1. Chapter 10
Drugs

2. Drug
A substance other than food that changes the structure or function of the body or mind
Some are harmful to your health
Other drugs can save your life

3. “Over-the-counter” Medicines
Found on the shelves of local pharmacy or grocery stores
Anyone can buy them without a prescription

4. Prescription Medications
A medicine that can be obtained legally only with a doctor’s written permission
Your doctor will write out instructions on how to use the medication

5. Drug Misuse Taking or using medicine in a way that is not intended
Example: Taking a medication that was prescribed for someone else

6. Drug Abuse
Intentionally using drugs in a way that is unhealthful or illegal
Studies show less people using illegal drugs but more are abusing prescription medications

7. Physical Risks of Drug Abuse
Serious illness/allergic reactions
Cause damage to brain and nervous system
Cause memory loss, seizures, and comas
Death

8. Drug Addiction When people can’t stop taking drugs
A dependency on a chemical substance that is very difficult to quit
It is considered a disease

9. Mental Risks of Drugs Weakens a person’s ability to think and learn
Low self-esteem
Depression
Anxiety
Confusion

10. Overdose Taking more of a drug than the body can tolerate
Leads to death or hospitalization

11. Stimulants A drug that speeds up the body’s functions
Speeds up heart rate, breathing rates, and raises blood pressure
Gives a false sense of energy, confidence and power

12. Amphetamines
Very strong stimulant drugs that speed up the nervous system
Prescribed for ADD and ADHD
Often called “speed” on the street
Crystal meth can cause a person’s heart to suddenly stop working

13. Crystal Meth

14. Cocaine Illegal stimulant made from the coca plant
Inhaled through the nose, smoked, or injected in the veins
Produces a sense of confidence when you first try it but wears off fast and need more

15. Cocaine

16. Depressants Drugs that slow down the body’s functions and reactions
Slow down a person’s motor skills and coordination
Are legal when prescribed by a doctor
Example: tranquilizers for anxiety

17. Marijuana (Pot or Weed)
Made from the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant
Illegal
Affects people differently
May hear or see things that are not really there
May talk a lot
Memory loss

18. Problems Marijuana causes…
Lung damage
Lowers testosterone levels in males causes sterility
Causes females to have irregular periods

19. Club Drugs
Illegal drugs that are found mostly in nightclubs or at all-night dance parties called raves
Used to make people feel more relaxed

20. Rohypnol “Date Rape Drug” Makes a person’s blood pressure drop
You feel very dizzy and sleepy
Slipped into your drink and you don’t remember anything
Hard to detect in urine samples

21. Ecstacy Can kill you taking it one time
Causes heart rate and body temperature to increase
Causes clenched jaws and tingly skin
Causes severe brain damage
Causes severe dehydration
Kills tons of brain cells and memory

22. Ecstacy

23. Narcotics Drugs that get rid of pain and dull the senses
Morphine and codeine – used as medicine
Heroin – injected, very addictive, an instant “high”
Withdrawal – nausea, stomach cramps and vomiting
Overdosing is high
Huge cause of HIV = users sharing needles

24. Hallucinogens Drugs that distort moods, thoughts, and senses
Create imaginary images in the user’s mind
May become very violent
Example: Shrooms

25. Inhalants
The vapors of chemicals that are sniffed or inhaled to get a “high”
Can cause nausea, dizziness, mental confusion, and loss of motor skills

26. Steroids/Abuse
Synthetic substances similar to the male hormone testosterone prescribed for delayed puberty
Abused by people taking them to build muscles and enhance performances

27. Steroid use is DANGEROUS
Increases the risk of:
HIV, Heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes, cancer, sterility, hair loss, and severe acne
In teens: permanently stunted growth, testicles to shrink, anger issues “roid rage”

28. STEROID ABUSE

29. STEROID ABUSE

30. STEROID ABUSE

31. Why Do Some Teens Use Drugs?
Peer Pressure
Drug use in the media/tv & movies
To try and hide from their problems

32. Drugs Harmful for Boys Because…
Negatively affects:
*Height
*Weight
*Testicle size and function
*Muscle mass and development
*The age at which voice lowers

33. Drugs Harmful for Girls Because…
Negatively affects:
*Height
*Weight
*Onset of first menstrual period
*Regularity of periods
*Breast development
*Function of ovaries
*Pregnancy
*Health of unborn babies

34. “Drug-Free Zone”
1000-yard distance around a school where anyone caught with drugs can be arrested

35. Drug Possession When a person has or keeps illegal drugs
Teens can be arrested or spend time in a detention center or jail, and they as well as their parents may be fined
Teens can also get a criminal record

36. Probation
A set period of time during which a person who has been arrested must check in regularly with a court officer
Violators face stiffer penalties

37. SAY NO TO DRUGS!!!!!