Substance abuse

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Substance abuse
How to use this resource

• This PowerPoint show is designed to help you to
  understand substance abuse.
• As you click your way through the slideshow you
  will have to access different resources or other
  parts of the show which will discuss specific
  issues
• Each section will also have links to the
  Internet, where more in-depth help and
  information can be found

• What is it?
• Why do people do it?
• How do they deal with it?

• If a button like this one appears
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  it now

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What is Substance abuse?
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• First of all
• What do we mean by Substance?

Amphetamines
LSD
Tobacco
Alcohol
Inhalants (solvents)
Crack
Well look closer at these four
Barbiturates
Methamphetamine
Heroin
PCP
Cocaine
Magic Mushrooms
Ecstasy
Steroids (Anabolic)
Marijuana (Cannabis)
See http//www.fremontcounty.org/addictive.htm
for more information on each drug
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Substance abuse Index
To make good use of this resource you should dip
into whichever of the pages opposite takes your
fancy and then visit each of the web sites listed
on that page. Alternatively, you can visit each
page in turn. A home button can be clicked to
return to this page Each subject page (e.g.
Alcohol) contains three quotes from the web pages
far more help and information can be found by
visiting the web page itself. There are quizzes
throughout, to test your new knowledge
Alcohol
Cannabis
Ecstasy
Solvents
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Alcohol
Alcohol is a depressant that can effect people
in a huge variety of ways - some folk are
pleasantly relaxed by the drug, others lose their
inhibitions completely while for the less
fortunate it can turn them into mumbling,
dribbling bores or crazed psychotic nutters.
From this site downloaded
03/09/06 http//www.urban75.com/Drugs/alcohol.htm
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Some people regularly drink too much or are
unable to stop drinking. This can cause problems
for them or for other people. From this
site http//www.lifebytes.gov.uk/alcohol/alc_drin
k.html Check out the other pages here and the
games downloaded 03/09/06
Alcohol is used in many social environments. It
changes the way we feel, can reduce inhibition
and can help us to feel less anxious (or more
confident) around other people. Drinking is often
associated with enjoyment and celebration, but we
also use it when we feel worried or unhappy, to
blank-out feelings we would prefer not to
experience. From this site http//www.brookes.ac
.uk/health/libra/another.html! downloaded
03/09/06
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Cannabis
When smoked, the effects (of Cannabis) are
usually felt fairly quickly with people feeling
more relaxed, happy and generally laid back.
Strong cannabis can also lead to pointless
giggling, loss of inhibitions and an enhanced
appreciation of music and colours.Another from
this site downloaded 03/09/06 http//www.urban7
5.com/Drugs/drugdope.html

• GAME on http//www.talktofrank.com/dopedash/index
  .html
• What are the Stoners doing out in daylight?
• How did they get the motivation to get off the
  sofa?
• None of that matters right now.
• Just avoid the Stoners or youll get stoned
  yourself
• The game gives you a little information about
  Cannabis and what smoking it might do to you
  downloaded 03/09/06

Marijuana, draw, blow, weed, puff, shit,
hashish, hash, ganja, skunk, spliff, wacky
backy. From this site downloaded
03/09/06 http//www.lifebytes.gov.uk/drugs/drugs_
facts_can.html
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Ecstasy
Many medical experts believe that low levels are
associated with depression. The chemical is
produced by one neuron and released into the
synapses, transmitting information to another
neuron before being absorbed back into the first
in a process known as reuptake. From this site
downloaded 05/09/06 http//www.urban75.com/Drugs
/e_guide.html

• People generally don't die DIRECTLY from the
  toxic effects of ecstasy and the reason such
  deaths do occur is not yet fully known. What we
  do know is that 'ecstasy-related' deaths tend to
  fall into three categories
• heat-stroke,
• excessive amounts of fluid,
• heart failure.
  From this site
  downloaded 05/09/06
  
• http//www.drugscope.org.uk/DS20Media20Project/m
  edia_ecstasy.htm

'Ecstasy' is the common name for the drug MDMA
(3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine). From this
site downloaded 06/09/06 http//www.release.org
.uk/html/drug_menu/ecstasy.php
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Solvents
When people think of solvent abuse, the first
thoughts are usually about glue sniffing, however
abusers do not just sniff glue From this site
downloaded 13/09/06 http//www.bbc.co.uk/crime/d
rugs/solventabuse.shtml
More than one person a week dies from volatile
solvent abuse From this site http//www.thesite.
org/drinkanddrugs/drugsafety/usingdrugs/solventabu
se downloaded 13/09/06
Solvents are sometimes directly inhaled but are
also sometimes sniffed from inside a plastic or
paper bag or put on a rag before sniffing. From
this site downloaded 13/09/06
http//tinyurl.com/klkgq
During this session we have only been able to
touch on some of the issues surrounding substance
abuse. However, we just have a little time to
take a look at PEER PRESSURE (something very
important in these matters) and WHERE TO SEEK
HELP for yourself or for the friend you are
worried about gtgtgtgt
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Peer Pressure?
No matter how old we are, we all have to put up
with peer pressure you may hear of people
keeping up with the Joneses. The drinking of
alcohol and taking (smoking, sniffing etc.) of
other drugs or stimulants is often just the same.
See this site for more information downloaded
13/09/06 http//www.thesite.org/drinkanddrugs/dr
ugsafety/usingdrugs/peerpressure
http//www.kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/friend/peer_
pressure.html
http//www.reachout.com.au/default.asp?ti274
The difference between good peer pressure and
bad peer pressure can be summed up with a simple
comparison - when it is good, you are a member of
the crowd when it is bad, you are part of a
mob. downloaded 13/09/06 http//tinyurl.com/ka
b4q
Peer pressure neednt be a bad thing, but you do
need to try and remain true to your own beliefs
and look out for your own safety
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How do we get help?
http//www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/27000778/ For
help with solvent abuse http//www.patient.co.uk/
showdoc/26739004/ For help with drug abuse
http//www.talktofrank.com/ Click the Getting
Help link and add your Postcode for details of
help local to you
Other useful sites
http//www.emedicinehealth.com/substance_abuse/art
icle_em.htm
http//www.drugscope.org.uk/
http//www.drugscope.org.uk/
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