ECSTASY

1
ILLEGAL DRUGS
2
What is a psychoactive drug?
A drug that affects the brain.
What are Controlled Substances?
Drugs that are regulated by state and federal
laws. Such drugs may be declared illegal for
sale or use, but may be dispensed under a
physician's prescription.
What are illegal drugs?
A drug whose production or use is prohibited or
strictly controlled via prescription.
3
Why is illegal drug use dangerous?

• dangerous /permanent damage to brain and body
• become addicted
• major factor in suicide, accidents and crimes
• risk of spreading disease through sharing needles
• can result in overdose
• drug use leads to making irresponsible decisions

4
The reasons people begin using drugs are similar
to the reasons they begin to drink or smoke.
What are these reasons?

• Desire to experiment
• Desire to escape depression /
  boredom
• Enjoyment of risky behavior
• Belief that drugs solve personal
  problems
• Peer pressure
• Media glamorizing drug use

5
Steps to Addiction

• Regular drug use
• Tolerance
• Dependence
• Addiction

6
Drugs that lead to the use of other drugs are
called what?
Gateway drugs
What are the 3 most common ones?
Tobacco
Alcohol
Marijuana
7
DRUG CLASSIFICATIONS
All drugs, legal and illegal, are classified into
different categories based on their similar
effects on the mind and body.

• Depressants
• Stimulants
• Hallucinogens
• Club/Designer
• Opiates

8
What areDEPRESSANTS?

• Drugs that slow down the central nervous system.

• People using depressants may feel happy and
  content, as well as sleepy and relaxed.
  Depressants often slow down bodily functions such
  as breathing and heart rate, and may make it hard
  to speak (slurred speech) or move properly in
  large enough doses, in which case they may be
  harmful.
• Depressants are most often prescribed for anxiety
  and sleep disorders.

9
Common Depressants

• Alcohol
• Barbiturates
• Tranquilizers
• Ambien
• Rohypnol (Roofies)

10
What areSTIMULANTS?

• Drugs that speed up the central nervous system.

• People using stimulants may feel happy and
  excited, and have more energy, concentration or
  motivation. Stimulants make it difficult to sleep
  and suppress your appetite.

• Most stimulants have more
  side effects then other drugs.

11
Common Stimulants

• Caffeine
• Nicotine
• Cocaine
• Amphetamines
• Bath salts

12
What areHALLUCINOGENS?

• Hallucinogens change the way people see, hear,
  feel or think.

• Most common hallucinogen is LSD

• No matter what form it comes in, LSD leads the
  user to a same place, a serious disconnect from
  reality

• LSD users call an LSD experience a trip,
  usually lasting 12 hours or so. When things go
  wrong, which often happens, it is called a bad
  trip, another name for a living nightmare!

13
Common Hallucinogens

• Marijuana (mild)
• Mushrooms
• LSD
• Spice/K2/Synthetic Marijuana

14
What are CLUB/DESIGNER DRUGS?

• Psychoactive drugs that tend to be abused by
  teens and young adults at bars, night clubs, and
  raves.

• Its properties and effects are similar to known
  hallucinogens or narcotics, but having a slightly
  altered chemical structure.
• Drugs that resemble common illegal drugs in
  chemical structure and effect.

15
Common Club Drugs

• Ecstasy
• PCP
• GHB
• Ketamine
• Meth
• LSD
• Rohypnol (Roofies)

16
What areOPIATES?

• Also know as narcotics

• Powerful, highly addictive drugs

• Derived from the poppy plant

• Used to relieve pain

17
Common Opiates

• Morphine
• Heroin
• Oxycontin
• Percoset
• Vicodin/hydrocodone

18
Lets take a look at some of the most
common Illegal drugs.
19
What isMARIJUANA?
Marijuana is a word used to describe the dried
flowers, seeds, and leaves of the Indian hemp
plant.
Hashish is a related form of the drug, made from
resins of the Indian hemp plant.
The cannabis plant, from which marijuana is
derived, has over 400 different chemicals.
The chemical in cannabis that creates this
distortion is known as THC.
20
Effects of Marijuana

