ILLEGAL DRUGSILLEGAL DRUGS

What are drugs?What are drugs?

Illegal drugs can be defined as a Illegal drugs can be defined as a chemical or other substance that chemical or other substance that is ingested in order to produce a is ingested in order to produce a mood altering affect. mood altering affect.

Although some drugs have Although some drugs have medical uses, the majority of medical uses, the majority of illegal drugs are used only for illegal drugs are used only for recreational purposes. recreational purposes.

Reason for drug useReason for drug use People use illegal drugs for a variety People use illegal drugs for a variety

of reasons including:of reasons including:

To experiment To experiment To fit in To fit in To relieve stress To relieve stress To cope with emotional problems To cope with emotional problems To escape To escape To become less inhibitedTo become less inhibited

Some types of illegal Some types of illegal drugs are:drugs are:

Prescription Drugs Prescription Drugs (Codeine/Acetaminophen) are illegal (Codeine/Acetaminophen) are illegal when used wrongfully.when used wrongfully.

MushroomsMushrooms PCP (Phencycliene)PCP (Phencycliene) CocaineCocaine HeroinHeroin MarijuanaMarijuana EcstasyEcstasy HashHash MethamphetamineMethamphetamine

Three categories of Three categories of DrugsDrugs

These drugs are considered to be These drugs are considered to be psychoactive (mind altering) and psychoactive (mind altering) and can be broken down into three can be broken down into three major categories: major categories:

- stimulants, - stimulants,

- depressants and - depressants and

- hallucinogens. - hallucinogens.

StimulantsStimulants

Stimulants are drugs that Stimulants are drugs that stimulate the brain, and tent to stimulate the brain, and tent to increase alertness and physical increase alertness and physical activity.activity.

MethamphetamineMethamphetamine

CocaineCocaine

Prescription Drugs – Prescription Drugs – Codeine / AcetaminophenCodeine / Acetaminophen

DepressantsDepressants

These are substances that slow These are substances that slow down or down or depress the Central depress the Central Nervous SystemNervous System..

HashHash

MarijuanaMarijuana

HallucinogensHallucinogens Hallucinogens - or psychedelics - Hallucinogens - or psychedelics -

are drugs that are drugs that affect a person's affect a person's perceptionperception of sights, sounds, of sights, sounds, touch, smell etc. Some of the touch, smell etc. Some of the stronger hallucenogenics can stronger hallucenogenics can exert a powerful effect on a drug exert a powerful effect on a drug users thinking and self-users thinking and self-awareness.awareness.

PCP – PhencyclidinePCP – Phencyclidine

MushroomsMushrooms

EcstasyEcstasy

Other DrugsOther Drugs

HeroinHeroin

SteroidsSteroids

ReferencesReferences

http://www.recovery.org.uk/druginfohttp://www.recovery.org.uk/druginfo/index.html/index.html

http://www.gdcada.org/statistics/http://www.gdcada.org/statistics/meth.htmmeth.htm