Drugs

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Drugs
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Tobacco

• Tobacco A tall, leafy annual plant originally
  grown in South and Central America.
• Nicotine A stimulant that is naturally found in
  the tobacco leaves. (Main ingredient in
  cigarettes) It is highly addictive and is the
  main reason that people continue to smoke (to
  avoid the withdrawal symptoms)
• Stimulant a drug that increases the action of
  the central nervous system, the heart rate, and
  other organs.
• Carcinogen a cancer causing substance.
• Tar a thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when
  tobacco burns.
• Carbon Monoxide a colorless, odorless, poisonous
  gas.
• Smokeless tobacco tobacco that is sniffed
  through the nose, held in the mouth, or chewed.
• Leukoplakia thickened white, leathery spots on
  the inside of the mouth that can develop into
  oral cancer.

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• Tobacco can be burned and inhaled in the form of
  cigarettes, cigars, pipes, ect. It can also be
  absorbed through the form of spit tobacco, chew,
  or snuff.
• New users may experience coughing, a dry,
  irritated throat, nausea, weakness, abdominal
  cramps, headache, and coughing/ gagging. This
  goes away once the smoker builds a tolerance for
  tobacco. Smokers start smoking because they feel
  that they can quit whenever they want.
• Smoking is the 1 cause of preventable disease
  and death in the United States.
• Second-hand smoke is toxic and considered a Group
  A carcinogen (most dangerous).
• Cigarettes contain 43 known carcinogens ,
  including cyanide, formaldehyde, arsenic, and
  poisonous chemicals used in insecticides, paint,
  toilet cleaners, anti-freeze, and explosives.

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• Short Term Effects
  
• Increased Heart rate
• Damage to respiratory system
• Chronic cough
• Increased blood pressure
• Reduces the amt. of oxygen the blood can carry
• Bad breath
• Yellow and brown stains on your teeth
• Dull taste buds/ decrease in appetite.
• Changes in brain chemistry.

• Long Term Effects
• Emphysema
• Chronic Bronchitis
• Coronary heart disease
• Stroke
• Cancer in the
• Lungs
• Larynx
• Esophagus
• Mouth
• Bladder
• Cervix
• Pancreas
• Kidney

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Benefits of quitting..
Vocabulary..

• 20 min blood pressure and pulse rates drop and
  body temp. in limbs goes back to normal.
• 8 hours oxygen levels return to normal.
• 24 hours the chance of heart attack begins to
  decrease.
• 48 hours nerve endings begin to regrow
• 3 days breathing becomes easier as lung capacity
  increases.
• 2 weeks-3months lungs function up to 30 better.
• 1-9 months lung cilia regrows
• 1 year risk of coronary heart disease is cut in
  half.
• 5 years The risk of cancer is reduced by 50.

• Nicotine Substitute a product that delivers
  small amts. of nicotine into the users system
  while he or she is trying to give up the tobacco
  habit.
• Ex. Nicotine patch or the nicotine gum.
• Environmental Tobacco Smoke air that has been
  contaminated by tobacco smoke.
• Mainstream Smoke the smoke exhaled from the
  lungs of a smoker.
• Sidestream Smoke the smoke from the burning end
  of a cigarette.

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Things To Remember

• Stimulant
• Leukoplakia
• Carcinogen
• Tar
• Mainstream Smoke
• Side-stream Smoke
• Addictive Drug
• Emphysema
• Carbon Monoxide

• Nicotine
• Nicotine Withdrawal
• Passive Smoke
• Smokeless Tobacco

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Alcohol

• Ethanol the type of alcohol in alcoholic
  beverages. It can be produced synthetically and
  naturally through --
• Fermentation the chemical action of yeast on
  sugars.
• Depressant a drug that slows down the central
  nervous system.
• Intoxication the stat in which the body is
  poisoned by alcohol or another substance and the
  persons physical and mental control is
  significantly reduced.
• Alcohol abuse the excessive use of alcohol.
• Factors That Influence Alcohol Use
• Peer pressure the use of alcohol to feel
  accepted into a group.
• Family Parental disapproval is the 1 reason
  teens say no.
• Media Messages the media makes alcohol appear
  exciting, attractive, and fun.

