1. Drugs
Effects
and
Dangers

2. Main Categories of Drugs
Stimulants
Cocaine
Crack cocaine
Amphetamines (methamphetamine, ecstasy)
Nicotine

3. Main Categories of Drugs
Depressants
Heroin
Marijuana

4. Main Categories Hallucinogens ecstasy LSd (acid) Mushrooms
These drugs make you see, hear and feel things different from what is real.
They can dramatically change emotions and thoughts.
ecstasy
LSd (acid)
Mushrooms

5. Drug Abuse - Why do people start?
Feel older
Feel cool
Feel different
Peer pressure
Fit in
Fun
Media: advertising, TV, movies, music
Friends / family
Relieve stress / relax
Idea that it’s easy to quit.
“just want to try it”
Social crutch: feel confident in social situations, something to handle or hold
Deal with problems: escape, pressure, depression, boredom
Don’t know how to say no.

6. Smoking Organs Affected by Smoking:
Nose, throat, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and lungs. Also called the respiratory tract.

7. Smoking
Prevalence: 22.3% of Americans smoke. Equivalent to 67.2 million people in USA
Lifetime risk of Smoking: 1 in 2 chance of dying from a smoking-related disease.
Worldwide prevalence: 1.3 billion people smoke worldwide.
Average life years lost for Smoking: 12 years

8. Smoking
Conditions:
Chronic bronchitis
Emphysema
Wide variety of cancers
Linked to heart disease
Linked to artery disease
Deaths: 440,000 annual deaths in US each year are smoking-associated (CDC).