• SHORT TERM

• Sensory distortion
• Panic
• Anxiety
• Poor coordination of movement
• Lowered reaction time
• After an initial up, the user feels sleepy or
  depressed
• Increased heartbeat (and risk of heart attack)

21
Effects of Marijuana

• LONG TERM

• Reduced resistance to common illnesses ( cold,
  bronchitis)
• Growth disorders
• Increase of abnormally structured cells in the
  body
• Reduction of male sex hormones
• Rapid destruction of lung fibers and lesions to
  the brain could be permanent
• Reduced sexual capacity
• Apathy, drowsiness, lack of motivation
• Personality and mood changes
• Inability to understand things clearly

22
Can you become dependant on marijuana?

• YES,
• you can build a tolerance and a dependence to
  it.

23
Can marijuana use affect your driving? If so,
how?

• Yes, much like how alcohol affects your
  driving.

It can slow your reaction time and impair your
judgment.
24
Marijuana and School
Marijuana and school dont mix. Marijuana makes
it harder for users to concentrate, and slows
thinking down.

• One of the prevalent effects of marijuana is the
  decline in school performance.

Marijuana damages the users memory and things
such as simple math problems become extremely
difficult.
25
Marijuana
Marijuana can actually be classified as a
stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogen based on
the strand or potency, but for all intensive
purposes, we will classify marijuana as a mild
hallucinogen.
26
What areINHALANTS?

• Drugs that are inhaled as vapors.

The 2 most common inhalants used for medical
reasons are
Laughing Gas
Asthma Inhaler
27
What type of effects might you experience from
inhalants?

• Hyperactivity,
• loss of inhibitions, dizziness, loss of
  coordination, difficulty speaking and thinking,
  fear, anxiety, depression, DEATH

28
CLICK PICTURE ON RIGHT
29
What isECSTASY?
Ecstasy is a synthetic, psychoactive drug that
is chemically similar to the stimulant
methamphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline.
Ecstasy (MDMA) produces feelings of increased
energy, euphoria, emotional warmth, and
distortions in time, perception, and tactile
experiences
Most commonly called molly nowadays Coined
terminology when on the drug rolling
30
What isHEROIN?
Extremely Addictive Narcotic
Most heroin is injected, creating additional
risks for the user, who faces the danger of AIDS
or other infections on top of the pain of
addiction.
31
What isCOCAINE?

• Cocaine was originally developed as a painkiller
• Cocaine is most often sniffed with the powder
  absorbed into the bloodstream through the nasal
  tissues.
• It can also be ingested or rubbed into the gums

• To more rapidly absorb the drug into the body,
  abusers inject it, but this substantially
  increases the risk of overdose.

32
What isCRACK COCAINE?

• Crystal form of cocaine
• Crack is heated and smoked
• It is so named because it makes a cracking or
  popping sound when heated
• The most potent/riskiest form in which cocaine
  appears
• Smoking crack allows it to reach the brain more
  quickly and thus brings an intense and immediate
  but very short lived- high that last about 15
  minutes.

33
What isCRYSTAL METH?

• White, Crystalline Drug

Develop a strong desire to continue using it
because the drug creates a false sense of
happiness and well-being -- A RUSH of
confidence, hyperactiveness and energy

• People take it by
• Snorting
• Injecting
• Smoking
• Orally

most commonly used as a CLUB DRUG taken while
partying in night clubs and at raves
34
FACES OF METH
VIDEO CLICK THE STOP SIGN
35
What areSTEROIDS?
A synthetic version of the male hormone
testosterone
What type of effects might this drug have on an
adolescences body and mind?
36
Physical Effects

• Bones will mature early, growth can be stunted,
  can cause sever acne,
• increased cholesterol,
• rapid weight gain,
• liver damage,
• kidney tumors,
• heart disease
• and heart attacks.

37

• Can cause
• breasts
• to grow in males

Can shrink the testes and reduce sperm count.
38
Mental Effects

• Feeling of paranoia, panic attacks,
  depression, anxiety and even suicidal thoughts

39

• ROID RAGE can lead to violent behavior, crime
  assault and rape.

Makes abusers more irritable and aggressive.
40
With all the bad side effects, death included,
why do you think people still use drugs?