Heather Wagner

This presentation is intended to be used as a teaching tool for Health class through the use of video clips and visual representations. I designed the presentation to be used as part of the lecture on Illegal Drugs. This

presentation will allow for students to learn new information as well as help to drive discussions.

EDIM 508: Digital Media in the Classroom

Wilkes University

• 10.1.12D - Evaluate issues relating to the use/non-use of drugs.

• 10.1.9D - Analyze prevention and intervention strategies in relation to adolescent and adult drug use.

Stimulants

Sedatives/Depressants

Hallucinogens

Narcotics

Inhalants

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Steroids

Resources

• Group of drugs that speed up the central nervous system

• Called - “Uppers”

• Cocaine/Crack

• Amphetamine

• Methamphetamine

• Ephedrine

• Methylphenidate

Crystal Meth from www.dea.gov

Crack Cocaine from www.dea.gov

Stimulants Home

• Depress the activities of the central nervous system

• Calming effect on a person’s behavior

• Highly addictive

• Illegal without a prescription

• Sleeping pills, tranquilizers, Rohypnol

• Slow down the central nervous system and relieve pain

• Prescribed as analgesic

• Morphine

• Codeine

• Heroin

Heroin from www.dea.gov

• Interfere with the senses

• Imagined sight, sound or feeling

• LSD

• PCP

• Marijuana

LSD from www.dea.gov

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Hallucinogen Home

• Chemicals that affect mood and behavior when inhaled

• Most are not produced to be used as a drug

• Anabolic - made from testosterone

• Corticosteroids - made from cortisol

Android pill

Testosterone Injection

ResourcesAndroid (2010). Retrieved March 26, 2010, from Drug Information Online:

http://www.drugs.com/cdi/android.html

Cocaine: Death for First Time User. Aims Multimedia. (2000). Retrieved March 24, 2010, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

Getting Clean from Methamphetamine Addiction: A Difficult and Lengthy Treatment. Aims Multimedia. (2000). Retrieved March 24, 2010, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

Heit, P., Meeks, L., & Page, R. (1999). Health and Wellness. Columbus, OH: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.

Huffing Poisonous Inhalants: Sudden Sniffing Death. Aims Multimedia. (2000). Retrieved March 24, 2010, from Discovery Education: http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/

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Resources Continued

Testosterone (2010). Retrieved March 26, 2010, from MedlinePlus: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003707.htm

The Partnership for Drug-Free America (2010). Retrieved March 26, 2010 from: http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/Drug_Guide/Prescription_Sedatives_Tranquilizers

Images from: www.dea.gov