Ecsacy/ GHB/ Special K and Other Club Drugs

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BY MELISSA GROSSMAN, LILY ARIC, CHRIS JACILDO
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• The reason why they are called club drugs is
  because they are mostly used at raves, nightclubs
  and concerts.
• Club drugs can and will kill you.

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Ecstasy
About the drug and effects

• The real name for this stimulant is
  methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)
• Ecstasy has hallucinogens. They can cause you to
  see or feel things that are not even there.
• Ecstasy is usually taken by pill but can also be
  taken other ways.
• Liquid ecstasy is Gamma Hydroxybutyrate. This
  substance is found in drain cleaner, floor
  stripper.
• It can also destroy alarm signals given out by
  the body

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Some effects from PISES

• Ecstasy can effect emotion like depression,
  emotional instability, happiness for a short
  time. And for social, you will neglect friends
  and family or forgetting what you did/say to them.

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How do you use ecstasy?
There are different ways to use ecstasy -
orally - nasally (snorting pills)
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Why? teens and young people use this drug

• Again this drug is mainly used at big parties,
  concerts, etc., so they may use it because its
  there or because of peer pressure
• Teens also think that they will feel good and
  once they take the drug the mind thinks they need
  the drug or it even makes them want other drugs

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Ecstasy
Street names

• Cadillac Adam Beans California
  Sunrise Clarity E Essence Elephants Eve
  Hug Hug Drug Scooby snacks Love pill
  Lovers speed Roll X Snowball XE XTC

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Short Term effects

• Impaired judgment
• False sense of affection
• Confusion
• Depression
• Sleep problems
• Severe anxiety
• Paranoia
• Drugs cravings
• Muscle tension
• Involuntary teeth denching
• Nausea
• Blurred vision
• Faintness and chills or swelling

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Long Term effects

• Brain damage affecting thought and memory
• Damage to portions of the brain that regulate
  critical functions such as learning, sleep and
  emotion
• It is as if the brain switchboard were torn
  apart, then rewired backwards
• Degenerated nerve branches and nerve endings
• Depression, anxiety, memory loss
• Kidney failure
• Hemorrhaging
• Psychosis
• Cardio-vascular collapse
• Convulsions
• death

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• In 2001 8.1 million people of the ages 12 and up
  tried ecstasy but in 2000 it was only 6.5
  million.
• Between 1995 and 2001 the amount of teens who
  used ecstasy increased by 140
• Ecstasy is one of the most common drugs use by
  teens and other young people.
• People have died just by using it once
• When ecstasy became a club drug, the ER incidents
  have increased by 1,200

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Quiz/Game
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Question 1

• What is the name for liquid ecstasy

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Answer

• GHB
• (Gamma Hydroxybutyrate)

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Question 2

• Name 4 street names for ecstasy

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Answer
Cadillac Hug Drug
Adam Scooby snacks Beans
Love pill California Sunrise Lovers
speed Clarity Roll E X
Essence Snowball Elephants XE
Eve XTC Hug
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Question 3

• What do hallucinogens do?

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Answer

• They make you see / feel things that aren't even
  in existence.

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Question 4

• Why are they called club drugs?

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Answer

• Those drugs are mainly used at clubs and concerts
  and raves.

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Question 5

• What are 5 long term effects of using ecstasy.

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Answers
-Brain damage affecting thought and
memory -Damage to portions of the brain that
regulate critical functions such as learning,
sleep and emotion -It is as if the brain
switchboard were torn apart, then rewired
backwards -Degenerated nerve branches and nerve
endings -Depression, anxiety, memory loss -Kidney
failure -Hemorrhaging -Psychosis -Cardio-vascular
collapse -Convulsions -death
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Question 6

• What are 3 short term effects of using ecstasy?

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Answers

• Impaired judgment
• False sense of affection
• Confusion
• Depression
• Sleep problems
• Severe anxiety
• Paranoia
• Drugs cravings
• Muscle tension
• Involuntary teeth denching
• Nausea
• Blurred vision
• Faintness and chills or swelling

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Question 7

• 1) In 2000 the amount of people using ecstasy was
  ______ million
• 2) in 2001 the amount was ______ million

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Answers

• 1) 6.5 million
• 2) 8.1 million

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Question 8

• Name a way to take ecstasy

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Answer
orally, nasally (snorting pills)
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Question 9

• Why do teenagers use ecstasy?

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Answer

• They think they will make them feel good
• Its used at parties and concerts and also because
  of peer pressure.