1. Part Two: DRUGS Drugs: Engage Hyperlink:

2. Drugs are either…. Agonists: Mimic Reuptake inhibitors
Antagonists: Blocks Reuptake inhibitors

3. Drugs terms:
Psychological Dependence: develops when the person has an intense desire to achieve the drugged state in spite of adverse effects.
Tolerance: decreasing response to a drug
Physiological dependence or addiction develops when changes in brain chemistry from taking the drug necessitate taking the drug again to prevent withdrawal symptoms.
Withdrawal: stop taking the drug the body reacts with intense craving for the drug.

4. Drugs
Psychoactive Drug: are chemicals that can pass through the blood-brain barrier into the brain to alter perception, thinking, behavior, and mood.
They are classified into their main effects:
Stimulant: Substance that increases activity in body and nervous system
Depressant: Substance that decreases activity in body and nervous system
Hallucinogen: Substance that alters or distorts sensory perceptions
Narcotics: or analgesics (pain reducers) which work by depressing the CNS. Opiates, codeine, heroin, opium, methadone.

5. Drugs
Psychoactive Drug: Substance capable of altering behavior
Examples include tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, amphetamines, ecstasy, cocaine, and heroine
Visit the following to see what psychoactive drugs do in your brain:

6. Stimulants Speed up body processes.
More powerful ones (like cocaine) give people feelings of invincibility.
The most popular stimulants are cocaine, amphetamines such as methamphetamine, Ritalin, ephedrine, ecstasy, crack.

7. Meth

8. Stimulants
Caffeine
Causes hand tremors, sweating, talkativeness, tinnitus, suppresses fatigue or sleepiness, increases alertness
Caffeinism: Physiological dependence on caffeine
Withdrawal: Insomnia, irritability, loss of appetite, chills, racing heart, elevated body temperature

9. Nicotine Natural stimulant found mainly in tobacco
May cause stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea, confusion, tremors
Highly Addictive
Responsible for 97% of lung cancer deaths in men, 74% in women

10. What is in a cigarette?

11. Depressants Slows down body processes. Alcohol
Anxiolytics (barbiturates and tranquilizers)

12. Depressants
Alcohol
More than 86 billion dollars are spent annually on alcoholic beverages.
Alcohol is involved in 60% of ALL crimes.
Alcohol is involved in over 70% of sexually related crimes.
Is it worth the cost?

13. Involved in up to 60% of all crimes.

14. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome teratogens drugs cross the placental barrier
Dawn Farm Education Series Oct 25, 2007

15. BOMB Depressants Opiates Has depressive and hallucinogenic qualities.
Agonist for endorphins.
Derived from poppy plant.
BOMB

16. Hallucinogens (psychedelics)
Alter moods, distort perceptions, and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input.
Include, LSD, PCP, Marijuana, Peyote
LSD and the Brain

17. Dangers of Spice

18. Bath Salts
Though the name may sound harmless, bath salts are a dangerous synthetic stimulant that carry the risk of easy overdose, hallucinations and even death.
A synthetic, stimulant powder product that contains amphetamine-like chemicals, including mephedrone, which may have a high risk for overdose

19. Don't Drink and Drive

20. Treatment for Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
Detoxification: Withdrawal of the person from alcohol; occurs in a medical setting and is tightly controlled; often necessary before long-term treatment begins
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): Worldwide self-help organization composed of recovering alcoholics; emphasizes admitting powerlessness over alcohol usage and wanting to recover.

21. Personal note:
I have meet many of you with parents or family members that have problems with alcohol and sometimes you feel like there is no one out there to understand. This is not true. Al Anon is an organization dedicated to the family members of alcoholics and I recommend you visit the following website to learn more about one in your area.

22. In small quantities, alcohol can be mistaken for a stimulant because it:
A. Inhibits control of emotion
B. stimulates the sympathetic nervous system
C. Speeds up respiration and heartbeat
D. Induces sleep
E. Affects the cerebellum

23. A: After drinking small amounts of alcohol, people are often lively and seem uninhibited. This results from inhibition of the part of the frontal lobes that usually keep emotions in check.

24. Of the following, which pair of psychoactive drugs shares the most similar effects on the brain?
A. Alcohol-marijuana
B. Caffeine-morphine
C. Nicotine-heroine
D. Amphetamines-cocaine
E. Barbiturates-LSD

25. D. Amphetamines and cocaine are both classified as stimulants