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Understanding Illicit Drugs: Effects, Uses, and Misuses

This informative guide presents an overview of illicit drugs, detailing their definitions, ways of use, and varying purposes—including both legitimate medical applications and harmful uses. It categorizes drugs into types such as narcotics, marijuana, hallucinogens, and inhalants, while highlighting potential side effects, abuse, and misuse. The distinction among drug use, abuse, and misuse is emphasized to clarify their meanings. The guide aims to educate students on the dangers and consequences associated with drug usage, fostering informed decision-making.

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Understanding Illicit Drugs: Effects, Uses, and Misuses

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  1. OTHER ILLICIT DRUGS By: Ms. Beer 7th Grade Health

  2. What is a drug? • Any chemical or substance, other than food, that changes the way the body works and/or that alters normal body functioning

  3. Ways to take the drug • Mouth (pill, liquid) • Nose (sniffing, snorting) • Inhalation/Smoking • Injection (IV needles) • Absorption (patches)

  4. Good Reasons • Treat illness • Get sleep • Relieve pain • Prevent disease • Treat depression/anxiety • Anesthetic

  5. Bad Reasons • Peer pressure/dares • Forget problems • Lonely/boredom • To “be cool” • Curiosity/new experience • Build muscle (anabolic steroids)

  6. Drug use, misuse, abuse • USE Ingesting a drug the way it was intended • ABUSE The intentional, repetitive and willful use of a drug for another end aside from its original or prescribed intention or use • MISUSE Improper, unintentionaluse of prescribed or non-prescribed medications

  7. Prescription Drugs • Drugs prescribed by a physician to free patients from symptoms of medical conditions (i.e. depression, ADHD, etc.) in order to help them live more productive lives • They are abused by individuals both with and w/o a doctor’s recommendation

  8. Drugs involved • Opioids • Oxycodone (OxyContin) • Hydrocodone (Vicodin) • CNS Depressants • Diazepam (Valium) • Stimulants • Methylphenidate (Ritalin) • Amphetamine/Dextroamphetamine (Adderall)

  9. Ways to take the drug • Swallowed • Snorted • Injected

  10. Side effects • Vomiting • Mood changes • Change in heart rate • Coma • Death

  11. METHAMPHETAMINE

  12. What is it? • Small fragments of glass or shiny blue-white rocks

  13. Ways to take the drug • Snorted (inhaled) • Injected • Smoked

  14. Side effects • Disturbed sleep patterns • Nausea • Aggressive • Decrease in appetite • Liver, kidney, lung damage

  15. Narcotics • Drugs most commonly from the opium poppy plant (found predominantly in Asia) • Used to relieve pain

  16. Drugs involved • Horse • Junk • Black tar • Shoots • Dope • Heroin • Methadone • Codeine • Morphine • Opium • Oxycontin

  17. Ways to take the drug • Injected • Snorted • Smoked • Swallowed

  18. Side effects • Nausea, vomiting • Convulsions • Coma • Death • Unsterile needles…. HIV/AIDS

  19. Marijuana • The dried leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the Cannabis sativa plant… HEMP

  20. nicknames • Pot • Grass • Weed • Reefer • Mary Jane (MJ) • Marijuana—leaves, stems, flowers • Hashish—resin (sap), chunks

  21. Ways to take the drug • Smoked • Eaten

  22. Side effects Increased heart rate Increased appetite Bloodshot eyes Short-term memory loss / Lower IQ Lack of coordination

  23. Medical use • Chemotherapy • AIDS • Glaucoma • Pain relief

  24. Hallucinogens • Drugs that distort the senses and cause visual and/or audible hallucinations

  25. Drugs involved Drugs Involved Nicknames • LSD • Peyote • PCP • Psilocybin • Acid • Sugar cubes • Angel dust • Magic mushrooms

  26. Ways to take the drug • Swallowed • Injected • Smoked • Licked off paper

  27. Side effects • Super-human like feelings • Distorted senses • Bizarre behavior • Flashbacks • Visions

  28. Inhalants • Dangerous fumes concentrated in a bag or on a cloth that are inhaled….. HUFFING

  29. Examples of Inhalants • Glue • Nail polish remover • Gasoline • Nitrous oxide • Whipped cream • White out • Butane • Duster 2 • Air fresheners • Markers

  30. Ways to take the drug • Vapors inhaled through mouth and/or nose

  31. Side effects • Nausea • Decreased heart rate • Decreased breathing rate • Impaired judgment

  32. Anabolic Steroids • Drugs used to increase muscle mass and strength • Similar to the male hormone, TESTOSTERONE

  33. Drugs involved • Synthetic human growth hormone • Performance enhancers • Andro • Creatine

  34. Ways to take the drug • Swallowed • Injected into muscle

  35. Side effects • Violent tendencies (“Roid Rage”) • Depression • Heart attack • Stroke • Liver cancer or other liver diseases • Acne

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