1. Medicine and Illegal Drugs
Chapter 16
Medicine and Illegal Drugs

2. Lesson 1
What are drugs?

3. Drugs
Is any chemical substances that causes a change in a person’s physical or psychological state.

4. How drugs enter your body
1-ointments or eardrops applied directly to certain areas
2-transdermal(patches allow absorption into bloodstream)
3-Smoked or inhaled
4-Injected
5-swallowed

5. Lesson 2
Using Drugs as Medicine

6. Medicine
Any drug that is used to cure, prevent, or treat illness or discomfort

7. Prescription Medicine
Written order from a doctor for a certain medicine or treatment

8. Over-the-counter
Any medicine that can be bought without a prescription

9. Drug Interaction
Any effect of a drug that is different from what should be expected if the drug is taken at the same time as another drug

10. Side effect
Any effect that is caused by a drug and that is different from the drug’s intended effect
Loss of hair
Dizziness,
Exhaustion
Nausea
others

11. Tolerance
Is the body’s ability to resist the effects of a drug

12. Food and Drug Administration(FDA)
Government agency that controls the safety of food and drugs in the United States

13. Drug Approval Process Scientists develop a new drug
Scientist test drug on animals
If drug testing on animals seem to be safe
Drugs are tested on humans who have
If the test on humans proves to be useful then it is approved
FDA reviews the research and approves or rejects the drug

14. Lesson 3
Drug Abuse and Addiction

15. Drug Addiction
Uncontrollable use of a drug

16. Dependence
A person needing a drug in order to function properly

17. Physical Dependence
Body’s need for a drug

18. Withdrawals
Symptoms
Depression
Nervousness
Sleeplessness
irritability

19. Problems with addiction
Hurts oneself
Hurts others
Mood swings
Lying to loved ones
Focusing in school
Cost of addiction

20. Lesson 4
Stimulants and Depressants

21. Stimulants Drug that increases the body’s activity
Increases heart rate
Increases breathing
Increases blood pressure

22. Examples of stimulants
Mild stimulants
Tea
Coffee
Soft drinks
Chocolate
Hard stimulants
Crack
Cocaine
methamphetamine

23. Cocaine and Crack
Most widely abused illegal stimulants. Comes from a coca plant grown in South America.
Cocaine is usually inhaled
Crack (rock)is smoked

24. Physical symptoms of Crack and Cocaine
Increase of heart rate
Increase of blood pressure
Heart attack
Strokes
Brain damage
death

25. Euphoria
A physical or mental sense of well-being

26. Methamphetamine Very powerful synthetic stimulant Smoked Injected
Decrease appetite
Increase body temperature
Damage to kidneys
Damage to liver
Damage to brain
Death

27. Depressants Decreases body activity Decrease blood pressure
Drop in heart rate
Drop in breathing

28. Sedatives
Have a mild relaxation to deep sleep

29. Tranquilizers
Are mild depressants that are used in small doses to treat anxiety

30. Barbiturates
Strong depressants that are used to treat sleep disorders and seizures

31. Hypnotics
Extremely powerful depressants that can cause sleep, loss of muscle control, and loss of memory

32. Rohypnol Powerful hypnotic depressant
Used for surgery and to treat sleep disorders
Not used in America but is brought in from other countries

33. Lesson 5
Marijuana

34. Marijuana Is a dried flower and leaf from the Cannabis plant
Many different names
Pot
Dope
Mary Jane
Green
Bud
reefer

35. Effects of Marijuana Some feel a stimulant affect
Some feel a depressant affect
Mild euphoria
Distortion of time and distance
Reduced energy and coordination
Sensitivity to sights and sounds
Increased appetite
Decreased memory
Slower reaction time

36. THC
tetrahydrocannabinol

37. Serious effects of marijuana
Thinking and concentration decreased
Difficulty reaching any goals
Decreases energy
Circulatory problems
emphysema

38. Lesson 6
Opiates

39. Opiates
Milk from a opium poppy

40. Opiates Extremely addictive sometime after just one use
Often there is a strong tolerance so there is a danger of overdose

41. Opiate withdrawals Cramps Vomiting Muscle pain Shaking Chills
Panic attacks

42. Medical uses for Opiates
Painkillers
Suppress coughs
Intestinal problems

43. Heroin Most powerful addictive opiate that exists
It is made from morphine
Can be smoked, inhaled or injected.

44. Lesson 7
Hallucinogens and Inhalants

45. Hallucinogens
Any drug that causes a person to hear or see things that are not present.

46. Flashback
Is an event in which a hallucinogen’s effects happen again long after the drug was originally taken
They occur days, weeks or even years.
They last for seconds to hours

47. Inhalant Any drug that is absorbed through the lungs
Household cleaners
Spray paint
Glues
Freon
Nitrous oxide (laughing gas

48. Inhalants produce Hallucinations Lack of coordination
Distortion of time and distance
Difficulty speaking or thinking
Brain damage
Sudden death

49. Designer Drugs
Is a drug that is produced by making a small chemical change to a drug that already exists
Ecstasy
GHB
Ketamine

50. Ecstasy(MDMA)
Mind-altering drug that was created from the powerful stimulant methamphetamine
XTC E X
Adam

51. Ecstasy Causes Seizures Violent shaking in the muscles Dry mouth
Nausea
Confusion
Blurred vision
Muscle tension
Dehydration
Seizures
Violent shaking in the muscles
Heart failure
Sleep disorders
Memory loss
Brain damage

52. GHB
Is a drug that is made from anesthetics. Common ingredient is in pesticides

53. GHB effects Dizziness Vomiting Loss of memory Trouble breathing
Inability to move
Loss of consciousness
Death

54. Ketamine
Is a powerful drug that is closely related to the hallucinogen PCP (angel dust). This drug is most often used during surgery on people or animals.
Gives you a sense of dissociation (separation from reality)
Causes permanent memory loss and coma

55. Lesson 9
Staying drug free

56. Reasons to stay drug free
1- Staying healthy
2-Staying in control
3-Making good decisions
4-Staying out of jail
5-saving your money

57. Refusing Drugs Avoid situation with people who have drugs
Just say “No thanks”
Give reasons for not taking the drugs
Just leave

58. Lesson 10
Getting help

59. Knowing when to get help
First you need to realize that there is a problem

60. Intervention
A gathering in which the people who are close to a person who is abusing drugs try to get the person to accept help by relation stories of how his or her drug problem has affected them

61. Counseling
A professional who is trained to offer advice and solutions for emotional problems by addressing the emotional problem behind the drug problem

62. Treatment Centers
A facility with trained doctors and counselors where people who abuse drugs can get help for their problems

63. Detoxification
Is the process by which the body rids itself of harmful chemicals

64. Support Groups
A group of people who have undergone the same or very similar problems.

65. Many Paths to Wellness Drug Problem Intervention Treatment Centers
Support Group
Counseling
Wellness

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