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• If you are under 21 it is illegal for you to
  buy, posses, or drink alcohol in the United
  States.
• Metabolism the process by which the body breaks
  down substances. the liver metabolizes the
  alcohol in the bloodstream to make it less
  active.
• Taking medication while intoxicated can result in
  a multiplier effect, in which the medication has
  a greater and/or different effect than if it were
  taken alone.
• Alcohol may slow down a drugs absorption by the
  body, which increases the amount of time the
  alcohol or drug is in the body.
• Frequent drinking can increase the number of
  metabolizing enzymes, causing medications to
  break down faster and not work as well.
• Metabolizing agents can change some medicines
  into chemicals that can damage the liver and
  other organs.

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• Binge Drinking Drinking 5 or more alcoholic
  drinks at one sitting. Most popular among teens
  and can lead to
• Alcohol Poisoning a severe and potentially fatal
  physical reaction to an alcohol over dose.
• Mental confusion, stupor, coma, inability to be
  roused, vomiting, and seizures.
• Slow respiration.
• Irregular heart beat.
• Hypothermia, or low body temperature.
• Severe dehydration from vomiting.
• Death

Blood alcohol Concentration the amount of
alcohol in a persons blood, expressed as a
percent.
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• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome a group of
  alcohol-related defects that include physical and
  mental problems.
• The baby may be born with a small head and/or
  deformities of the face, hands, or feet
• Heart, liver, and kidney defect and vision and
  hearing problems.
• Difficulty growing and learning, attention,
  memory, and problem solving.
• Leading known cause of mental retardation.
• Alcoholism a disease in which a person has a
  physical or psychological dependence on drinks
  that contain alcohol.
• Alcoholic an addict who is dependent on alcohol.
  
• Craving has a compulsive or strong need to
  drink.
• Loss of control Cannot limit their drinking.
• Physical dependence experiences withdrawal
  symptoms (nausea, headache, anxiety, ect.)
• Tolerance Needs increasingly greater amts to
  feel the same effect.
• May display harmful behaviors.

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Stages of Alcoholism

• Stage One Abuse- It starts out as casually
  drinking to relax but over time, a physical and
  psychological dependence on alcohol to manage
  stress develops.
• Stage Two Dependence- The person reaches a point
  where he/she cannot stop drinking and is
  physically dependent on the drug.
• Stage Three Addiction- Drinking is the most
  important thing in the persons life.
• Recovery The process of learning to live an
  alcohol-free life.
• Sobriety Living without alcohol.

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Long Term Effects
Short Term Effects

• Addiction inability to stop drinking.
• Loss of brain functions
• Brain damage, destroys brain cells
• Enlarged heart due to increased work load.
• High blood pressure
• Fatty liver fat builds up in the liver and can
  no longer be broken down.
• Alcoholic Hepatitis inflammation or infection of
  the liver.
• Cirrhosis liver tissue is replaced with useless
  scar tissue.
• Digestive lining is damaged.

• Brain becomes less able to control the bodys
  movement, speech, and vision.
• Judgment is altered.
• Increase in heart rate and blood pressure at
  lower intakes but decreases at higher intakes.
• Body temp drops.
• Nausea and vomiting
• Inflammation and scarring in the liver may occur.
• You urinate more often which can lead to
  dehydration.
• Breathing may slow, become irregular, or stop.

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Things To Remember

• Binge Drinking
• Fatty Liver
• Alcoholism
• Delirium Tremens
• B.A.C
• Fermentation
• Intoxication

• Designated Drivers
• Cirrhosis
• Alcohol Poisoning
• Oxidized
• Hepatitis
• F.A.S
• Hypothermia

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Medicine and Vocab

• Medicine Drugs that are used to treat or prevent
  disease or other conditions.
• Drugs substances other that food that change the
  structure or function of the body or mind.
• Medicines that prevent disease
• Vaccine a preparation introduced into the body
  to stimulate an immune response.
• Medicines that fight pathogens
• Antibiotics a class of chemical agents that
  destroy disease causing microorganisms while
  leaving the patient unharmed.
• Another type are antiviral and antifungal which
  help to treat some types of virus and fungus that
  antibiotics can not cure.

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• Medicines that relieve pain the most common are
  analgesics (pain relievers). They range from mild
  (aspirin) to strong opium based morphine and
  codeine.
• Medicines that promote health
• Allergy medications
• Body regulating medicines
• Anti-depressant and antipsychotic medicines
• Cancer treatment medicines.
• Sides effects reactions to medicine other than
  the one intended.
• Additive interaction when medicines work
  together in a positive way.
• Synergistic effect interaction of two or more
  medicines that results in a greater effect than
  when the medicines are taken alone.

