1. Narcotics

2. Essential Question
What is a narcotic and how does it affect the human body? What is a hallucinogen and how does it affect the human body?

3. relieve pain by blocking messengers to the brain
Narcotics – specific drugs derived from the opium plant that are obtainable only by prescription legally and are used to relieve pain
relieve pain by blocking messengers to the brain
use can cause euphoria, drowsiness, constipation, pinpoint pupils, slow and shallow breathing, convulsions, coma, and death
highly addictive
Ex: prescription painkillers

4. Heroin highly addictive narcotic
processed form of morphine that is injected, snorted or smoked
depresses the CNS
slows breathing and pulse
can cause infection of heart lining and valves
easily developed tolerance
withdrawal can be very painful

6. Hallucinogens
drugs that alter moods, thoughts, and sense perceptions including vision, hearing, smell, and touch.
No medical use!!
overload the sensory controls in the brain
altered state can last for several hours or several days
effects are unpredictable

7. PCP distorts sense of time and space increased muscles strength
inability to feel pain
flashbacks can occur

9. LSD (acid) distorts sound and color changes emotions
ranging from euphoria to panic and depression
flashbacks

11. Ketamine anesthetic mostly used on animals misused as a club drug
snorted powder or injected
also smoked and cause hallucinations

13. Mushrooms psilocybin changes the audio, visual, and tactile senses
grown only in Central and South America

15. Ecstasy and Designer drugs
Designer Drugs – synthetic substances meant to imitate the effects of hallucinogens and other dangerous drugs
vary greatly
can be 100 times stronger than the drug meant to imitate

17. Drug Bingo!
If you think you win, you must give the definition for all 5 of your words.
For the first game, draw a circle in the box.
For the second game, draw a square in the box.
For the last game, shade in the box.

18. Essential Question
What is a narcotic and how does it affect the human body? What is a hallucinogen and how does it affect the human body?