Stimulants

1. Stimulants Drugs Which Cause the Body Systems to Speed up.

2. Common Examples of Stimulants • Methamphetamine • Caffeine • Nicotine • Ritalin • Crack / Cocaine

3. Slang Names • Speed • Uppers • Crank • Meth • Black beauties • Vivran

4. How stimulants enter the body • Swallowed: Pills • Snorted: Powder • Injected: Needles

5. Physical & Mental Effects • Increased heart rate • Increased breathing • Dilated pupils • Decreased appetite • Dizziness, sweating • Headaches, blurred vision • Insomnia, moodiness • Irregular heart beat • Tremors • Heart failure

6. Meth’s effect on brain function

7. Effect of Meth on appearance

8. Caffeine Pills • Raised blood pressure • Increased heart rate • Arrhythmias • Dehydration • Anxiety • Insomnia • Headaches • Heartburn • Osteoporosis • Birth defects • Digestive ulcers • Miscarriage & infertility,

9. Depressants Drugs That Slow Down the Central Nervous System Along With All Other Body Systems.

10. Common Examples of Depressants • Alcohol • Beer • Wine • Liquor • Anti Depressants/Anxiety • Valium • Xanax • Methaqualone • Roofies • GHB

11. Street Names of Depressants • Yellow jackets • Q’s • Booze • Downers • Barbs • Ludes

12. Short term Dehydrating effect Decrease in the time it takes to fall asleep Loss of muscular coordination Slowed reaction time Slurred speech Reduction in some social inhibitions Exaggerates current emotional state Long term Addiction Permanent damage to vital organs such as the brain and liver Mothers who drink alcohol during pregnancy may give birth to infants with fetal alcohol syndrome Memory loss Confusion Short and Long Term Physical and Mental Effects

13. Effects Continued… • Small doses: calmness, relaxed muscles • Larger doses: slurred speech, staggering, impaired judgment, impaired coordination • VERY LARGE DOSES: respiratory depression, cardiac depression, coma, death

14. Hallucinogens Drugs That Distort the Senses and Cause Hallucinations

15. Common Types of Hallucinogens • Lysergic acid Diethylamide (LSD) • Peyote • MDMA (Ecstasy) • Shrooms

16. Forms It Comes in • Liquid • Capsules • Powder • Blotter paper • Thin gelatin squares • Mushrooms

17. Other Hallucinogens

18. Effects on the Body The effects of hallucinogens can last several hours • Blurred Vision • Euphoria • Hallucinations and distorted sensory processing, including visual, auditory, body, time and space perception • disorganized thoughts, confusion and difficulty concentrating, thinking or maintaining attention • Anxiety, agitation, paranoia and feelings of panic • Dizziness • Impaired co-ordination • Increased heart rate, breathing and blood pressure; • Nausea and vomiting • Increased body temperature and sweating, which may alternate with chills and shivering • Numbness

19. Bad Trips • Sometimes a person may experience the adverse and negative effects of hallucinogens and have what is called a ‘bad trip’. • They may experience strong feelings of anxiety, paranoia, panic or fear. The hallucinations can be unpleasant, such as feeling like insects are crawling on the skin, or they can be so intense that the person feels they are losing control. • Feelings of panic, paranoia and fear can lead to risky behavior that can cause injury, such as running across a busy street or jumping out of a window. • The reasons for ‘bad trips’ are not known. Usually, the negative feelings disappear whenthe drug wears off. However, there have been reports of people experiencing hallucinations, bizarre behavior and paranoia for several days after taking the drug. Occasionally, these effects can last weeks or even months.