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• Antagonistic interaction occurs when the effect
  of one medicine is canceled or reduced when taken
  with another.
• Medicine misuse
• Giving a prescription medicine to a person for
  whom it was not prescribed to or taking another
  persons medicine.
• Taking too much or too little of a medicine.
• Discontinuing use of a medicine without informing
  the health care professional
• Mixing medicines.
• Substance Abuse any unnecessary or improper use
  of chemical substances for non medical purposes.
• Illegal drugs chemical substances that people of
  any age may not lawfully manufacture, posses,
  buy, or sell.
• Illicit drug use the use or sale of any
  substance that is illegal or otherwise not
  permitted.

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• Factors that influence decisions about drugs
• Peer pressure
• Family member who do drugs
• Role models
• Media messages
• Perceptions
• Overdose a strong, sometimes fatal reaction to
  taking a large amount of a drug.
• The addiction Cycle
• Tolerance the user needs more and more of the
  drug to feel the same effect.
• Psychological dependence a condition in which a
  person believes that a drug is needed in order to
  feel good or to function normally.
• Physiological dependence a condition in which
  the user has a chemical need for the drug.
• Addiction a physiological or psychological
  dependence on a drug.

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Marijuana

• Marijuana a plant whose leaves, buds, and
  flowers are usually smoked for their intoxicating
  effects.

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• Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug
  and is also known as weed, pot, mary jane,
  chronic, grass, dope, herb, and many others.
• Marijuana is a gateway drugs and studies have
  shown that those who use marijuana are 17 times
  more likely to do cocaine that those who do not
  use marijuana.
• Marijuana is from the cannabis plant and its main
  ingredient is THC.
• It can be smoked several different ways. Most
  commonly out of a bong, bowl, joint, blunt, or
  hitter.
• Reaction time for motor skills, such as driving,
  is reduced by 41 after the first joint.

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• Short term effects
• Brain
• Problems with memory and learning, distorted
  perception, difficulty in thinking and problem
  solving, loss of coordination, and increased
  heart rate.
• Lungs
• Burning and stinging of the mouth and throat
  sometimes accompanied by a heavy cough.
• Other
• Bloodshot eyes, dry mouth, increased appetite,
  distorted sense of time, females have increased
  testosterone levels and risk of infertility, and
  men have lower sperm count and testosterone
  levels.

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• Long term effects
• Respiratory System
• Chronic bronchitis, Pneumonia, increased risk of
  lung/ oral cancer, more frequent chest colds,
  phlegm production, and daily cough.
• Reproductive System
• Using marijuana during pregnancy may result in
  pre-mature babies and low birth rate.
• Men and women may have lower rates of fertility.
• Other
• Risk of heart-attack quadruples within the first
  hour of marijuana.
• Decreased motivation.

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Inhalants

• Inhalants substances whose fumes are sniffed and
  inhaled to achieve a mind-altering effect.
• Different types violent solvents, aerosols,
  gases, and nitrites.

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• Inhalants go straight to the brain, killing brain
  cells that will never be replaced.
• They can be considered poisons and due to the
  fact that they were never designed to enter the
  body, they can cause permanent brain and central
  nervous system damage.
• Inhalants depress the nervous system and gives
  the user a glassy stare, slurred speech, and
  impaired judgment
• The effects of an inhalant usually last only a
  few minutes.
• Users will often pro-long the effects by
  breathing in inhalants repeatedly, making the
  effects greater and their control less.
• Sniffing highly concentrated amounts of chemicals
  can induce heart failure, make one unconscious,
  or induce death within minutes of repeated use.
• Chronic abuse can cause hearing loss, limb
  spasms, Bone marrow damage, and permanent damage
  to the brain.

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Steroids

• Steroids synthetic substances that are similar
  to the male hormone testosterone.

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• Major side effects of abusing steroids liver
  tumors and cancer, jaundice (yellowish
  pigmentation of skin, tissues, and body fluids),
  fluid retention, high blood pressure, kidney
  tumors, sever acne, and trembling. Also extreme
  mood swings may occur, including manic like
  symptoms leading to violence, paranoid jealousy,
  extreme irritability, delusions, and impaired
  judgment.
• Effects for men
• shrinking of the testicles, reduced sperm count,
  infertility, baldness, development of breasts,
  increased risk of prostate cancer.
• Women
• growth of facial hair, male-pattern baldness,
  changes in or cessation of the menstrual cycle,
  enlargement of the clitoris, and deepened voice.
• Users often feel the effects of depression when
  they quit using steroids.

