1. Presented By UW-Parkside Police Officer Craig Rafferty
The TRUTH ABOUT DRUGS
Presented By
UW-Parkside Police Officer Craig Rafferty

2. Why Do People Do Drugs? To Fit In To Escape or Relax Boredom
It Makes Them Seem Grown Up
To Rebel
To Experiment

3. TYPES OF DRUGS
MARIJUANA

4. Marijuana SIDE EFFECTS: Results of Using Marijuana:
62% of users went on to use Cocaine
9% of users went on to use Heroin
Increased Heart Rate
Lessened Coordination and Balance
Unreal State of Mind
Long Term Leads to Poor Memory

5. TYPES OF DRUGS
COCAINE/CRACK

6. Cocaine / Crack EFFECTS: Both Extremely Addictive
Both Create the Greatest Psychological
Dependence of any Drug

7. Cocaine / Crack
SIDE EFFECTS:

8. TYPES OF DRUGS
ECSTASY

9. Ecstasy SIDE EFFECTS: Impaired Judgment False Sense of Affection
Confusion
Depression
Sleep Problems
Paranoia

10. Ecstasy SIDE EFFECTS: DEATH Long Lasting Brain Damage Kidney Failure
Cardio – Vascular Collapse
Convulsions
DEATH

11. TYPES OF DRUGS
LSD (ACID)

12. LSD (Acid) EFFECTS: Delusions Visual Hallucinations
Artificial Sense of Euphoria

13. LSD (Acid) SIDE EFFECTS: DEATH Severe Depression or Psychosis
Flashbacks
Impaired Time Perception
Fear of Losing Control
Self Mutilation
DEATH

14. OTHER DANGEROUS DRUGS
CRYSTAL METH
HEROIN
PAINKILLERS

15. Dangerous Effects DEATH Nausea/Vomiting Dizziness/Confusion
Respiratory Depression
Increased Risk of Heart Attack and Coma
DEATH

16. HEROIN
Heroin is a highly addictive, illegal drug. It is used by millions of addicts around the world who are unable to overcome the urge to continue taking this drug every day of their lives—knowing that if they stop, they will face the horror of withdraw!

17. Facts and Figures
•More than 1,600 teens begin abusing prescription drugs each day.
•Many kids mistakenly believe prescription drugs are safer to abuse than illegal street drugs.
•After marijuana and alcohol, the most common drugs teens are misusing or abusing are prescription medications.
•12-17 year olds abuse prescription drugs more than ecstasy, heroin, crack/cocaine and methamphetamines combined.
•Two-thirds of people 12 and older (68%) who have abused prescription pain relievers within the past year say they got them from a friend or relative.
•The most commonly abused prescription drugs are pain medications, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medications and stimulants (used to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders).1
•Almost 1 in every 4 teens in America say they have misused or abused a prescription drug.
•One in five teens (20%) who have abused prescription drugs did so before the age of 14

18. Heroin is most often injected, however, it may also be vaporized ("smoked"), sniffed ("snorted"), used as a suppository, or orally ingested. Smoking and sniffing heroin do not produce a "rush" as quickly or as intensely as intravenous injection. Oral ingestion does not usually lead to a "rush", but use of heroin in suppository form may have intense euphoric effects. Heroin can be addictive by any given route.
HEROIN USE

19. Heroin Dangerous Effects
Abusers report feeling a surge of euphoria followed by a state of sleep and wakefulness
Those who inject heroin risk infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, liver or kidney disease.
Street names: BIG H, Black Tar, H, Horse, Junk, , Smack, Thunder

20. Did you Know?
This epidemic has been particularly widespread on college campuses. Between 1993 and 2005, the proportion of college students using prescription drugs went up dramatically: use of opioids such as Vicodin, Oxycontin, and Percocet increased by 343 percent, and use of stimulants like Ritalin or Adderall increased by 93 percent.

21. What Heroin looks like

22. Additional Resources
Students are encouraged to take full advantage of the services available at UW Parkside Student Health and Counseling Center (262) ) should personal problems arise.
Help is also available 24 hours by calling the crisis hotline or

23. Thank You For Your Time