2. Produced by: Lisa Guadalupe

3. Definition: Club drugs are the drugs being used by young adults at dance parties, raves, clubs, and bars!!!

4. Common Club Drugs: ECSTASY GHB ROHYPNOL METHAMPHETAMINE

5. ECSTAS ECSTASY

6. ECSTASY IS USUALLY TAKEN ORALLY AS A TABLET

7. EFFECTS OF ECSTASY INCREASE HEART RATE INCREASE BLOOD PRESSURE ELEVATION OF BODY TEMPERATURE

8. DANGERS OF ECSTASY !KIDNEY AND CARDIOVASCULAR FAILURE !CHORNIC ABUSE MAY PRODUCE LONG-LASTING NEUROTOXIC EFFECTS IN THE BRAIN !DEATH

9. GHB

10. GHB can be produced in clear liquid, white powder, tablet, and capsule forms, and it is often used in combination with alcohol, making it even more dangerous

11. EFFECTS OF GHB SEDATIVE EUPHORIANT CAN BUILD MUSCLES

12. DANGERS OF GHB !SLOWS BREATHING AND HEART RATE !OVERDOSE & POISONING CAN OCCUR QUICKLY !DEATH

13. ROHYPNOL

14. ROHYPNOL IS TAKEN ORALLY IN TABLET FORM OR DISSOLVED IN BEVERAGES

15. EFFECTS 0F ROHYPNOL “ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA“ THE REASON WHY IT IS KNOWN AS “THE FORGET-ME PILL“ VISUAL DISTURBANCES DIZZINESS

16. DANGERS OF ROHYPNOL !DECREASED BLOOD PRESSURE !GASTROINTESTINAL DISTURBANCES !DATE RAPE DRUG

17. METHAMPHETAMINE

18. METHAMPHETAMINES ARE HIGHLY ADDIDICTIVE STIMULANTS THAT CAN BE SNORTED, INJECTED, SMOKED, OR TAKEN ORALLY

19. EFFECTS OF METH INCREASED LEVELS OF ACTIVITY EXCITED SPEECH DECREASED APPETITE

20. DANGERS OF METH !MEMORY LOSS !PSYCHOTIC BEHAVIOR !CARDIAC DAMAGE

21. BOTTOM LINE CLUB DRUGS ARE NOT AS HARMLESS AS SOME YOUNG ADULTS MAY THINK REMEMBER CLUB DRUGS CAUSE: PARANOIA AMNESIA DEATH DEATH CLUB DRUGS

22. Resources: NIDA Website on Club Drugs http://www.clubdrugs.org (facts source) http://www.clubdrugs.org Microsoft Clip Gallery Live ©2003 Microsoft Corporation (clip art) http://www.drugabuse.gov/pubs/teaching /teaching4/largegifs/slide12.gif (slide 6pic)http://www.drugabuse.gov/pubs/teaching /teaching4/largegifs/slide12.gif http://www.drugabuse.gov/Published_Arti cles/fundrugs.html (bottom line source)http://www.drugabuse.gov/Published_Arti cles/fundrugs.html