Drug misuseusing for wrong reasons Drug abusedrug misuse is interfering with job school family etc Addictioncan not stop using without withdrawal Withdrawalphysical or psychological symptoms a person has when stopping a drug ID: 927130
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Drugs
Slide2Terms
Drug use- taking or using a drug
Drug misuse-using for wrong reasons
Drug abuse-drug misuse is interfering with job, school, family, etc.
Addiction-can not stop using without withdrawal
Withdrawal-physical or psychological symptoms a person has when stopping a drug
Slide3Physical dependence-drug causes physical addiction when stopped. Shaking, seizures, vomiting.
Psychological dependence-strong craving for drug-obsession with drug. Depression,
strong
craving for drug and other strong thinking about drug.
Slide4Stimulants
Increases heart rate, blood pressure, breathing
Keep people awake or alert
Jittery, excited
Used to treat ADHD-Ritalin
Caffeine
Cocaine
Nicotine
Amphetamines
Slide5Amphetamines
Prescribed
Used to treat ADD and ADHD
Highly addictive
Withdrawal symptoms include anxiety, insomnia, skin crawling sensations
Slide6Slide7Caffeine
Found in chocolate
Coffee
Tea
Energy drinks
Soda drinks
Keeps people awake, can cause headaches, crabby during withdrawal-addictive
Slide8Slide9Cocaine/Crack
Comes from the Coca plant of South America
Has medical use on nose/eye surgery
Highly addictive
Causes heart attacks, seizures, strokes
Crack babies born addicted to drug and go through withdrawal
Slide10Slide11Slide12Nicotine
Found in cigarettes, cigars, chew, snuff, and e-cigarettes
Highly addictive
Used as an insecticide in farming
Changes brain chemistry to trick brain into wanting nicotine
Increase heart rate, blood pressure
Cause of heart disease and cancer in smokers
Slide13Slide14Depressants
Slows down heart rate, blood pressure, breathing
Highly addictive
Prescribed to treat high blood pressure, anxiety, sleep issues
Can cause coma, brain damage, death
Slide15Barbiturates
Treats high blood pressure, seizures,
Prescribed
Highly addictive
Hypnotics
Make people sleep
Causes blackout/date rape drug-Rohypnol
Slide16Slide17Tranquilizers
Prescribed
Help people sleep-used before surgery
Deal with anxiety
Addictive
Slide18Slide19Alcohol
Beer, wine, hard liquor
Slows down reaction time, causes tunnel vision, slurred speech, poor coordination
Legal if 21
No level can be in blood if you are under 21 and driving.
.08% is DUI in IL
One drink/hour is typically how long it takes to break down.
Can cause alcoholism
Slide20Slide21Hallucinogens
No medical use
Causes a trip or experience that is not based on
reality. Causes people to see or hear things that are not real.
Causes mental illness-psychosis, depression
LSD
PCP-angel dust
Mushrooms
Peyote Cactus
Marijuana
Slide22PCP
Strong hallucinogen
Used as an animal tranquilizer
Causes people to not feel pain and have super human strength
Causes violent behavior
Often called angel dust and is added to other drugs such as marijuana
Slide23LSD
Popular in 60’s
Causes flashbacks which is a recurrence of what happened while on the drug even though you stop using. Anything can trigger a flashback years later.
Danger is you do things dangerous-think you can fly, drive off cliffs, jump off buildings.
Slide24Inhalants
Household chemicals that are inhaled or absorbed into bloodstream through lungs.
Glue, gasoline, markers, spray paint, bleach, aerosol cans
Very dangerous-can cause immediate coma and death. Blocks oxygen in brain and causes brain death.
Nitrous oxide is used by dentists to do dental work. Called laughing gas.
Slide25Inhalants
Slide26Opiates
Strong pain killers
Come from the opium poppy
Grown in Asia, China, Afghanistan
Heroin, morphine, codeine come from the poppy
Morphine and codeine are prescribed pain killers. Heroin has no medical use.
Addiction can occur from a prescription
Slide27Heroin
Most addictive drug.
Is smoked or injected or inhaled
First time use causes addiction
Bad withdrawal symptoms and the most difficult drug to quit
Slide28Morphine and Codeine
Used for surgeries/post surgery
Used in childbirth
Used for broken bones, stitches,
etc
-Tylenol II
Can cause addiction
Also causes constipation
Codeine is used for severe coughs-bronchitis so patient can sleep
Slide29Designer Drugs
Drug that is produced by changing another drug that already exists.
Ex: Crystal Methamphetamine-stimulant and highly addictive.
Ecstasy: Made from Methamphetamine-hallucinogen-used in rave clubs
GHB-colorless, odorless
Ketamine-Hallucinogen
Slide30Steroids
Male hormone
Used by sport’s players
Football, baseball, lifting, cycling
Illegal and tested for in sports.
Causes women to develop male traits-deep voice, muscles
Causes men to develop female traits-interferes with testosterone
Causes
roid
rage, depression, mood swings.
Slide31Marijuana
THC-comes from a plant
Can help people with medical problems-cancer, M.S., glaucoma
Smoked, eaten
Stays in body fat for up to a month
Depressant, hallucinogen, stimulant
Causes depression and burn out syndrome
Do not care about work, school, family
Slide32Intervention
Family members, clergy, counselors get together and help person get treatment
Detoxification-getting the drugs out of your system. Can be in a hospital, rehab center. Go through withdrawal. Painful and difficult.