DRUG ABUSE

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DRUG ABUSE

• Medicines and Drugs

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Types of Medicines

• Medicines to prevent disease vaccines
• Medicines to fight
• infection antibiotics
• Medicines to relieve pain
• Other medicines

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How Medicines Enter The Body

• Ingestion medicine in the form of pills,
  tablets, capsules, and liquids
• Injection goes directly into the blood
• Inhalation inhaled or breathed in
• Absorption creams or ointments applied to skin

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Drug Misuse

• Using a drug without following the directions
• Combining medicines without a physicians advice
• Taking more of a drug than the doctor ordered
• Using a drug prescribed for someone else
• Giving your prescription to someone else
• Using a drug for longer than a physician advises

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Drug Abuse

• Using any illegal drug
• Using a medicine when you do not need it
• Taking a substance that was not meant to enter
  the body
• Using a drug for purposes other than a medical
  treatment
• Faking health problems to obtain or renew a
  prescription

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Medicine Safety In The Home

• Store medicines in a cool dry place
• Use childproof containers and out of reach of
  children
• Do not share prescription medicines
• Do not use OTC for more than ten days
• Get doctors approval prior to combining medicines
• Know what medicines are in your home
• Do not keep expired medicines
• Safely dispose of expired medicines

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Drug Abuse

• Narcotics, Stimulants, and Depressants

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Drug abuse - terms

• Addiction physical or psychological need for a
  drug
• Psychological dependence an addiction in which
  the mind sends the body a message that it needs
  more of a drug
• Physical dependence addiction in which the body
  itself feels a direct need for a drug

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Alcohol

• A drug created by a chemical reaction in some
  foods, especially fruits and grains.
• Affects a person mentally, physically,
  emotionally, and socially.

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Dangers of Alcohol Use

• Alcohol is a depressant a drug that can slow
  down the activity of the brain and nervous
  system.
• Poor judgment and decision making, losing
  friends, failing grades, addiction, loss of
  control of motor skills, long term use result
  in illness, disease, or death

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How Alcohol Affects Individuals
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How Alcohol Harms The Body

• Brain Immediate effects (IE) Impaired
  judgment, reasoning, memory, and concentration
  slowed reaction time, decreased coordination
  slurred speech distorted vision and hearing
  reduced inhibitions alcohol poisoning, causing
  unconsciousness and even death. Long-term
  effects (LT) Brain cell destruction,
  nervous-system disorders, and memory loss.
• Heart IE Increased heart rate. LT Irregular
  heart beat, heart-muscle damage
• Liver IE Process of the liver, which filters
  out over 90 of the alcohol in the body, may
  become unbalanced. LT Scarring and destruction
  of liver tissue and liver cancer, which both
  cause death.

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How Alcohol Harms The Body

• Kidneys IE Increased urination, which can
  result in dehydration, headache, and dizziness.
  LT Kidney failure resulting from high blood
  pressure.
• Blood Vessels IE Widened blood vessels,
  creating a false sense of warmth. LT High blood
  pressure, stroke.
• Stomach IE Vomiting, which can lead to choking
  and death. LT Ulcers (open sores) in the
  stomach lining stomach cancer.

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Cirrhosis

• Liver disease caused by a long time abuse of
  alcohol

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

• Alcohol travels through the mothers bloodstream
  to the umbilical cord, the tube that brings blood
  and oxygen to the unborn baby. This can cause
  fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). An FAS baby may
  have birth defects such as a small head, small
  brain, and develop major speech and learning
  problems as they grow

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Alcohol Abuse

• Using alcohol in ways that are unhealthy,
  illegal, or both
• Drink to deal with their problems provides a
  sense of feeling better or because they feel
  insecure
• Abuse can lead to alcoholism a disease in which
  a person has a physical and psychological need
  for alcohol
• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)

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Percent of 1217 Year-Olds Reporting Drug Use,
2003
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Percent of Students Reporting Drug Use, 19992003
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Narcotics

• Specific drugs that are obtainable only by
  prescription and are used to relieve pain
• Morphine and codeine

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Narcotics

• Heroin illegal narcotic made from morphine
• Highly addictive
• Depresses the central nervous system
• Lead to coma or death
• Sharing of dirty needles will increase the users
  risk of contracting HIV or hepatitis

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Stimulants

• Substances that speed up the bodys functions
• Heart rate and breathing rate increases
• Raise in blood pressure
• Caffeine is a mild stimulant found in cocoa,
  coffee, tea and many soft drinks
• Nicotine is the stimulant found in tobacco

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Types of Stimulants
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Depressants

• Substances that slow down the bodys functions
  and reactions
• Known as sedatives
• Slow down heart rate, lower blood pressure and
  reduce breathing
• Prescribed for the relief of anxiety, tension,
  nervousness, and sleeplessness
• Alcohol is a powerful depressant

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Types of Depressants
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Medicines and Drug Abuse

• Marijuana and Other Illegal Drugs

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Street Drugs

• Drugs made or sold without following strict
  government regulations
• Include illegally made, packaged, or sold legal
  drugs (i.e. amphetamines)
• Purity and content of drug is unknown result in
  poisoning and dying of an overdose

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Marijuana

• Active chemical is THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)
• Street name pot, grass, weed, joint, and herb
• Reduces memory, reaction time, and coordination,
  and impairs judgment
• Reduces initiative and ambition

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Marijuana

• Increases heart rate and appetite and lowers body
  temperature
• Damages heart and lungs
• Interferes with normal body development in teens
  by changing hormone levels
• May cause addiction

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Hallucinogens

• Drugs that distort moods, thoughts, and senses
• Physical effects increased heart rate and blood
  pressure and lack of muscle coordination
• Causes a decreased sensitivity to pain

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Effects of Hallucinogens
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Inhalants

• Any substance whose fumes are sniffed and inhaled
  to produce mind-altering sensations
• Spray paint, cleaning fluid, lighter fluid hair
  spray, nail polish remover, and other harmful
  substances

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Inhalants

• Fumes go directly to the brain
• Cause headache, nausea, vomiting, and loss of
  coordination
• Can result in sudden death
• Physical dependence

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Club Drugs

• Other terms designer drugs and look-alike drugs
• Designer drugs synthetic version of a natural
  drug
• Look-alike resemble and are passed off as
  another drug
• Colorless, tasteless, and orderless

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Club Drugs

• Drug slipping drugs are placed in someones
  food or beverage without their knowledge
• Commonly used club drugs ectasy, GHB, Rohypnol,
  and ketamine

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Club Drugs
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Anabolic Steroids

• Bulk up muscle
• 100 different types
• Taken orally, injected intramuscularly, or used
  as a cream or gel
• Effects acne, mood swings, nausea, liver
  damage, brain cancers, shorter adult height when
  used by children and teens
• Street or slang terms arnolds, gym candy,
  juice, pumpers, stackers, and weight trainers

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Staying Drug Free

• Reasons to be drug free
• Not breaking the law
• Make wiser decisions
• Better control of feelings and actions
• Will not waste money
• Better relationships
• Better concentration and memory
• You will be able to succeed

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Getting Help

• Detox units part of a hospital or other
  treatment center. Addicts remain under a
  doctors care
• Inpatient treatment centers stay for a month or
  more
• Outpatient treatment for a few hours each day