Prepared by Renee Dietrich.

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What is a Psychoactive Drug?

• Prepared by Renee Dietrich.
• This is a lesson Plan for my high school students
  grades 9-12.

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Psychoactive Drugs

• Psychoactive Drugs are also known as
  psychedelic drugs, and are drugs that change
  the way a person perceives the world. They are
  chemical compounds that have a psychological
  effect that alters mood or thought process.

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List of Some Psychoactive Drugs
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LSD/Acid

• It is a white, odorless powder in forms of
  liquid, tablets, capsules, gelatin, or blotting
• It can be swallowed, sniffed, injected, or smoked
• Effects
• Distorted sense of time, space, and senses
• Rapid heart rate and hallucination
• Chills, flushing, and paranoia
• Poor coordination
• Acute panic
• Nausea and loss of appetite
• Recurring of intense pain
• Impaired memory

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Alcohol

• One of worlds most mind-altering drug
• Most used illegal drug
• Effects
• Dose dependency
• Increased appetite
• Euphoria
• Liver damage
• Korsakoffs syndrome
• Unconsciousness
• Blood Alcohol Poisoning

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Marijuana

• Most popular mood-altering drug
• Usually smoked or eaten
• Effects
• Coughing, asthma, upper respiratory problems
• Difficulty with short term memory
• Racing heart, agitation, feeling tense
• Mild to severe anxiety and paranoia
• Panic attacks in sensitive users or with very
  high doses
• Headaches, dizziness, and confusion
• Possible psychological dependence
• Clumsiness, loss of coordination at high doses
• Can precipitate or exacerbate latent or existing
  mental disorders

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Cocaine

• Cocaine is typically a whitish powder with a
  bitter, numbing taste. It is most often snorted,
  though it can also be injected and used orally
• Effects
• Increased heart rate, blood pressure, and body
  temperature, and sweating
• Decreased sleep and appetite
• Paranoia
• Suicidal instincts
• Loss of sex drive
• Hostility and hallucination
• Insomnia or excessive sleep
• Depression
• Psychological dependency
• Damage cartilage in nose
• Possible needle infections

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Anabolic Steroids

• Anabolic steroids are taken orally or injected,
  typically in cycles of weeks or months
• Effects
• Liver cancer
• Hypertension and risk of stroke
• Edema
• Hair loss
• Suppressed immune system
• Severe acne
• Injuries take longer to heal
• Sterility
• Death
• Total Personality change
• Addiction
• Inability to accept failure
• Wide mood swings and depression

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MDMA/Ecstasy

• It most frequently comes in tablet form,
  although it is occasionally sold in capsules or
  as powder. It is most frequently used orally and
  rarely snorted.
• The effects are felt within 20-90 min., lasts for
  about 2-3 hours, then the feeling comes down for
  about 1-2 hours, and then the after effects last
  for about 3-24 hours.
• Effects
• Mild to extreme jaw clenching and tongue and
  cheek biting
• Headache, nausea, loss of balance, dizziness
• Short-term memory loss
• Hangover the next day that may last a day to
  weeks
• Mild depression and fatigue for about a week
• Possible psychological crisis resulting in
  hospitalization

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QUIZ TIME

• Its time to take your quiz over the material I
  have just showed you!
• Take out a piece of paper and number it from 1-5
  with spaces in-between.

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Question 1
What is this picture and name one harmful effect
the drug has.
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Question 2
What drug is this and list one harmful effect
that it has.
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Question 3
What drug is this and list one harmful effect
that it has on a person.
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Question 4
What drug is this and what is one harmful effect
the drug has on someone?
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Question 5
What is this drug and list one harmful effect it
has on people.
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Question 6
What does this picture represent and list one
harmful effect the drug has on people.
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Answers

• Question 4 LSD/Acid Effects
  Distorted sense of time, space, and senses Rapid
  heart rate and hallucination Chills, flushing,
  and paranoia Poor coordination Acute panic
  Nausea and loss of appetite Recurring of intense
  pain Impaired memory
• Question 5 Anabolic Steroids Effects Liver
  cancer Hypertension and risk of stroke Edema
  Hair loss Suppressed immune system Severe acne
  Injuries take longer to heal Sterility Death
  Total Personality change Addiction Inability to
  accept failure Wide mood swings and depression
• Question 6 Marijuana Effects
  Coughing, asthma, upper respiratory problems
  Difficulty with short term memory Racing heart,
  agitation, feeling tense Mild to severe anxiety
  and paranoia Panic attacks in sensitive users or
  with very high doses Headaches, dizziness, and
  confusion Possible psychological dependence
  Clumsiness, loss of coordination at high doses
  Can precipitate or exacerbate latent or existing
  mental disorders

• Question 1 Cocain Effects
  Increased heart rate, blood pressure, and body
  temperature, and sweating Decreased sleep and
  appetite Paranoia Suicidal instincts Loss of
  sex drive Hostility and hallucination Insomnia
  or excessive sleep Depression Psychological
  dependency Damage cartilage in nose Possible
  needle infections
• Question 2 Alcohol Effects
  Dose dependency Increased appetite Euphoria
  Liver damage Korsakoffs syndrome
  Unconsciousness Blood Alcohol Poisoning
• Question 3 MDMA/Ecstasy Effects Mild to
  extreme jaw clenching and tongue and cheek
  biting Headache, nausea, loss of balance,
  dizziness Short-term memory loss Hangover the
  next day that may last a day to weeks Mild
  depression and fatigue for about a week Possible
  psychological crisis resulting in hospitalization

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Re-take the Test
If you wish to re-take the test, simply click on
the blue link provided and it will take you back
to the start of the test. Good luck!
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The End
If you would like to go back to the beginning and
look over the information again, click on the
pink box. If you would like to go to the website
about some information on more psychoactive
drugs, click on the green box.
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The Reference Page

• Werry, John S. (1999) Practitioners Guide to
  Psychoactive Drugs for Children and Adolescents.
  Plenum Pub Corp 2nd edition.
• Psychoactive Drugs at http//www.psychoactivedrugs
  .co.uk/
• Schwenk, Thomas, MD (1997) Psychoactive Drugs and
  Athletic Performance. McGraw-Hill Companies.
• Inaba, Darryl (2000) Uppers, Downers, All
  Arounders Physical and Mental Effects of
  Psychoactive Drugs. Cns Productions 4th edition