Week of May 2226

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Week of May 22-26

• Notes on Prescription Drugs Steroids
• Body Worlds Field Trip
• Notes on Club Drugs Medical Marijuana
• Peer Educators - Birth Control Methods
• Peer Educators - STIS

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Monday

• Grades are posted check your grade at the end
  of the hour Brochure
• Instructional Focus Notes
• Discuss Field Trip Expectations

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Instructional

• In your opinion
• Do you believe Marijuana is a gateway drug. Does
  it lead to other drug use.
• Explain your opinion

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Prescription Drug Use

• Prescription Drug safety is based on taking the
  drug as intended.
• The doctor is aware of their patients medical
  history, and knows what other prescription drugs
  that person is taking.
• The doctor should discuss any side effects,
  interactions with other medications, and whether
  to avoid alcohol

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Classifications

• Prescription drugs are classified in four
  categories
• Pain Relievers
• Tranquilizers
• Stimulants
• Sedatives

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Safe use of Prescription Drugs

• Follow the directions on the medication
• Dont stop taking medication on your own
• Dont increase or decrease doses without talking
  to your doctor
• Know the drugs potential interactions with
  alcohol, other prescription drugs and OTC
• Dont use other peoples prescriptions, and dont
  share yours

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Warning

• Prescription drugs used outside a doctors order
  can be dangerous
• It can be dangerous to take prescription drugs
  with alcohol
• Taking multiple drugs can cause bad interactions
• Stimulants should not be mixed with depressants

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Prescription Drug Misuse

• Misuse occurs mainly among people 12 - 25 years
  old
• More common among females
• Most commonly misused prescription drugs
• Vicodin
• Ritalin
• Oxycontin

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Generation RX

• 1 in 5 teenagers have misused prescriptions
• Pain killers are the most commonly misused drug
• 34 of Minnesota teens using prescribed Ritalin
  have been approached about selling their drug

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Reasons for Misuse among teens

• Belief that taking prescription drugs is safer
  than using illegal drugs because they have
  legitimate uses
• Easy access to the drug
• Easier to take than smoking pot or drinking
  alcohol

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• Pharming - grabbing a handful of pills and taking
  them all at once
• There are over 800,000 web sites which sell
  prescription drugs on the internet

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Vicodin

• Most commonly prescribed pain reliever
• High chance of physical dependency
• Designed to be used for a short period of time.
  (After breaking an arm)

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Long term use of Vicodin

• Can lead to physical dependence - the body adapts
  to the presence of the substance
• Very low rate of physical dependence in people
  who take vicodin by prescription

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Oxycontin

• Similar to morphine.
• Is intended to provide up to 12 hours of relief
  from moderate to sever pain
• Is taken over a long period of time (chronic pain)

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Ritalin

• A stimulant that is prescribed to treat Attention
  Defecate Hyperactivity Disorder
• Acts to improve attention span and slow down
  hyperactivity
• People with ADHD do not become addicted to
  Ritalin
• Ritalin use by someone who does not have ADHD,
  acts as a stimulant

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How to Prevent Misuse

• Dont leave prescriptions in areas like the
  kitchen, or bathroom where anyone can have access
  to them
• Keep the prescriptions hidden, or out of site of
  others.

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Steroids

• Only legal use is with prescription
• Used to treat
• anemia
• some types of cancer
• severe asthma

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Anabolic Steroids

• Synthetic (man made) substance
• Body produces steroids naturally
• Anabolic Steroids are closely related to the male
  sex hormone testosterone

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• Athletes take steroids to enhance performance
• Taken in combination with a program of muscle
  building exercise and diet, steroids contribute
  to increase in body weight and muscular growth
• This is not a legal use of steroids for healthy
  people

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Method of Use

• Taken orally or injected
• Cycling - taking multiple doses over a specific
  period of time. Stop for a period of time than
  starting up again
• Pyramid 6-12 week program. Began by taking small
  doses, building up to heavier use, and than
  cutting back down to smaller doses

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Problems

• Steroids make muscles grow but not the tendons
  and ligaments that connect them.
• Unnaturally big muscles put extra stress on the
  tendons and ligaments causing injury

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Side Effects

• Psychological effects in both sexes
• Aggressive behavior
• Drastic mood swings
• Depression

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Physical Side Effects

• The liver, cardiovascular and reproductive
  systems are most seriously affected by steroid
  use
• Signs of steroid use include
• quick muscle gains
• acne across the back

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• Long term use can lead to
• Heart Disease
• Liver Damage
• High Blood pressure
• Reduction in Kidney function
• Muscle Cramps
• Dehydration

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Males

• Shrinking of testicles
• Reduced sperm count
• baldness
• Risk of Prostate Cancer
• Natural production of testosterone levels drop
• Acne

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Females

• Increased facial hair growth
• Changes in Menstrual Cycle
• Deepening of the voice
• Eating Disorders

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Teens and Steroids

• 11 of boys 2.5 of girls admit to steroid use
• Teens who abuse steroids run the risk of stunting
  their growth
• When hormone levels reach a certain point the
  body thinks it has gone through puberty, so the
  bones get the message to stop growing

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• THE END