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Illegal Drugs

Illegal Drugs. I.)Health Risk of Drug Use. Any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for nonmedical purposes. A.) Substance Abuse. Chemical substance that people of any age may not lawfully manufacture, possess, buy, or sell. B.) Illegal Drug. II.) Factors that Influence Teens.

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Illegal Drugs

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  1. Illegal Drugs

  2. I.)Health Risk of Drug Use

  3. Any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for nonmedical purposes A.) Substance Abuse

  4. Chemical substance that people of any age may not lawfully manufacture, possess, buy, or sell B.) Illegal Drug

  5. II.) Factors that Influence Teens • Peer pressure • Family • Role Models • Media Messages • Perceptions of drug behavior • Misleading Information

  6. III.) How Drugs Affect Your Health 1.) Physical Health a.) Overdose- strong, sometimes fatal reaction to taking a large amount of a drug. 2.) Mental Health- impairs a teen’s ability to reason and think 3.)Social Health- Friendships and family suffer 4.) Tolerance- body becomes accustomed to the drug and causes a person to need more of that drug to achieve the same effect. 5.) Addiction- Physical or psychological dependence on a drug.

  7. Marijuana, Inhalants, and Steroids IV.) Illegal Drugs

  8. A plants whose leaves, flowers or buds are usually smoked for their intoxicated effects A.) Marijuana

  9. B.)Health Risks of Marijuana • Hallucinations and paranoia • Impaired short term memory, reaction time, concentration, and coordination • Decreased initiative and ambition • Bloodshot eyes, dry mouth • Lung irritation, coughing • Heart and Lung damage • Weakened immunity to infection • Increased appetite • Increased risk of stillbirth and birth defects • Changed hormone levels • In females, risk of infertility • In males, lowered sperm count and testosterone levels

  10. Substances whose fumes are sniffed or inhaled to give effect C.) Inhalants

  11. Substance similar to male sex hormone D.) Anabolic Steroid

  12. Chemicals that affect the central nervous system and alter activity in the brain V.) Psychoactive Drugs

  13. A.) Club Drugs • Designer drugs- synthetic drug that are made to imitate the effects of other drugs. • Ecstasy- a drug that causes confusion, depression, paranoia, and muscle breakdown • Rohynol- causes decreased blood pressure, drowsiness, memory loss • Meth- may provide a short term feeling of euphoria, but often its use also causes depression, paranoia, and delusions • LSD (Acid) – can cause hallucinations and severely distorted perceptions of sound and color.

  14. B.) Other common drugs • Cocaine- a white powder extracted from the leaves of the coca plant. • Crack- is the smokable form of cocaine. Crack reaches the brain seconds after being smoked or injected. • Heroin- processed form of morphine that is injected, snorted, or smoked.

  15. VI.)Psychoactive drugs consequences to your health • Cocaine- Nausea, Headache, stroke, seizures, heart attack, death • Crack- Same as cocaine, rapid increase in heart rate • Rohypol- Decreased blood pressure, drowsiness, memory loss • Heroin- Confusion, unconsciousness, coma, addiction • Ecstasy- confusion, depression, paranoia, and muscle breakdown • LSD- Delusions, illusions, hallucinations, flashbacks, numbness, tremors

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