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Psychoactive Drugs

• Psychoactive Drugs chemicals that affect the
  central nervous system and alter activity in the
  brain.
• Stimulants
• Depressants
• Narcotics
• Hallucinogens

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Stimulants

• Stimulants drugs that speed up the central
  nervous system.

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Crystal Meth

• Crystal is made of highly volatile, toxic
  substances that are melded in differing
  combinations, forming what some have described as
  a "mix of laundry detergent and lighter fluid.
  The mixes are never exactly the same, but basic
  types are a rough yellow substance called Hydro
  and a smooth white blend called Glass.
• The drug can either be snorted or injected, or in
  its crystal form ice smoked in a pipe.
• Other terms speed, crystal, ice, crank, or
  glass.
• The central nervous system (CNS) actions that
  result from taking even small amounts of
  methamphetamine include increased wakefulness,
  increased physical activity, decreased appetite,
  increased respiration, hypothermia, and euphoria.
  Other CNS effects include irritability, insomnia,
  confusion, tremors, convulsions, anxiety,
  paranoia, and aggressiveness. Hyperthermia and
  convulsions can result in death.

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Cocaine

• Cocaine a rapid acting, addictive stimulant
  obtained by the leafs of a coca plant that can be
  snorted, dissolved in water, or injected.

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• Euphoria a feeling of intense well-being or
  elation. (associated with using cocaine.)
• Coca ethylene the mixing of cocaine and alcohol
  consumption that creates a third substance that
  intensifies cocaines euphoric effects and
  potentially increases the risk of sudden death.
• Physical Effects constricted blood vessels,
  dilated pupils, and increased temperature, heart
  rate, and blood pressure.
• Euphoric Effects hyper stimulation, reduced
  fatigue, and mental alertness.
• The faster the absorption, the more intense the
  high but shorter duration. (effects usually last
  20-30 minutes.)
• Increased use reduces the duration of the
  effects.
• A tolerance will develop and most users will
  never reach the same high that they did the first
  time using the drug.

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• Street terms Blow, candy, coke, foo foo,
  monster, rock, snow, toot, and snow.
• Effects of using cocaine Nausea, abdominal
  bloody noses.
• 1 out of 4 Americans between the ages of 26 and
  35 have done cocaine in their lifetime.
• Cocaine is the second most commonly used illicit
  drug used in the United States.
• 1 out of 4 users who try to quit will actually be
  able to.
• 75 of people who try cocaine will become
  addicted to it.
• Crack an even more dangerous form of cocaine. It
  is one of the most deadly drugs available because
  it is a very pure form of cocaine that reaches
  the brain within seconds of consumption.

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Amphetamines

• Amphetamines stimulants used in prescription
  medicines to reduce fatigue and drowsiness and to
  suppress the appetite.

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• Examples of amphetamines dextroamphetamine
  (dexies), methamphetamine (speed, crystal, meth,
  crank), and smoke able methamphetamine (looks
  like shaved glass shivers or sheer white salt).
• They come in tablets and capsules that can be
  taken orally, off white crystals, chunks and
  powders, which may be sniffed or injected.
• Short term effects include decreased appetite,
  increased stamina and physical energy, increased
  sexual drive/ response, involuntary bodily
  movements, nausea, itchy, blotchy or greasy skin,
  irregular heart rate, sweating, anxiety, and
  dilated pupils.
• Long term effects chronic sleep problems, mood
  swings, irregular heart beat, high blood
  pressure, weight loss, constipation or diarrhea,
  and nutritional problems. High doses can cause
  nerve damage, chronic psychosis, paranoia, and
  hallucinations.

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Depressants

• Depressants are drugs that tend to slow down the
  central nervous system.

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Barbiturates

• Barbiturates belong to a family of sedative-
  hypnotic drugs, or drugs that induce sleepiness.
• Street terms yellow jackets, reds, blues, Amys,
  and rainbows.
• Effects reduced heart rate, reduced blood
  pressure, fatigue, confusion, impaired muscle
  coordination, impaired memory, loss of judgment,
  reduced respiratory function, respiratory arrest,
  and death.
• Excessive use can cause anesthesia, coma, or
  death.
• Marilyn Monroe and Jimi Hendrex both died from
  barbiturate overdose.
• It also contributed to Jonny Cash and Elvis
  Preslys deaths.

