How drugs enter the body and Types of drug users

1. How drugs enter the body and Types of drug users Created by Nicole Muzard, Health educator, April 2012

2. Drugs • DRUG: a substance other than food that changes the structure or functions of the body or mind. • Legal drugs • Prescription drugs • Illegal drugs Created by Nicole Muzard, Health educator, April 2012

3. Drug unit vocabulary Stimulant • ______________: A drug that increases or speeds up the body functions. • What do you think happens when a person overdoses on an stimulant? • ______________: A drug that decreases or slows down body functions. • What do you think happens when a person overdoses on an depressant? Depressant Created by Nicole Muzard, Health educator, April 2012

4. Drug Unit Vocabulary Drug tolerance • _________________________: When using a drug on a regular basis, the body gets used to the drug and needs MORE of the drug to get a high/buzz. • _________________________: When the body becomes dependant on a drug and needs it to feel normal or good. • _________________________: The PHYSICAL symptoms that occur when someone stops using an addictive substance. Drug addiction Withdrawal Created by Nicole Muzard, health educator, April 2012

5. Drugs Enter the Bloodstream • Taken by mouth • The drug passes through the walls of the stomach and then into the small intestine to be absorbed into the bloodstream • Inhaled • There is a rich supply of blood vessels in the nasal passages • Smoked • The drug passes from the alveoli in the lungs into the capillaries Created by Nicole Muzard, Health educator, April 2012

6. Drugs Enter the Bloodstream • Applied to the skin • Passes through the pores and into the tiny capillaries and then to the bloodstream • Injected • Skin popping- just under the surface • Intramuscular injection- steroids, epi-pen, etc. • Mainlining- IV’s, heroin, cocaine, etc. Created by Nicole Muzard, Health educator, April 2012

7. Drugs enter the body • All of these ways drugs enter the body (except for injections) are absorbed by the tiny blood vessels called…… • Capillaries Created by Nicole Muzard, Health educator, April 2012

8. Types of Drug Users • The Experimenter • Curiosity is a motivator • Learning about the mood swings • Learning to trust/mistrust the drug • Good experience and/or have fun = probably will want to use again • Bad experience and/or got in a lot of trouble = probably will not want to use again • “high” is a new feeling • Can still relate to people Created by Nicole Muzard, Health educator, April 2012

9. Types of Drug Users • Regular User • The decision to use has been made • Seeks the “high” • Comfort and confidence in using • Peer group uses • Getting “high” is more important • Tolerance develops • Has some problems relating to others Created by Nicole Muzard, Health educator, April 2012

10. Types of Drug Users • The Preoccupied User • Thinking more about drugs • Wants to be high often • Blackouts start • Relationships are difficult • Clearly want to use the drug • Use when alone • Still thinks is in control Created by Nicole Muzard, Health educator, April 2012

11. Types of Drug Users • The Addict • Can no longer get high • Must take the drug to survive • No choice: must use • Relates to the drug, not people • Will use at any time Created by Nicole Muzard, Health educator, April 2012

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13. Ways to break the addiction cycle • Intervention • Rehab • Therapy Created by Nicole Muzard, health educator, April 2012