DRUGS

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DRUGS

• EWHS
• Health

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Drugs as Medicines

• Over the Counter OTC need the right one, do not
  overuse, maybe masking serious illness
• Prescription dangerous/easily abused misused,
  based on body weight, age etc.
• Purpose prevent disease, aid in curing, relieve
  symptoms, bring wanted effects
• Drug Synergy-Interaction of 2 drugs that when
  combined bring wanted effects.
• Antagonist Drug-effect of one medicine is
  canceled or reduced when taken with another
  medicine.

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Matching

• Match the titles with the basic definition
• 6 categories
• Examples
• Hallucinogens 4
• Narcotics 3
• Stimulants 6
• Depressants 5

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STIMULANTS

• INCREASES THE RATE OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
  (CNS), THE HEART AND OTHER ORGANS

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DEPRESSANTS

• SLOWS DOWN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, HEART AND
  OTHER ORGANS

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NARCOTICS

• Derived from opium planthas a sedative effect.

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HALLUCINOGENS

• Alter moods, thoughts and sense or perceptions
  including vision, hearing, and touch

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INHALENTS

• Goes immediately to the brain, causing damage and
  killing brain cells
• Can cause sudden death by increasing heart rate,
  resulting in cardiac arrest, or it can cause
  death by suffocation

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STERIODS

• Synthetic substances similar to the male sex
  hormone testosterone
• Causes mood swings, paranoia, depression, acne,
  sterility, liver cancer, aggression
• Males Testicles shrink, breasts enlarge
• Females Breasts shrink, increase facial and
  chest hair

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EXAMPLES - STIMULANTS

• Cocaine/Crack - addictive, restlessness,
  irritability, anxiety, loss of appetite,
  insomnia, increased body temperature
• Amphetamine - used in prescription drugs to
  reduce fatigue and suppress appetite, diet pills,
  twitching, irregular heartbeat, heart and blood
  vessel damage
• Methamphetamine - addictive, club drug,
  aggression/crime, sores, damage to brain cells,
  never can achieve initial high
• Ritalin - calms down people with ADHD or ADD
• Caffeine
• Nicotine - more addictive than heroin

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EXAMPLES - DEPRESSANTS

• Tranquilizers (reduce muscular activity,
  coordination and attention spanprescribed to
  relieve anxiety and muscle spasmswithdrawal
  symptoms can cause death)
• Barbiturates (mood changes, sleeping more, coma)
• Alcohol
• GHB (date rape drug, floor stripperno memory)
• Rohypnol (roofiesdate rape drugnow in a blue
  pill)

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EXAMPLES - NARCOTICS

• Morphine (used for painblocks pain receptors,
  sedative effect, constipation, slow and shallow
  breathing, addictive)
• Codeine (ingredient in cough syrups, similar
  effects as morphine)
• Heroin - addictive, derived from poppy plant,
  slow and slurred speech, constipation,
  respiratory depression, dry and itchy skin,
  overdose (would need to consume 1 gal of poppy
  seeds to show up on drug test)

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EXAMPLES - HALLUCINOGENS

• PCP - Angel Dust, cigarettes or a joint dipped
  in formaldehyde, violence, inability to feel pain
  (overdose or accidents)
• LSD - Acid, some dont come out of high, wires
  in brain crossed, paranoia, distorted perceptions
  of sound and color, flashbacks
• Ecstasy - hallucinogenic effectclinching
  hyperthermiastudies show a connection with early
  Alzheimer'svoids in the brain
• Ketamine - Special K, horse tranquilizer, used
  with animals for anesthetic, respiratory failure

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MARIJUANA/HASHISH

• Marijuana
• - raises levels of brain chemicals called
  dopamine
• (causes a pleasure feeling)
• - when drug wears off a crash occurs (normal
  state
• begins to declinecreating a need for the
  drug)
• - contains more cancer causing agents then
  tobacco
• - weakens immune system
• - impaired memory, reaction time and
  coordination
• - decreased ambition
• - heart and lung damage, lung cancer
• - infertility in females and lowered sperm count
  in
• males
• - stronger than marijuana in the 1970s
• - current studies showing connection to mental
  illness
• Hash A stronger form of marijuana

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Reflection on Addictions

• In journal reflect on the following (relevance,
  insightful, useful, would you recommend)
• HBO documentary
• Which Brain do you Want?
• Truth or Dare Tobacco
• Tom Jerry
• Organ Lady