1. Prescription Drugs Opiates and Amphetamines
Alejandro Calderon & Rowan Laine

2. Opiates (DEA Opiates) Medical Titles Slang/Street Morphine Methadone
Oxycodone (OxyContin and Percocet)
Hydrocodone (Vicodin and Lortab)
Codeine
Fentanyl
Slang/Street
Big H, Black Tar, Brown Sugar, Dover’s Powder, Hillbilly Heroin, Horse, Junk, Lean,Purple Drank, MPTP, Mud, OC, Ox, Oxy, Oxycotton, Paregoric, Sippin Syrup, Smack

4. Opiates Cont. Legal, with a prescription
Orally
Snorted
Injected
Depressant: reduce tension, anxiety, and aggression, relieves pain
Causes drowsiness, inability to concentrate, apathy
Organic
Opioids can be synthetic

5. Amphetamines (DEA Amphetamines)
Methylphenidate (Ritalin or Ritalin SR)
Amphetamine and Dextroamphetamine (Adderall)
Dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine)
Slang
Bennies, Black Beauties, Addy, Crank, Ice, Speed, Uppers, Study Buddy

6. Amphetamines Legal Stimulant Synthetic
Similar to cocaine, but effects’ onset is slower and their duration is longer, increased blood pressure and pulse rates, insomnia, loss of appetite, physical exhaustion
Synthetic
Taken orally can result in a mild high
Crushed up and snorted results in a significantly more potent drugging effect, but comes with more lethal side effects
Nose bleeding, and damage to frontal cortex

7. Effects- Opiates Short Term Long Term Other
Pain relief, drowsiness, nausea, constipation, euphoria, confusion, slowed breathing, death
Long Term
Extreme addiction, withdrawal symptoms,
Other
Pregnancy/miscarriage, low birth weight, neonatal abstinence syndrome; Risk of infections, HIV, hepatitis, etc. from shared needles

8. Effects- Amphetamines
Short Term
Excitement, anxiety, euphoria
Heart problems, high blood pressure, erectile dysfunction, aggressiveness, cognitive impairment
Long term
Hallucinations, violent behavior, paranoia, convulsions, loss of coordination, respiratory issues, obsessive behavior
Other
Psychosis, loss of consciousness, stroke, heart attack

9. Impact on the Community
Opium Wars on China
Entire governments relied on opium taxes up until 1949
Over 2 million people in the United States are dependent on a prescription drug. Heroin addicts total approximately 500,000
Over half of heroin addicts started by using legal opiates like Oxycodone, and Morphine

10. Impact
*Chart does NOT include deaths from drug addictions that began with prescription opioids (National Institute on Drug Abuse)

11. Works Cited
Works Cited
Abuse, National Institute on Drug. “Commonly Abused Drugs Charts.” NIDA, 25 July 2017,
Administration , Drug Enforcement. “Drug Fact Sheet-Amphetamines.” Drug Fact Sheet-Amphetamines, July 2017,
Administration , Drug Enforcement. “Drug Fact Sheet-Narcotics .” Opioids - Drug Enforcement Administration - DEA Search Results, July 2017, search.dea.gov/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=justice-dea&query=opioids&commit=Search.
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