By UWParkside Police Officer Craig Rafferty Why Do People Do Drugs To Escape or Relax Boredom It Makes Them Seem Grown Up To Rebel To Experiment To Fit In TYPES OF DRUGS ID: 684716
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The TRUTH ABOUT DRUGS
Presented
By
UW-Parkside Police Officer Craig RaffertySlide2
Why Do People Do Drugs?
To Escape or Relax
Boredom
It Makes Them Seem Grown Up
To
Rebel
To Experiment
To Fit InSlide3
TYPES OF DRUGS
MARIJUANASlide4
MarijuanaSIDE EFFECTS:
Increased Heart Rate
Lessened Coordination and Balance
Unreal State of Mind
Long Term Leads to Poor Memory
Results of Using Marijuana:
62% of users went on to use Cocaine
9% of users went on to use HeroinSlide5
TYPES OF DRUGS
COCAINE/CRACKSlide6
Cocaine / CrackEFFECTS:
Both Extremely Addictive
Both Create the Greatest Psychological
Dependence of any DrugSlide7
Cocaine / Crack
SIDE EFFECTS:
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TYPES OF DRUGS
ECSTASYSlide9
EcstasySIDE EFFECTS:
Impaired Judgment
False Sense of Affection
Confusion
Depression
Sleep Problems
ParanoiaSlide10
EcstasySIDE EFFECTS:
Long Lasting Brain Damage
Kidney Failure
Cardio – Vascular Collapse
Convulsions
DEATHSlide11
TYPES OF DRUGS
LSD (ACID)Slide12
LSD (Acid)
EFFECTS:
Delusions
Visual Hallucinations
Artificial Sense of EuphoriaSlide13
LSD (Acid)
SIDE EFFECTS:
Severe Depression or Psychosis
Flashbacks
Impaired Time Perception
Fear of Losing Control
Self Mutilation
DEATHSlide14
OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS
CRYSTAL METH
HEROIN
PAINKILLERSSlide15
Dangerous Effects
Nausea/Vomiting
Dizziness/Confusion
Respiratory Depression
Increased Risk of Heart Attack and Coma
DEATHSlide16
HEROIN
Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug. It is used by millions of addicts around the world who are unable to overcome the urge to continue taking this drug every day of their lives—knowing that if they stop, they will face the horror of withdraw!Slide17
Facts and Figures•More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.
•Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.
•After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misusing or abusing are prescription medications.
•12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.
•Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.
•The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1 •Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.
•One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14Slide18
HEROIN USE
Heroin is most often injected, however, it may also be vaporized ("smoked"), sniffed ("snorted"), used as a suppository, or orally ingested. Smoking and sniffing heroin do not produce a "rush" as quickly or as intensely as intravenous injection. Oral ingestion does not usually lead to a "rush", but use of heroin in suppository form may have intense euphoric effects. Heroin can be addictive by any given route.Slide19
Heroin Dangerous EffectsAbusers report feeling a surge of euphoria followed by a state of sleep and wakefulness
Those who inject heroin risk infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, liver or kidney disease.
Street names: BIG H, Black Tar, H, Horse, Junk, , Smack, ThunderSlide20
Did you Know?This epidemic has been particularly widespread on college campuses. Between 1993 and 2005, the proportion of college students using prescription drugs went up dramatically: use of opioids such as Vicodin,
Oxycontin
, and Percocet increased by 343 percent, and use of stimulants like Ritalin or Adderall increased by 93 percent. Slide21
What Heroin looks likeSlide22
Additional Resources Students are encouraged to take full advantage of the services available at UW Parkside Student Health and Counseling Center (262)595-2366) should personal problems arise
.
Help
is also available 24 hours by calling the crisis hotline
262-657-7188 or 800-236-7188Slide23
Thank You For Your Time