCE LONG-LASTING NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS IN THE BRAIN
DEATH

8. GHB

9. GHB can be produced in clear liquid, white powder, tablet, and capsule forms, and it is often used in combination with alcohol, making it even more dangerous

10. EFFECTS OF GHB
SEDATIVE
EUPHORIANT
CAN BUILD MUSCLES

11. DANGERS OF GHB SLOWS BREATHING AND HEART RATE
OVERDOSE & POISONING CAN OCCUR QUICKLY
DEATH

12. ROHYPNOL

13. ROHYPNOL IS TAKEN ORALLY IN TABLET FORM OR DISSOLVED IN BEVERAGES

14. EFFECTS 0F ROHYPNOL
“ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA“ THE REASON WHY IT IS KNOWN AS “THE FORGET-ME PILL“
VISUAL DISTURBANCES
DIZZINESS

15. DANGERS OF ROHYPNOL DECREASED BLOOD PRESSURE
GASTROINTESTINAL DISTURBANCES
DATE RAPE DRUG

16. METHAMPHETAMINE

17. METHAMPHETAMINES ARE HIGHLY ADDIDICTIVE STIMULANTS THAT CAN BE SNORTED, INJECTED, SMOKED, OR TAKEN ORALLY

18. EFFECTS OF METH INCREASED LEVELS OF ACTIVITY EXCITED SPEECH
DECREASED APPETITE

19. DANGERS OF METH
MEMORY LOSS
PSYCHOTIC BEHAVIOR
CARDIAC DAMAGE

20. BOTTOM LINE
CLUB DRUGS ARE NOT AS HARMLESS AS SOME YOUNG ADULTS MAY THINK
REMEMBER
CLUB DRUGS CAUSE:
PARANOIA
AMNESIA
DEATH
CLUB DRUGS

21. Resources:
NIDA Website on Club Drugs (facts source)
Microsoft Clip Gallery Live
©2003 Microsoft Corporation (clip art)
(slide 6pic)
(bottom line source)