1. Chapter 23
Lesson 1-2
Illegal Drugs

2. How do Drugs affect your health?
Physically?
|Mentally?|
Socially?
Talk with you neighbor and answer these questions.....

3. Factors that influence teens
Peer pressure
Family members
Role models
media messages
perceptions of drug behavior
Misleading information

4. Substance Abuse- includes the use of illegal substances as well as the misuse of leagal
Substance Abuse- any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for non-medical purpose
Illegal Drugs- chemical substances that people of any age may not lawfully manufacture, possess,buy, or sell.
Illicit drug use- use or sale of any substance that is illegal

5. Drugs take a heavy Toll
In addition to physical risks to a person's health,substance abuse can damage all aspects of your life.
Individual
friends and family
Society- costs the US economy 180 billion per year.

6. Lesson 2-Marijuana,Inhalants,and Steroids
A plant whose leaves,buds,
and flowers are smoked for their intoxicating effects
Contains over 421 different chemicals
Hash is a stronger form of marijuana
|Teens who use marijuana are 17xs more likely to use cocaine!!|

7. What are the consequences to Marijuana use?
Marijuana has more cancer causing agents than tobacco smoke!
Raises the levels of DOPAMINE
High and CRASH
Paranoia
10-22%of drivers involved in car crashes were on drugs

8. Health risks of Marijuana
Hallucinations
Impaired short term memory, reaction time, concentration
Lung irritation
Heart and lung damage
Weakened immune system
Increased appetite
Birth defects

9. INHALANTS
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10. Inhalants: Substances whose fumes are sniffed or inhaled to give effect.
depress the central nervous system
glassy stare
slurred speech
lack of coordination
permanent loss of brain cells
cardiac arrest, respiratory failure even death

11. Steroid use
Steroid use is ILLEGAL and can cause many severe health problems.

12. Consequences Anabolic steroids- refer to the muscle building
Androgenic steroids- refer to increased male characteristics
Consequences
Abnormal muscle growth
high blood pressure, heart rate
infertility
liver and kidney tumors and cancer
mood swings,depression,paranoia

13. Psychoactive Drugs Chemicals that affect the central nervous system
Some of these drugs have medicinal use
4 main groups are stimulants,depressants,hallucinogen,and narcotics

14. Club Drugs and Stimulants
Designer Drugs- synthetic drugs meant to imitate the effect of other drugs
Can be several hundred times stronger than the drug intended.
Ecstasy- MDMA both a stimulant and hallucinogen. Alters thought and perceptions including vision,smell, taste, hearing.

15. Stimulants A. Cocaine- rapidly acting extremely addicting stimulant.
Cocaine is a white powdery substance that comes from the cocoa bush.
Users experience a surge of self confidence followed by a huge let down.
Regular use can cause depression, fatigue, paranoia and addiction. Can cause malnutrition and cardiac problems

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17. Crack- more dangerous form of cocaine.
Form of processed morphine. Called rock or freebase.
Reaches the brain in seconds
Once in the blood causes the heart and blood pressure to soar to dangerous levels
Death may occur from cardiac or respiratory failure. Mixing with alcohol can be deadly.
Can cause liver failure

18. Meth- a stimulant that speeds up the central nervous system
white odorless powder that easily dissolves in liquid.
provides a short term euphoria,but often causes paranoia, depression, and delusions.
causes DEATH
Made in labs with no medical use

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20. Amphetamines- highly addictive
Amphetamines- highly addictive.Used to stay alert, to improve athletic performance, or lose weight.
Regular use can result in irregular heartbeat, paranoia, aggressive behavior, and heart failure.
Also known as speed