CH. 24 Illegal Drugs

Health Ed.

Drugs• Refers to dangerous/ illegal substances

• Drugs are grouped according to their affects on the body

Problems of Drug Use1- Physiological dependence-

• tolerance- body adjusts to the effects of the drug/larger doses are needed in order to

achieve same effect

• withdrawal- symptoms occur when person stops using (vomiting, chills, ect)

Problems………2- Psychological dependence-

Person believes a drug is needed in order to feel normal

Problems……..3- Addiction- person has become

physiological/ and or psychological dependence

Early consequences

• Behavioral/social

• Depending on the drug/ chronic health risk-possible death

Psychoactive Drugs

Affect the central nervous system and alter the normal functioning of the brain

3 types:

1- Stimulants

2- Depressants

3- Hallucinogens

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Stimulants

• “Uppers”

• What is does? Increases heart rate, headaches, blurred vision, sleeplessness, moodiness, restlessness

Types of “Uppers”

• Amphetamines- stimulants that

speed up the heart and breathing

*They cause anxiety, sleeplessness, and loss of appetite*

Types of Stimulants

• Methamphetamines- amphetamines that have been used to treat narcolepsy, Parkinson's Disease, and obesity

Also called: crank ice, speed

What does it cause? Paranoia, violence

• Effects are long lasting; food and water become unimportant; seizures can result in death

Types of Stimulants…

• Cocaine- powerful stimulant, is snorted or injected; results in immediate high (20 min) followed by extreme let down

• Drug can interfere with the electrical impulses of the heart and result in death; tissue in nasal passages can be damaged causing holes in nasal septum

• Crack- form of cocaine that can be smoked, extremely addictive (10 sec)

Depressants• Slow down central nervous system

(sedatives)

• Depressants and alcohol have a synergistic effect; often resulting in depression

Synergetic= 2 substances working together so that total effect is greater than either of the two alone

Types of Depressants

• Sedative- “hypnotics”- induce sleep, reduce anxiety: produce physiological and psychological dependence

Types of Depressants….

• Barbiturates- used illegally to produce feeling similar to intoxication

(can be used to treat insomnia)

Types of Depressants

• Tranquilizers- (ex: valium) can be used to treat schizophrenia

• Narcotics- pain relievers and opiates

(examples include opiates :made from poppy flower, morphine, codeine)

Types of Depressants…..“Heroin”

• Made from Morphine

• No medical uses

• Depresses central nervous system

• Coma and death could result

• With drawl is very painful

• Methadone- given to heroin addicts to block the cravings for heroin; it is synthetic (man made- in a lab)

Hallucinogens• PCP- “angel dust” *considered to be

the most dangerous drug* flashbacks occur often with this drug (pg. 487)

• LSD- “lysergic acid diethylamide” *drug responsible for initiating awareness of hallucinogens in American society; caused several deaths

Drug ActivityYou will be assigned a particular drug.

Answer the following:

1- What is the drug? (background info)

2- What does this drug do?

3- How harmful is this drug?

(short/long term effects)

• 4- How prevalent is this drug?

• 5- What are the legal implications of this drug?