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• Have your video reflection sheet on your desk with you health folder and a pencil !!!
Why people abuse drugs?
• To fit in• To escape or relax • To relieve boredom • To seem grown up • To rebel • To experiment
Definition of a Drug?
• A chemical substance that, when taken into the body, will change functioning of the body/mind in some way.
• meaning doctors are allowed to prescribe them for patients, stores can sell them, and people are allowed to buy them.
Definition of a Legal Drug?
• Over the Counter Drug- a drug that can be purchased without a prescription– Advil – Tylenol – Motrin– Benadryl– Sudafed
• Prescription Drugs- is a medicine that can be obtained only with a written order from a licensed health professional.– OxyContin– Xanax– Ritalin
• Cigarettes-In the United States, adults 18 and older can buy cigarettes
• Alcohol- In the United States those 21 and older can buy alcohol.)
• *But smoking and excessive drinking are not healthy for adults and are off limits for kids.
Examples of a Legal Drug?
• Read the label and follow directions.• Ask if you have questions.• Take medicines exactly as prescribed. If the
instructions say take one tablet four times a day, don't take two tablets twice a day. It's not the same.
• Always follow your doctor's or pharmacist's instructions.
• Never share prescription medicine with anyone else
• A drug whose production or use is prohibited by the government.
• Illegal drugs are drugs that are made and used purely for their effects and are harmful to the body.
Definition of an illegal Drug?
Marijuana Cocaine
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Examples of a illegal Drug?
What are harmful Effects of drug abuse?
• Physical Health: – Sleeplessness– Irritability– damage to the body organs, death
• Mental/emotional health: – Drugs kill brain cells interfering with the user’s ability to think– drugs can cause depression– low self-esteem.
• Social health– Lose interest in school– withdraw from family and friends– get involved with the wrong crowd.
What is withdrawal? Signs and symptoms
• Withdrawal- a condition that occurs when a person with a physical dependence stops the drug.
• Signs and Symptoms– Vomiting
– Restless/Shaking
– Losing Sleep
– Depression
– Severe Stomach Cramping
What is Drug Tolerance?
• The change in the body’s response to the drug so that larger and larger doses are needed for the same desired effect.
What is a stimulant?• Drugs that speed up body functions (like the heart
and lungs) so they become faster than normal
• Examples: – Caffeine-a legal drug that is found in chocolate, coffee,
tea, soda, prescription drugs, and OTC drugs.
– Cocaine and Crack-a high addictive drug ob obtained from the leave of the coca bush.
– Amphetamines (speed)- chemically manufactured drugs that are highly addictive.
Depressants• Drugs that slow down body functions so they
become slower than normal.• Examples:
– Marijuana-a drug containing THC that impairs short term memory and changes moods
– Inhalants- chemicals that are breathe in and produced immediate effects
– Alcohol- An alcoholic beverage is a drink that contains ethanol (commonly called alcohol). Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes: beer, wine, and
spirits.
Hallucinogens
• Drugs that changes how a person’s brain works. A person may see, hear, smell, taste, and feel things that do not exist.
• Examples:– LSD- hallucinogen that is often sold in powder,
tablet, or capsule form. Flashbacks can be produced
– PCP-also known as angel dust, body actions to speed up or slow down.
– Ecstasy (MDMA)- is an illegal drug that can act as a stimulant as well as a hallucinogen.