There are 4 common abused illegal drugs.

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Common Illegal Drugs

• There are 4 common abused illegal drugs.

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1. Marijuana
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Marijuana, Hashish

• How is it used? Smoked or mixed in food and
  eaten
• Immediate effects relaxation, feelings of well
  being, distortion of time and distance, loss of
  short-term memory, loss of balance and
  coordination, increased appetite
• Long term effects frequent respiratory
  infections, impaired learning and memory, panic
  attacks

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2. Inhalants
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Inhalants

• How are they used? Inhaled
• Immediate effects stimulation, loss of
  inhibitions, dizziness, loss of coordination,
  nausea and vomiting, headache
• Long term effects heart attack, liver damage,
  kidney damage, brain damage, coma, death.

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3. Club (designer) Drugs
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Ecstasy

• How is it used? It is swallowed or snorted
• Immediate effects increased awareness of
  senses, mild hallucinations, increased energy,
  loss of judgment
• Long term effects impaired learning and memory,
  hyperthermia, rapid or irregular heart beat,
  heart attack, death

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GHB, Ketamine, Rohypnol

• Date rape drugs
• See handout from the relationship unit Dating

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PCP

• How is it used? Injected, snorted, smoked
• Immediate effects confusion, distortions of
  reality, numbness
• Long term effects loss of memory, loss of
  muscle control, dangerously slowed breathing

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4. Anabolic Steroids
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Anabolic Steroids

• How is it used? Swallowed or injected
• Immediate effects No intoxication effects
• Long term effects Increased aggression,
  shrinking of testes, infertility, growth of
  breasts in men, growth of facial hair in women,
  deepening of voice in women, liver
  rupture/cancer, heart damage/attack