Club Drugs

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Club Drugs

• Cocaine
• Methamphetamines
• Ecstasy
• LSD
• Ketamine
• GHB
• Marijuana

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Club Drugs Risks in General

• Overdosing, becoming addicted, legal issues,
  permanent health issues
• The Power of Choice
• Consider the situations Club Drugs are used in

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Cocaine

• Comes from the coca plant
• Found in the mountains of Peru and Columbia
• Street Names
• Coke, Snow, Nose Candy, Dust, White Lady, Toot,
  Llello
• Mechanism of Action
• Inhibits Synaptic Reuptake of Dopamine and
  Norepinephrine
• EXTREMELY ADDICTING
• Side Effects
• Pupil dilation, increased heart rate, increased
  respiratory rate, increased sweating, fever,
  highly addictive
• Overdose Signs
• Agitation, hostility, hallucinations,
  convulsions, hyperthermia, stroke, heart attack

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Effects of Cocaine On The Heart
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Cocaine
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Methamphetamines
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Methamphetamines

• Street names meth, crystal meth, speed, ice,
  crank, tweek, glass, uppers, tweeking
• What is Meth
• Stimulant made from common house hold chemicals
• Usually smoked
• Becoming an epidemic in certain states.
• Regulations on cold medication purchases
• Side effects
• Paranoia, auditory and visual hallucinations,
  self-absorption, irritability, aggressive and
  erratic behavior
• FORMICATION
• Picking at the skin
• Overdose effects
• Hyperthermia, heart attack, psychosis

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Ecstasy(MDMA)

• What is ecstasy?
• The actual chemical in ecstasy is MDMA. MDMA is
  a synthetic chemical that was originally produced
  in 1912 by Merck in the hope that it could treat
  psychiatric disorders.
• Purity Issues
• In general the demand for MDMA exceeds the
  supply, this allows unscrupulous individuals to
  pass off virtually anything as ecstasy
• Because of this, unless youre a chemist, youll
  never know what is in any particular batch of
  ecstasy

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Ecstasy

• Street names
• MDMA, ecstasy, X, XTC, E, M, adam, bean
• Side Effects
• Overheating, vomiting, jaw-clenching,
  eye-twitching, dizziness, blackouts,
• Overdoses
• -Coma, death, induction of clinical depression

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Ecstasy The Crash

• What is The Crash
• -The Crash is a general term used to describe
  the effects of ecstasy in the days following use.
  
• -Many users report depression, fatigue, malaise,
  and a desire to end these feelings
• -Unfortunately, The Crash leads to desires to
  retake the drug, and some users have become
  addicted to heroin to lessen these effects.

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LSD

• Lysergic acid Diethylamide, accidentally
  synthesized in 1943 in Europe
• Street names
• Acid, cid, L, blotter, tabs, LAD, doses, trips,
  microdots
• Side Effects
• Dilated pupils, high temp, rapid heartbeat,
  increased blood pressure, sweating, tremors,
  sleeplessness, appetite loss, decreased mental
  capacity, persistent hallucinations
• Long Term Side Effects
• Long-term psychoses such as schizophrenia or
  other such types of problems, flashbacks, and
  clinical depression
• Psychedelic Mushrooms
• In midwest, most schrooms are normal edible
  mushrooms laced with LSD

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LSD Bad Trips

• Clips from an LSD users experience, he titled
  it Why I'm Never Touching LSD again
• I have had near death experiences before and this
  was exactly the same as the others. I existed in
  everything simultaneously yet I did not exist
  myself. I could only experience, I could not act.
  
• I remember one thought going through my head
  continuously 'I am the biggest lunatic alive.
  People will charge admission to see me. My
  parents will feel I am a disgrace and disown me.
  All because I know the meaning of it all but
  cannot explain it.'
• My brain was in a hell, and I couldnt get out.
  All I could think about was this experience
  ending, and that if it didnt, Id rather be
  dead.
• For example, people under the influence of LSD
  jumping to their deaths off high buildings
  thinking they could fly.

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Ketamine

• What is Ketamine
• Animal tranquilizer
• Dissociative anesthetic sometimes used in humans
• Street Names
• Special K, Lady K, K, Vitamin K
• Side-effects
• Tachycardia, dry mouth, nervousness, depressed
• breathing
• Both physically and psychologically addicting
• Nausea vomiting after use.
• Long term use
• Permanent brain damage
• Vision problems
• Paranoia, hallucinations

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GHB(Date Rape Drug)

• What is GHB?
• GHB is a chemical used by athletes to supplement
  steroid use, to sedate the user similarly to a
  heavy dose of alcohol, and, more notoriously, to
  date rape unsuspecting individuals
• Side Effects
• Since it is tasteless in liquid, it is nearly
  impossible to be sure of the dose taken or given,
  thus lending the drug to overdoses
• Dizziness, difficulty focusing the eyes, mood
  changes, hyper activity, loss of motor control,
  loss of inhibitions, slurring of speech, nausea,
  and grogginess.

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GHB(Date Rape Drug)

• Overdosing
• The primary problem the difference between a
  safe dose and a lethal dose is very small.
  Users, knowingly or unknowingly often do not know
  the dose they are taking, or even what a lethal
  dose would be for themselves
• Overdose effects
• Users may experience coma, convulsions, vomiting,
  and depressed breathing all leading to death.

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Marijuana

• What Is Marijuana
• Leafy plant that grows in the tropics and
  temperate climates
• Main method of ingestion is through smoking
• Active ingredient is d -9-tetrahydrocannabinol
• Side Affects
• Paranoia, dry mouth, respiratory problems,
  nervousness, racing heart (tachycardia),
  increaser blood pressure (hypertension),
  tiredness, impaired memory, confusion
• Has been linked to neuroses and psychoses, severe
  memory storage problems
• Long term use Increased lung infections,
  decreased lung capacity, lung cancer, emphysema,
• Street Names
• Mary Jane, weed, hash, grass, reefer, pot, dope

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Marijuana
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Marijuana

• MARIJUANA HAS KILLED PEOPLE IN THE PAST
• 54 y/o, History of Cardiovascular Disease
• 14 y/o, History of Asthma

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Commonly Abused Drugs

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