20. Long-term Effects • The most consistent long-term effect of hallucinogen use is the flashback. Days, weeks or even years later, some people re-experience the effects of the drug. The person may see intense colors and experience hallucinations. Flashbacks can be triggered by the use of other drugs, or by stress, fatigue or physical exercise. • Long-term, frequent use of some hallucinogens may impair aspects of memory and selected cognitive functions • Deaths exclusively from acute overdose of LSD, magic mushrooms and mescaline are extremely rare. Deaths generally occur due to suicide, accidents and dangerous behavior, or due to the person inadvertently eating poisonous plant material. • A severe overdose of PCP and ketamine can result in respiratory depression, coma, convulsions, seizures and death due to respiratory arrest.

21. Narcotics Agents That Numb or Deaden, Causing Loss of Feeling or Paralysis

22. Common Types of Narcotics • Heroin • Vicodin • Oxycontin • Morphine • Opium • Percocet • Percodan

23. Slang Names • Smack • Junk • Black tar • Morph • Perkies

24. Effects on the Body • Euphoria. • Drowsiness. • Apathy. • Nausea and vomiting. • Slurred speech. • Constricted pupils. • Decreased physical activity. • Convulsions. • Respiratory depression. • Greater susceptibility to infection. • Increased risk of hepatitis or AIDS from infected needles. • Coma. • Death.

25. Medical Uses • Pain relief • Cough suppressant • Heroin is illegal in the U.S. and is not prescribed by doctors anymore.

26. Marijuana The Most Often Used Illegal Drug in the US which causes differing effects in people.

27. Marijuana Street Names • Pot • Grass • Weed • Reefer • Dope • Mary Jane • Herb • Joint • Roach • Ganga

28. How it’s used • Most users roll loose marijuana into a cigarette called a "joint". It can be smoked in a water pipe, called a "bong", or mixed into food or brewed as tea. It has also appeared in cigars called "blunts".

29. Short Term EffectsThese Effects Are Even Greater When Mixed With Other Drugs or Alcohol • Problems with memory and learning • Distorted perception (sights, sounds, time, touch) • Trouble with thinking and problem solving • Loss of motor coordination • Increased heart rate, and anxiety

30. Medical Uses • Relief from side effects of cancer chemotherapy • Relief from side effects of AIDS therapy • Relief from symptoms of glaucoma

31. Anabolic steroids Synthetic derivatives of the male hormone testosterone. The full name is androgenic anabolic steroids and they promote growth of the skeletal structure and increase lean body mass.

32. Street Names • Arnolds • Asteroids, • Ball Shrinkers • Gym candy • Iron brew • Juice • Liquid gold • Pump-up pills • Roids • Stacking

33. Physical and Emotional Effects • Increase muscle mass • Jaundice • Purple or red spots on body • Swelling of feet and legs • Unpleasant breath • Depression • Increased risk of heart attack, stroke, liver cancer • Acne on face and body • Males: sterility, withered testicles, impotence • Females irreversible masculine traits, breast reduction, sterility

35. Inhalants Breathable Chemical Vapors That Produce Psychoactive (Mind-altering) Effects.

36. Examples of Inhalants • Industrial or household solvents or solvent-containing products, including paint thinners or removers, degreasers, dry-cleaning fluids, gasoline, and glue • Art or office supply solvents, including correction fluids, felt-tip-marker fluid, and electronic contact cleaners

37. Examples Continued… • Household aerosol propellants and associated solvents in items such as spray paints, hair or deodorant sprays, fabric protector sprays, aerosol computer cleaning products, and vegetable oil sprays • Gases used in household or commercial products, including butane lighters and propane tanks, whipping cream aerosols or dispensers (whippets), and refrigerant gases • Medical anesthetic gases, such as ether, chloroform, halothane, and nitrous oxide ("laughing gas")

38. Slang Names • Laughing gas • Whippets • Poppers • Snappers • Rush • Locker room • Bullet • Climax • Ames

39. Effects • lost sense of smell; nausea and nosebleeds; • liver, lung, and kidney problems • muscle wasting and reduced muscle tone and strength. • Inhalant users can die by suffocation, choking on their vomit, or having a heart attack. • Inhalants can kill you the very first time you use them.