1. Drugs
Use, Misuse, and Abuse

2. Why do Drugs Work?
They resemble the chemicals produced naturally within the body.
Drugs possess electrical charges and structures similar to the chemicals that occur naturally in our bodies.

3. Types of Drugs Prescription Over-the-counter (OTC) Recreational
can only be obtained with a prescription from a Doctor.
Over-the-counter (OTC)
can be purchased at stores
Recreational
Drugs that contain chemicals used to help people relax or socialize
Alcohol, tobacco, coffee, tea, and chocolate

4. Types of Drugs Herbal Preparations Illicit (illegal)
Herbal teas and other products of plants that are believed to have medicinal properties
Illicit (illegal)
Generally recognized as harmful
All of them are psychoactive
Commercial Preparations
Commonly used chemical substances, including cosmetics, household cleaning products and industrial by-products.

5. Taking Drugs Oral Injection most common but slowest route
Produces effects within 20 minutes to 1 hour
Injection
Intramuscular – into muscle tissue
Subcutaneous – into fat directly beneath skin
Intravenous - into vein
Produces effects within 3 minutes

6. Taking Drugs Inhalation Patch Suppositories Through the nostrils
Only small amounts can be absorbed and metabolized in the lungs
Effects are often frequent, but do not last long
Patch
Through the skin
Suppositories
Drugs mixed with a waxy medium to melt at body temperature
Inserted into the anus or vagina

7. Misusing and Abusing Drugs
Drug Misuse
The use of a drug for a purpose for which it was not intended.
Drug Abuse
The excessive use of any drug

8. Addiction
The continued use of a drug or activity despite ongoing negative consequences.
Signs of addiction
Compulsion and obsession
Loss of control
Negative consequences
Physical damage, legal trouble, financial problems, academic failure, or family issues
Denial

9. Drug Project Topics Marijuana Ecstasy Hashish Ketamine Heroin LSD
Opium
Anabolic Steroids
Oxycodone
Inhalants
Cocaine
Bath Salts
Amphetamine
Methamphetamine

10. Drug Classifications: Stimulants
Can cause the nervous system to release messenger chemicals and speed up mental and physical responses.
Types of Stimulants: Caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines, cocaine, Ritalin, methamphetamine

11. Marijuana Chopped leaves and flowers of the Cannabis plant
A psychoactive stimulant that intensifies reactions to environmental stimuli

12. Opiates / Narcotics
Derived from the drug opium made from the juice of the opium poppy
Include morphine, codeine, and heroin
Causes drowsiness, relieves pain and induces euphoria
Types of Opiates/Narcotics: opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, methadone

13. Hallucinogens Alters feelings, perceptions, and thoughts in the user
Users may recall events forgotten or become less inhibited
Types of Hallucinogens: LSD, Mescaline, Psilocybin, and Psilocin

14. Depressants
Depresses the central nervous systems by slowing down most body functions. Induces sleep, slows breathing, slows muscular coordination, speech, movement, and manual dexterity.
All depressants are physically addictive
Types of depressants: alcohol, tranquilizers (valium, xanax)

15. Inhalants
Chemicals that produce vapors that, when inhaled, can cause hallucinations and create intoxicating and euphoric effects.
Rubber cement, model glue, paint thinner, lighter fluid, varnish, ax, spot removers, and gasoline
Amyl Nitrite (poppers, rush) and Nitrous Oxide (laughing gas)

16. Steroids
Artificial forms of the male hormone testosterone that promotes muscle growth and strength.
Used to increase strength, power, bulk (weight), speed and athletic performance

17. Designer Drugs (Club Drugs)
A man made drug that produces similar effects of an existing illegal drugs
Ecstasy – also known as XTC or MDMA
Creates feelings of openness and warmth, combined with the mind-altering characteristics of hallucinogens.
Chronic use damages the brain’s ability to think and regulate emotion, memory, sleep and pain.

18. Heroin Epidemic: How is Heroin so Harmful?
Heroin is an illegal, highly addictive opioid drug.
A heroin overdose can cause slow and shallow breathing, coma, and death.
People often use heroin along with other drugs or alcohol. This practice is especially dangerous because it increases the risk of overdose.
Heroin is typically injected but is also smoked or snorted. When people inject heroin, they are at risk of serious, long-term viral infections such as HIV, Hepatitis C, and Hepatitis B, as well as bacterial infections of the skin, bloodstream, and heart

19. Heroin Epidemic
As heroin use has increased, so have heroin-related overdose deaths. Between 2002 and 2013, the rate of heroin-related overdose deaths nearly quadrupled, and more than 8,200 people died in 2013.
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