2. Lesson: Using Medicines Wisely Welcome 9 th graders from Gainesville High School! By: Kemi Dada, Kathy Lertsuwankul, Ashley Sansaricq, Scotty Pepper, Terri Keith, and Karen Hamilton

3. Medicinal Safety Measures

4. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) The FDA is in charge of establishing:  Required drugs  Process of drugs  Market distribution policy  Regulation laws

5. Percentage of people and drug use

6. Types of Medicinal Drugs  Prescription drugs  Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs  Illicit Drugs  Dietary Supplements  Not regulated by the FDA

7. Prescription Drugs  A doctor must write a prescription to obtain these drugs.  Examples: Xanax, OxyContin, Valium and Adderal

8. Prescription Drug Use Among Kids Video

9. Over-the-counter (OTC)  Drugs you can buy at your local drug store or supermarket  Examples: anything from aspirin and sunscreens to anti-dandruff shampoo

10. Illicit Drugs  Drugs that are illegal  Examples: Marijuana, Cocaine and Heroin

11. Dietary Supplements  Drugs that may help enhance your body but are not regulated by the FDA.  Examples: many vitamins and minerals, amino acid pills, Creatine

12. The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 Classification of medicine due to use and potential of abuse

13. Schedule I  Drugs with a high tendency for abuse and no accepted medical use  Examples: Marijuana, Heroin, Ecstasy and LSD

14. Schedule II  Drugs with a high tendency for abuse but may have some medical use, easily produce addiction with chronic use  Examples: Cocaine, Opium, Morphine, Amphetamines and Methamphetamines

15. Schedule III  Drugs that have less potential for abuse or addiction than drugs in the first two schedules and have a currently accepted medical use  Examples: Anabolic steroids, Codeine, Ketamine, and Hydrocodone with Aspirin

16. Schedule IV  Drugs that have a low potential for abuse, a currently accepted medical use, and a low chance for addiction  Examples: Valium, Xanax, Phenobarbital, and Rohypnol (Date Rape Drug)

17. Schedule V  Drugs that have a lower chance of abuse than Schedule IV drugs, have a currently accepted medical use in the US, and lesser chance or side effects of dependence compared to Schedule IV drugs  Examples: cough suppressants with Codeine.  Schedule V drugs are regulated but generally do not require a prescription

18. Misuse vs. Abuse

19. Drug Misuse  Using drugs for purposes other than originally intended

20. Drug Abuse  Used in a manner, amounts, or situation such that the drug use causes problems or increases the chances of problems occurring

21. Labeling What do these mean? What do these mean?

22. Medicine Safety Tips

23. Things to remember…  Throw away expired medicines  Effectiveness is lost  Potentially dangerous if ingested

24. Things to remember…  Never place medicine in unlabeled containers

25. Things to remember…  Keep away from children  Store in an out of reach place  Don’t tamper or disable the child-resistant cap on the medicine container