Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs

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Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs

• Cook ? Dion ? Read ? Soberanis ? Uribe

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Activity

• Groups of 4-5
• On a sheet of paper write down 3 separate reasons
  a person may choose to smoke, drink, or do drugs
  (5 min)
• On the same sheet write down 3 separate reasons a
  person may choose NOT to smoke, drink or do drugs
  (5 min)
• Group Discussion

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What is a Drug

• Something and often an illegal substance that
  causes addiction, habituation, or a marked change
  in consciousness

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What do we consider drugs?
Any chemicals used for huffing (Gases, Glues,
Aerosol)
Psilocybin
Ecstasy
Rohypnol
Heroin
Methamphetamines
Ludes
Marijuana
Ketamine
Codeine
Cocaine
LSD
GHB
DMT
Morphine
Steroids
Opium
PCP
Amphetamines
Peyote
Caffeine
Diet Pills
Alcohol
Tobacco
Prescription medication
Anything that alters your bodys chemistry
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Cigarette Smoking
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Smoking Statistics

• One in five deaths each year is caused by
  prolonged smoking.
• Smoking and secondhand smoke kill more people
  than AIDS, alcohol and drug abuse, car crashes,
  murders, suicides and fires combined.
• One in three adolescents/young adults who are
  "just experimenting" end up being addicted by the
  time they are 20 years old.
• Every cigarette you smoke takes away seven
  minutes of your life.
• Cigarettes contain 2,000 poisons.
• (Palo Alto Medical Foundation)

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Dangers of Smoking

• Health Risks
• Cancer -- Cancer of the lungs, mouth, throat,
  esophagus and more
• Frequent colds
• Chronic bronchitis
• Emphysema
• Stroke
• Heart disease

• Negatives Your Date Won't Like
• Stained teeth
• Bad breath.
• Clothes, hair, hands, room and car reek of smoke.
  
• Premature face wrinkles.
• Diminished sense of taste and smell.
• Smoking drains your wallet (4.50 or more a
  pack).
• Chewing tobacco leaves gross stuff between your
  teeth -- no kissing for you.

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Perspective
Lip Cancer
Smoker Lung
Non-Smoker Lung
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ALCOHOL
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Alcohol

• Alcohol is a depressant, which means it slows the
  function of the central nervous system.
• Blocks some of the messages trying to get to the
  brain altering a person's perceptions, emotions,
  movement, vision, and hearing.
• Alcohol is legal for ADULTS over that age of 21-
  this does NOT mean it is not harmful
• Alcohol gets absorbed directly into your
  bloodstream and goes straight to your brain

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Harmful effects of Alcohol

• Slurred speech
• Blacking out (losing consciousness)
• Loss of judgment
• Increased aggression/violent behavior
• Behavior out of character
• Liver Damage

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Perspective
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MARIJUANA
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Marijuana

• THC The main mind altering chemical found in
  Marijuana.
• Over 400 chemicals can be found in average
  marijuana
• 10 times more potent than the 1970s
• The Gate Way Drug Highly addictive, most
  frequent users will develop a tolerance and need
  more weed to get high, until ultimately looking
  for a high in a stronger more addictive/dangerous
  drug

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Harmful effects of Marijuana

• Impairs thinking, reading comprehension, and
  verbal and mathematical skills. Research shows
  that students do not remember what they have
  learned when they are "high".
• Thinking and reflexes are slower
• Studies show that men and women can lose the
  ability to reproduce especially harmful during
  adolescence
• Irritates and damages the lungs
• More cancer-causing agents than is found in
  tobacco smoke
• Problems with memory and learning distorted
  perception difficulty in thinking and
  problem-solving loss of coordination and
  increased heart rate, anxiety, and panic attacks.
  
• Critical skills related to attention, memory, and
  learning are impaired among people who use
  marijuana

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Perspective
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INHALANTS(HUFFING)
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Inhalants

• Huffing, bagging, sniffing
• Inhalant abuse is the deliberate inhalation of
  common products found in homes, offices, and
  schools to get high

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The Chemicals

• Tolune
• Ethyl acetate
• Hexane
• Methyl chloride
• Butane
• Flourocarbons
• Hydrocarbons

• Trichloroethane
• Acetone
• Dimethyl ether
• Hydroflourocarbons
• Xylene
• Isopropane
• Nitrous oxide

Virginia Department of Education Inhalant
Prevention Resource Guide
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Immediate dangers of Huffing

• Last 1-3 minutes
• Hallucinations
• Dizziness/Nausea
• Loss of coordination/Tremor
• Diminished sensitivity to pain
• Disorientation
• Irregular heartbeat
• Distortion of perception
• Cognitive impairment
• Passing out
• Flammable Chemicals being huffed are all
  flammable and could accidentally ignite
• Freezing can damage tissue in mouth, nose,
  throat and lungs
• Death

Virginia Department of Education Inhalant
Prevention Resource Guide
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Physical effects

• Effects common during the abuse of inhalants,
  some of these effects remain even after use
• Slowed central nervous system functions
• Speech, vision
• Lower volume of inhaled oxygen
• Severe headache
• Decrease in circulatory oxygen
• Damage to part of brain that helps with memory
  (hippocampus)
• Irregular heart rhythm
• Reduced cognitive abilities (Thinking/Reasoning)
• Death

Virginia Department of Education Inhalant
Prevention Resource Guide
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Long-term Dangers of Huffing

• Brain damage
• Impaired motor coordination
• Loss/impaired vision
• Lung function reduced
• Hearing loss/deafness
• Destruction of liver tissue
• Impairment of bone marrow
• Reduced kidney function

• Damage to muscles, including the heart
• Damage to neurons myelin sheath
• Numbness in extremities
• Muscle tremor
• Slurred speech
• Decreased Sensory capacities
• Memory Loss
• Death

Virginia Department of Education Inhalant
Prevention Resource Guide
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Perspective
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JUST SAY NO!!

• Why say no to drugs?

Stay out of trouble Stay healthy Keep good
relationships For your future
Younger Siblings Mom, Dad, Grandma, Aunt,
Uncle Self-Respect

• As a class, lets list ways to avoid/pass up drugs

Say no thank you Switch topics Use humor State
the facts Come up with another idea Walk away
Use an excuse Avoid the situation Challenge the
speaker Turn the tables Don't pay any attention
Be polite
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Questions/Comments/Concerns