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Rohypnol

• Rohypnol is ten times stronger then tranquilizers
  and is commonly known as one of the date rape
  drugs.
• It is a small white tablet with no taste or odor
  when dissolved in a drink.
• It produces an effect called anterograde amnesia,
  which means that individuals may not remember
  events while on the drug.
• Street terms roofies, roach, and rope.
• Rohypnol is swallowed as a pill, dissolved in a
  drink, or snorted.Roofies are frequently used in
  combination with alcohol and other drugs. They
  are sometimes taken to enhance a heroin high, or
  to mellow or ease the experience of coming down
  from a cocaine or crack high.
• It is especially popular at raves and night
  clubs.
• Effects of rohypnol cant remember what happened
  while drugged, low blood pressure, sleepiness,
  loss of muscle control, nausea, problems talking,
  confusion, dizziness, and loss of conscious.

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GHB

• GHB usually comes in a clear liquid form (but
  also available in a powder or tablet form) and is
  another example of a date rape drug because it
  can be slipped into ones drink unnoticeably.
• Street names G, liquid X, Georgia Home Boy,
  Grievous Bodily Harm, and easy lay.
• Effects relieves anxiety, produces relaxation,
  nausea, loss of coordination, increased energy,
  difficulty concentrating, dizziness,
  unconsciousness, coma and death.
• It is most commonly used by white males between
  the ages of 13 and 30.
• GHB was linked to over 60 deaths in 8 years.

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Narcotics

• Narcotics are specific drugs that are obtainable
  only by prescription and are used to relieve pain.

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Morphine

• Morphine is used to treat moderate to severe pain
  and is legal in the United States with a
  doctors prescription.
• Morphine is the principal constituent of opium.
• Morphine is marketed in a variety of forms,
  including oral solutions, immediate and
  sustained-release tablets and capsules,
  suppositories, and injectable preparations.
• It is addictive and some will use it without a
  prescription and will for a tolerance for the
  drug.

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Heroin

• It is an illegal opiate that was synthesized for
  morphine.
• Pure heroin (rarely sold on the streets) is a
  white powder with a bitter taste. Most illicit
  heroin is a powder form which may vary in color
  from white to dark brown because of impurities
  left from the manufacturing process or the
  presence of additives.
• A Bag or single dose of heroin- can contain
  up to 100mg of powder in which only a little is
  actually heroin. The rest could be starch, sugar,
  flour, or powdered milk.
• It can be injected, snorted, or smoked.
• Street names Smack, H, skag, and junk.

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• Effects of Heroin Use confusion, sedation, slow
  breathing, infection of the heart lining and
  valves, liver disease, collapsed veins,
  cellulitus, coma or death.
• Withdrawal, which in regular abusers may occur as
  early as a few hours after the last
  administration, produces drug craving,
  restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia,
  diarrhea and vomiting, cold flashes with goose
  bumps, kicking movements, and other symptoms.
  Major withdrawal symptoms peak between 48 and 72
  hours after the last dose.

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Codeine

• Codeine is the most widely used, naturally
  occurring narcotic used in the medical world
  today. Most codeine used in the United States is
  produced from morphine.
• It is medically prescribed for the relief of
  moderate pain and cough suppression.
• Compared to morphine, codeine produces less
  analgesia, sedation, and respiratory depression,
  and is usually taken orally.
• SYMPTOMS OF OVERDOSE Symptoms include slow
  breathing, seizures, dizziness, weakness, loss of
  consciousness, coma, confusion, tiredness, cold
  and clammy skin, and small pupils.

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Hallucinogens

• Hallucinogens are drugs that alter ones
  thoughts, moods, and sense of perception
  including vision, hearing, smell, and touch.

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LSD

• LSD is the most potent hallucinogenic substance
  known to man.
• The effects of LSD are unpredictable. They depend
  on the amount taken, the user's personality, mood
  and expectations, and the surroundings in which
  the drug is used.
• The use usually feels the first effects of taking
  the drug 30 to 90 minutes after he takes it.
• These effects include dilated pupils, higher body
  temperature, increased heart rate and blood
  pressure, sweating, loss of appetite,
  sleeplessness, dry mouth, tremors, the feeling of
  several different emotions At once, delusions,
  visual hallucinations, fear of insanity and
  death, and fatal injuries while on the drug.

