Drug Abuse

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Drug Abuse

• Senior Health - Bauberger

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Drugs used in 2012 by 12th graders
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Cocaine
Health Effects Health Effects
Acute Dilated pupils increased body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure nausea increased energy, alertness euphoria decreased appetite sleep. High doses Erratic and violent behavior, panic attacks
Long-term Addiction, restlessness, anxiety, irritability, paranoia, panic attacks, mood disturbances insomnia nasal damage and difficulty swallowing from snorting GI problems HIV
In combination with alcohol When combined, there is a greater risk of overdose and sudden death than either drug alone.
Withdrawal symptoms Depression, fatigue, increased appetite, insomnia or hypersomnia, vivid unpleasant dreams, psychomotor retardation or agitation 
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Methamphetamine
Health Effects Health Effects
Acute Enhanced  mood increased heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, energy and activity decreased appetite dry mouth increased sexuality jaw-clenching
Long-term Addiction, memory loss weight loss impaired cognition insomnia, anxiety, irritability, confusion, paranoia, aggression, mood disturbances, hallucinations, violent behavior liver, kidney, lung damage severe dental problems cardiac and neurological damage HIV, Hepatitis
Withdrawal symptoms Depression, anxiety, fatigue, and intense craving for the drug.
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Inhalants
Health Effects Health Effects
Acute Confusion nausea slurred speech lack of coordination euphoria dizziness drowsiness, lightheadedness, hallucinations/ delusions headaches suffocation convulsions/seizures hypoxia heart failure coma sudden death
Long-term Muscle spasms, tremors and possible permanent motor impairment liver/kidney damage.  Addiction - A minority inhale on a regular basis, but among those, some report symptoms of addiction
In combination with alcohol Increased risk of adverse cardiovascular effects.  Alcohol may increase the blood-vessel relaxant effect of organic nitrates and result in dangerously low blood pressure.
Withdrawal symptoms withdrawal syndrome (e.g., irritability, restlessness, insomnia, headaches, poor concentration) can occur with long-term inhalant abuse.
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Molly

• Street term for MDMA, a club drug
• Stimulant, other chemicals or substances
  (caffeine, amphetamines, PCP, or cocaine) are
  often added, purity is always unknown
• Can be fatal, especially when taken with alcohol
• Effects
• Confusion, anxiety, depression, paranoia, sleep
  problems, drug craving, muscle tension, tremors,
  involuntary teeth clenching, muscle cramps,
  nausea, faintness, chills, sweating, and blurred
  vision.
• High doses can interfere with the ability to
  regulate body temperature, resulting in a sharp
  increase in body temperature (hyperthermia),
  leading to liver, kidney and cardiovascular
  failure.
• Severe dehydration can result from the
  combination of the drug and the crowded/hot
  conditions in which the drug is often taken.

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Marijuana
Form your own opinion -Recreational vs
Medicinal -Synthetic Marijuana
Health Effects Health Effects
Acute Heightened sensory perception euphoria, followed by drowsiness impaired short-term memory, attention, judgment, coordination and balance increased heart rate increased appetite
Long-term Addiction About 9 of users about 1/6 of those who started using in their teens 25-50 of daily users. Mental disorders may be a causal factor in schizophreniform disorders (in those with a pre-existing vulnerability) is associated with depression and anxiety. Smoking related chronic cough bronchitis lung and upper airway cancers possible.
In combination with alcohol Magnified effect on blood pressure  amplified impairment of cognitive, psychomotor, and driving performance
Withdrawal symptoms Irritability, difficulty sleeping, strange nightmares, craving, and anxiety.
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Prescription Stimulants
Health Effects Health Effects
Acute Increased alertness, attention, energy irregular heartbeat, dangerously high body temperature, potential for CV failure or seizures.
Long-term High doses especially, or alternate routes of administration (e.g., snorting, injecting) can lead to anxiety, hostility, paranoia, psychosis addiction.
In combination with alcohol Masks the depressant action of alcohol, increasing risk of alcohol overdose. May increase blood pressure.
Withdrawal symptoms Depression, fatigue, increased appetite, insomnia or hypersomnia, vivid unpleasant dreams, psychomotor retardation or agitation 
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Prescription Sedatives
Health Effects Health Effects
Acute Drowsiness, relaxation overdose
Long-term Tolerance, physical dependence, addiction
In combination with alcohol Slows both heart rate and respiration, which can be fatal
Withdrawal symptoms Discontinuing prolonged use absent a physicians guidance can lead to serious withdrawal symptoms, including seizures. For barbiturates, abrupt cessation can be life-threatening.
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Prescription Opioids (Pain killers)
Health Effects Health Effects
Acute Pain relief, drowsiness, nausea, constipation, euphoriain some. When taken by routes other than as prescribed (e.g., snorted, injected), increased risk of depressed respiration, leading to coma, death. Highly addictive.
Long-term Tolerance, addiction
In combination with alcohol Dangerous slowing of heart rate and respiration, coma, or death
Withdrawal symptoms Restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps ("cold turkey"), and leg movements.
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Opioids (Heroin)
Health Effects Health Effects
Acute Euphoria warm flushing of skin dry mouth heavy feeling in extremities clouded thinking alternate wakeful and drowsy states itching nausea depressed respiration
Long-term Addiction physical dependence collapsed veins abscesses infection of heart lining and valves arthritis/other rheumatologic problems HIV Hepatitis C
In combination with alcohol Dangerous slowdown of heart rate and respiration, coma, or death
Withdrawal symptoms Restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps ("cold turkey"), and leg movements.
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Camden County heroin overdoses reported in
Gloucester City, Berlin, Stratford

• 3/11/14 NJ.com Police are investigating a
  single-day rash of heroin overdoses in the city.
  Authorities confirmed seven overdoses in Camden
  alone, all of which occurred on Tuesday. None
  were fatal there, but investigators are seeking
  the source of the heroin. "We are hoping this
  warning may alter the behavior of the addicted,
  or assist their loved ones with their
  intervention to prevent another senseless death,"
  Camden County Police Department Chief Scott
  Thomson said. Early emergency dispatch reports
  indicated there were a dozen 911 calls reporting
  heroin overdoses throughout Camden County early
  Tuesday evening.

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New Jersey Drug Epidemic

• 2 yr probe recently unveiled escalating epidemic
  in NJ
• 1/2 of the 843 drug-related deaths that occurred
  in NJ in 2010 were specifically due to
  prescription pills
• More Americans die each year due to prescription
  drug overdoses than to heroin and cocaine
  combined
• Corrupt doctors and medical facilities are the
  trigger to the epidemic
• North Jersey.com
• http//www.northjersey.com/specialreports/heroin_b
  ergen_paterson_drugs_2013.htmlooid5vZWtmYjqsdVqU
  ypmfN7Zc8cBMPHUuk_

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New Jersey Drug Epidemic

• Chain Reaction

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New Jersey Drug Epidemic

• In 2010, enough painkillers were prescribed in
  New Jersey to medicate all 9 million state
  residents around the clock for a month, according
  to the CDC
• Drug overdoses now outnumber automobile accidents
  as the leading cause of death in NJ
• What is being done???

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New Jersey Drug Epidemic

• What can you do?
• Only used prescription medications AS INSTRUCTED
• NEVER take a medication that wasnt specifically
  prescribed for YOU
• If you see something, SAY something spread the
  word
• Medicine does not mean Safe

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No Heroin in Heaven

• http//noheroininheaven.com/
• http//www.wsbtv.com/videos/news/study-soaring-num
  ber-of-local-youth-dying-from/vCQzzL/