1. CHAPTER 12: HEALTH EDUCATION
ILLEGAL DRUGS

2. CHAPTER 12: ILLEGAL DRUGS
SECTION 1: DRUGS OF ABUSE.
WHY ILLEGAL DRUG USE IS DANGEROUS.
DRUG ABUSE – THE INTENTIONAL, IMPROPER, OR UNSAFE USE OF A DRUG.
REASONS WHY DRUG USE IS DANGEROUS.
CAN HAVE DANGEROUS AND PERMANENT EFFECTS ON THE BODY AND THE BRAIN.
ADDICTION
MAJOR FACTOR IN SUICIDES, ACCIDENTS, AND CRIME.
RISK OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE LIKE HIV AND HEPATITIS B.
OVERDOSE
RISK TAKING THAT MAY CAUSE INJURY OR EVEN DEATH.

3. WHY DO PEOPLE BEGIN USING DRUGS?
DESIRE TO EXPERIMENT.
ESCAPE FROM DEPRESSION OR BOREDOM.
RISK TAKING BEHAVIORS.
BELIEVE THAT DRUGS SOLVE PERSONAL, SOCIAL, MEDICAL PROBLEMS.
PEER PRESSURE
GLAMORIZED USE OF DRUGS BY THE MEDIA.
TEENS AND ILLEGAL DRUG USE.
MOST COMMON REASONS TEENS GIVE ON WHY THEY TRY DRUGS.
PEER PRESSURE – THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM ARE DOING IT.
SOME TEENS LACK REFUSAL SKILLS TO SAY NO!!
TO ESCAPE FROM FEELINGS OR STRESS, ANGER, DEPRESSION…
CURIOSITY??
SOME TEENS TRY THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE RISK TAKERS.

4. EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA SECTION 2: COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS
TYPES OF ILLEGAL DRUGS.
ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS HAVE THESE 3 THINGS IN COMMON.
THEY EFFECT THE FUNCTION OF THE BRAIN.
THE ARE DANGEROUS TO EVERYONE’S HEALTH.
THEY CAN RESULT IN ADDICTION.
TYPES OF DRUGS.
MARIJUANA (POT, WEED, REEFER, DOPE)
THE ACTIVE CHEMICAL IN MARIJUANA IS THC (TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL)
EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA
SLOWER THINKING ABILITY
HARD TIME PAYING ATTENTION
DISTORTED SENSE OF TIME AND DISTANCE
GIDDINESS
LOSS OF SHORT TERM MEMORY

5. LOSS OF BALANCE AND COORDINATION
INCREASED APPETITE
ANXIETY
PANIC ATTACKS
DEPENDENCE ON MARIJUANA.
USERS GO THROUGH WITHDRAWALS AND NEED MORE AND MORE TO GET SAME EFFECTS, AND THEY BECOME DEPRESSED WHEN THEY ARE NOT HIGH.
MARIJUANA AND DRIVING.
IT IS DANGEROUS TO GET HIGH AND DRIVE BECAUSE OF THE EFFECTS LIKE DISTORTED SENSE OF TIME, DISTANCE, CAN’T PAY ATTENTION, LOSS OF COORDINATION AND BALANCE, AND PANIC ATTACKS.
HASHISH
THIS IS THE DARK BROWN RESIN COLLECTED FROM THE MARIJUANA PLANT THAT HAS THE SAME EFFECTS JUST STRONGER.

8. THE DANGERS OF INHALANTS.
INHALANTS – DRUGS THAT ARE INHALED AS VAPORS.
THE EFFECTS OF INHALANTS ARE…
HYPERACTIVITY
LOSS OF INHIBITIONS
DIZZINESS
LOSS OF COORDINATION
DIFFICULTY SPEAKING OR THINKING
FEAR, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION
THE DANGERS OF INHALANTS.
CAN DAMAGE ORGANS.
KILL BRAIN CELLS.
CAN CAUSE SUDDEN DEATH.
TEENS AND INHALANTS.
MANY TIMES TEENS START OFF BY USING INHALANTS, THEN INTO STARTING OTHER DRUGS LIKE ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA, OR OTHER HARDER DRUGS.

9. CLUB (DESIGNER) DRUGS – THESE ARE DRUGS (PILLS) DESIGNED TO CLOSELY RESEMBLE COMMON ILLEGAL DRUGS IN CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND EFFECTS.
ECSTASY – MOST COMMONLY ABUSED OF THE CLUB DRUGS.
GHB – DATE RAPE DRUG
KETAMINE
PCP
LOOK ALIKE DRUGS
ANABOLIC STEROIDS – SYNTHETIC DRUGS OF THE MALE TESTOSTERONE HORMONE THAT ARE USED TO PROMOTE MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT.
EFFECTS OF STEROIDS ON THE BODY.
STUNTED GROWTH IF TAKEN AT AN EARLY AGE.
CAN CAUSE SEVERE ACNE
INCREASED CHOLESTEROL
RAID WEIGHT GAIN
LIVER, HEART, AND KIDNEY DAMAGE
HEART ATTACKS