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• Users may have a good or a bad trip but there is
  no way to predict the outcome.
• Several years after using the drug you can have a
  flashback from your trip at any given time.
• One of the more popular methods of concealment
  for this drug is by placing a drop onto a Sweet
  Tart.

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PCP

• PCP has many of the same effects as LSD but can
  be much more dangerous.
• PCP is known for inducing violent behavior and
  negative physical reactions such and seizure,
  coma, or death.
• There is no way to predict the outcome of using
  the drug because it acts as a hallucinogen,
  stimulant, depressant, and anesthetic at the same
  time.
• In its original state it is a white crystalline
  powder available also as a tablet or liquid.
• Street Terms wet, illy, angel dust, and super
  grass.
• Effects numbness, slurred speech, loss of
  coordination, blank stare, rapid and involuntary
  eye movements, auditory hallucinogens, image
  distortion, sever mood disorder, amnesia, acute
  anxiety, impending doom, paranoia, violent
  hostility, and schizophrenia

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Ecstasy

• Ecstasy (MDMA) is an illegally manufactured
  variation of mescaline and amphetamine. It is
  considered a designer drug---a substance on the
  drug market that is a chemical analogue or
  variation of another psychoactive drug.
• Street Terms Adam, XTC, essence, the love drug
  and X.

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• Ecstasy is marketed as a feel good drug. Devotees
  say it produces profoundly positive feelings,
  empathy for others, elimination of anxiety, and
  extreme relaxation--hence the nick name hug
  drug or love drug
• It is also said to suppress the need to eat,
  drink, or sleep. Its effects will last
  approximately 4-6 hours.
• Tablets sold as Ecstasy are not always pure MDMA.
  Ecstasy "fakes" often contain other substances
  such as amphetamine, caffeine, codeine, DXM,
  ephedra/ephedrine, ketamine, MDA,
  methamphetamine, and PCP. When used alone, MDMA
  is dangerous and even more dangerous when used in
  combination with other substances, as the
  physical and physiological effects are hard to
  determine.
• SHORT TERM EFFECTS increased heart rate, blood
  pressure and body temperature jaw and teeth
  clenching/muscle tension, hypertension,
  dehydration, chills and/or sweating, nausea,
  blurred vision, faintness, dizziness, confusion,
  insomnia, and paranoia.
• LARGE DOSE muscle breakdown, hyperthermia,
  kidney failure and cardiovascular system
  failure.LONG TERM USE depression, sleep
  disorders, paranoia, drug craving, persistent
  elevation of anxiety, liver damage, brain damage,
  paralysis, and possible others pending research.

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Ketamine

• Ketamine liquid can be injected, applied to smoke
  able material, or put into a drink. The powdered
  form can also be made by allowing it to
  evaporate, leaving behind a powder that looks
  similar to cocaine.
• Ketamine produces physical effects similar to
  PCP, with the visual effects of LSD.
• Effects numbness, loss of coordination, sense of
  invulnerability, muscle rigidity,
  aggressive/violent behavior, slurred or blocked
  speech, exaggerated sense of strength, and a
  blank stare.
• Since it is an anesthetic is stops the user from
  feeling pain, which could cause the user to
  inadvertently cause pain to him/herself.
• The effects of a ketamine 'high' usually last an
  hour but they can last for 4-6 hours, and 24-48
  hours are generally required before the user will
  feel completely "normal" again. Chronic use may
  take several months to two years to wear off
  completely.
• Large doses can produce vomiting and convulsions
  and may lead to oxygen starvation to the brain
  and muscles one gram can cause death. Flashbacks
  may even occur one year after use.

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Shrooms

• They are especially dangerous due to the fact
  that there are many varieties, some which are
  highly poisonous.
• Effects Hallucinations, euphoria, dilated
  pupils, empathy, visual and auditory
  disturbances/distortions, feelings of love, and
  emotional distress. Nausea, vomiting, and
  diarrhea is also possible.
• You could have a bad trip that is frightening and
  disturbing but there is no way to predict this.
• Shrooms are not addictive.

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Things To Remember

• Substance Abuse
• Hallucinogens
• Stimulant
• Illicit Drug Use
• Overdose
• Paranoia
• Narcotics
• Gateway Drugs

• Synthetic Drugs
• Euphoria
• Inhalants
• Cocaine
• Depressants
• Marijuana
• Designer Drugs
• Hashish