10. EFFECTS OF STEROIDS ON THE MIND.
CAUSES ROID RAGE – AGGRESSION
DEPRESSION
SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
PANIC ATTACKS

11. Section III: Other Drugs of Abuse
Other types of abused drugs.
Stimulants – these temporarily increase a person’s energy and alertness.
Depressants – cause relaxation and sleepiness.
Opiates – highly addictive drugs that are derived from the poppy plant that are used as pain relievers, sedatives, and anesthetics.
Hallucinogens – drugs that distort perceptions and cause a person to see or hear things that are not real.
EXAMPLES OF EACH DRUG:
Stimulants – (amphetamines, methamphetamines, cocaine, crack)
Depressants – (rohypnol, DXM, alcohol)
Opiates – (heroin, opium, morphine, codeine)
Hallucinogens – (LSD, PCP, acid, shrooms)

13. Section IV: A Drug Free Life
Drug abuse effects the individual.
Risks of drug abuse.
Can cause car accidents
Accidental injury or death
Violence
Crime
Unplanned pregnancy
Std’s
Drug abuse and crime.
70% of crimes are committed when people are on a drug.
Drug abuse effects the family.
Drug abuse and trust.
Signs to look for if you suspect someone you love is using drugs.
Unusual emotional reactions
Withdrawals from family and activities
Repeatedly breaks household or school rules
Hangs out with different friends
Starts to dress differently or change their appearance

14. Drug abuse and violence.
25-50% of family violence is drug related.
75% of female victims of violent crimes are caused by someone on drugs.
Drug abuse effects pregnancy.
Neonatal abstinence syndrome – is when the mother uses drugs during pregnancy and when the baby is born they go threw drug withdrawal and addiction.
Drug abuse effects society.
In 1962 only about 4 million Americans had tried a drug.
In 1999 there were 90 million that had tried a drug.
In 2011 there were 112 million that have tried some drug.
Drug abuse and economics.
The economic costs of drug abuse to the USA was estimated at $110 billion in 1995.
The health care costs because of this are $38 billion as of 1995.
AIDS accounted for $4 billion of the $38 billion.
Drug abuse and crime.
In 1995, drug related crimes cost was $64 billion.
In 1983, only 1 person out of 11 were in jail for drug related crimes. Today it is 1 out of 4 people.

15. Drug abuse effects everyone.
The costs of illegal drug use on people other than the drug abuser include the following:
Physical, mental, and emotional injuries
Health problems to the user as well as babies.
Injuries from accidents.
Loss of jobs.
Diseases caused by drug use.
Treatment options for drug addictions.
Recovering is the process of learning to live without the drugs.
12 steps to drug treatment. (pg. 306)
Intervention – the confronting of a drug user by family or friends to help them stop using.
Relapse – this is when someone starts using again after trying to stop.
Saying NO TO DRUGS!!!
You must practice saying NO!!
Say NO firmly 2. buy yourself time 3. give reasons
4. Give consequences 5. alternate activity 6. walk away

17. CHAPTER 12: ILLEGAL DRUGS
SECTION 1: DRUGS OF ABUSE.
WHY ILLEGAL DRUG USE IS DANGEROUS.
DRUG ABUSE – _________________________________________
________________________________________________________
2. REASONS WHY DRUG USE IS DANGEROUS.
CAN HAVE _____________ AND __________ EFFECTS ON THE __________ AND THE __________.
________________
MAJOR FACTOR IN __________, ___________, AND ________.
RISK OF INFECTIOUS __________ LIKE HIV AND HEPATITIS B.
___________________
RISK TAKING THAT MAY CAUSE __________ OR EVEN ______.

18. WHY DO PEOPLE BEGIN USING DRUGS?
DESIRE TO _________________.
ESCAPE FROM _________________ OR ________________.
_____________________________________.
BELIEVE THAT DRUGS SOLVE ________, ______, _________ PROBLEMS.
_________________________
GLAMORIZED USE OF DRUGS BY THE ______________.
TEENS AND ILLEGAL DRUG USE.
MOST COMMON REASONS TEENS GIVE ON WHY THEY TRY DRUGS.
___________________ – THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM ARE DOING IT.
SOME TEENS ________________________________ TO SAY NO!!
TO ESCAPE FROM FEELINGS OR ______________________________
_____________________??
SOME TEENS TRY THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE __________________.

19. EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA SECTION 2: COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS
TYPES OF ILLEGAL DRUGS.
ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS HAVE THESE ___ THINGS IN COMMON.
THEY EFFECT THE _______________ OF THE ____________.
THE ARE DANGEROUS TO EVERYONE’S ____________.
THEY CAN RESULT IN __________________
TYPES OF DRUGS.
__________________________________________
THE ACTIVE CHEMICAL IN MARIJUANA IS __________ (TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL)
EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA
SLOWER _______________________
HARD TIME ______________________
____________________________________
____________________
LOSS OF _______________________________

20. LOSS _____________________________________
INCREASED ________________
________________
___________________
DEPENDENCE ON MARIJUANA.
USERS GO THROUGH WITHDRAWALS AND NEED MORE AND MORE TO GET SAME EFFECTS, AND THEY BECOME DEPRESSED WHEN THEY ARE NOT HIGH.
MARIJUANA AND DRIVING.
IT IS DANGEROUS TO GET HIGH AND DRIVE BECAUSE OF THE EFFECTS LIKE DISTORTED SENSE OF TIME, DISTANCE, CAN’T PAY ATTENTION, LOSS OF COORDINATION AND BALANCE, AND PANIC ATTACKS.
HASHISH
THIS IS THE DARK BROWN RESIN COLLECTED FROM THE MARIJUANA PLANT THAT HAS THE SAME EFFECTS JUST STRONGER.

23. THE DANGERS OF INHALANTS.
INHALANTS – DRUGS THAT ARE ____________________________.
THE EFFECTS OF INHALANTS ARE…
___________________
LOSS OF __________________
____________________
LOSS OF ____________________
DIFFICULTY ___________________________
________________________________
THE DANGERS OF INHALANTS.
CAN DAMAGE _______________
KILL ____________________
CAN CAUSE _____________________
TEENS AND INHALANTS.
MANY TIMES TEENS START OFF BY USING INHALANTS, THEN INTO STARTING OTHER DRUGS LIKE ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA, OR OTHER HARDER DRUGS.

24. CLUB (DESIGNER) DRUGS – THESE ARE DRUGS (PILLS) DESIGNED TO CLOSELY RESEMBLE COMMON ILLEGAL DRUGS IN CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND EFFECTS.
____________ – MOST COMMONLY ABUSED OF THE CLUB DRUGS.
GHB – ____________________
___________________
______________
LOOK ALIKE DRUGS
ANABOLIC STEROIDS – SYNTHETIC DRUGS OF THE MALE TESTOSTERONE HORMONE THAT ARE USED TO PROMOTE MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT.
EFFECTS OF STEROIDS ON THE BODY.
________________________ IF TAKEN AT AN EARLY AGE.
CAN CAUSE _________________________
INCREASED ___________________
RAID _______________________
_______________________________
_______________________

25. EFFECTS OF STEROIDS ON THE MIND.
CAUSES _________________________________
________________
_________________

26. Section III: Other Drugs of Abuse
Other types of abused drugs.
________________ – these temporarily increase a person’s energy and alertness.
________________ – cause relaxation and sleepiness.
________ – highly addictive drugs that are derived from the poppy plant that are used as pain relievers, sedatives, and anesthetics.
___________________ – drugs that distort perceptions and cause a person to see or hear things that are not real.
EXAMPLES OF EACH DRUG:
____________ – (amphetamines, methamphetamines, cocaine, crack)
________________ – (rohypnol, DXM, alcohol)
_____________ – (heroin, opium, morphine, codeine)
____________________ – (LSD, PCP, acid, shrooms)

28. Section IV: A Drug Free Life
Drug abuse effects the individual.
Risks of drug abuse.
Can cause ____________________
Accidental ______________________
________________
____________
Unplanned ________________
__________
Drug abuse and crime.
____% of crimes are committed when people are on a drug.
Drug abuse effects the family.
Drug abuse and trust.
Signs to look for if you suspect someone you love is using drugs.
Unusual ________________________
Withdrawals from _________________________
Repeatedly breaks ___________________________
Hangs out with ________________________
Starts to dress ____________________________________

29. Drug abuse and violence.
______________% of family violence is drug related.
___% of female victims of violent crimes are caused by someone on drugs.
Drug abuse effects pregnancy.
___________________ – is when the mother uses drugs during pregnancy and when the baby is born they go threw drug withdrawal and addiction.
Drug abuse effects society.
In 1962 only about __ million Americans had tried a drug.
In 1999 there were ____ million that had tried a drug.
In 2011 there were _____ million that have tried some drug.
Drug abuse and economics.
The economic costs of drug abuse to the USA was estimated at $______ ______________ in 1995.
The health care costs because of this are $____ billion as of 1995.
AIDS accounted for $___ billion of the $38 billion.
Drug abuse and crime.
In 1995, drug related crimes cost was $____ billion.
In 1983, only ___ person out of ___ were in jail for drug related crimes. Today it is ___ out of __ people.

30. Drug abuse effects everyone.
The costs of illegal drug use on people other than the drug abuser include the following:
_________________________________________
Health problems to the ________ as well as ___________.
Injuries from _______________.
Loss of _________.
______________ caused by drug use.
Treatment options for drug addictions.
Recovering is the process of learning to live without the drugs.
12 steps to drug treatment. (pg. 306)
________________ – the confronting of a drug user by family or friends to help them stop using.
_____________ – this is when someone starts using again after trying to stop.
Saying NO TO DRUGS!!!
You must practice saying NO!!
Say NO firmly 2. buy yourself time 3. give reasons
4. Give consequences 5. alternate activity 6. walk away