1. Illegal Drugs

2. Drug addiction
a chronic, often relapsing brain disease that causes compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences to the addicted individual and to those around him or her
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3. Classification of Drugs Examples How it affects the body
Depressants
Alcohol, valium, Xanax
Slows normal brain function. 
High addictive potential
Withdrawal effects from long-term use can be life-threatening and produce some of the worst consequences of any other drug classifications
Stimulants
Cocaine, methamphetamine, amphetamine, MDMA (ecstasy), nicotine, and caffeine.
Elevates mood
Increases feelings of well-being
Increases energy and alertness 
Faster heart rate
Increases blood pressure
Very high addictive potential
Opiates
(powerful painkillers)
Heroin, morphine, codeine, and Oxycontin
Produces a quick, intense feeling of pleasure followed by a sense of well-being and calm
Hallucinogens
LSD, PCP, MDMA (Ecstasy), marijuana, mescaline, and psilocybin.
Altered perception and feeling 
Powerful mind-altering effects
Affects regions of the brain that are responsible for coordination, thought processes, hearing, and sight. 
People to hear voices, see things, and feel sensations that do not exist.
Moderate potential for addiction
High potential for tolerance
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4. Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse- any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for non- medical purposes
Illegal Drugs- chemical substances that people of any age may not lawfully manufacture, possess, buy or sell
Illicit Drug Use- use or sale of any substance that is illegal or otherwise not permitted

5. Factors that influence teens
Peer pressure
Family members
Role models
Media messages
Perceptions of drug behavior
Misleading information

6. How Drugs Affect Your Health
Illegal drugs are not monitored for quality, purity, or strength
Physical Health:
Overdose- a strong sometimes fatal reaction to taking a large amount of a drug
Increase risk of contraction diseases (HIV)

7. Mental Health: Social Health:
Impair a teen’s ability to reason and think
Behave in ways that go against your values
Social Health:
Lose friendships and relationships with family
Legal consequences

8. Other Effects of Drug Use
Teens who use illegal drugs may also experience unwanted physical reactions that may result in death.
Tolerance
Psychological Dependence
Physiological Dependence
Addiction- a physiological or psychological dependence on a drug

9. Drugs Take a Heavy Toll
Some teens think that drugs can help them escape from their problems, but drug use can actually create more problems

10. Consequences for the individual
Stop pursuing their interest and goals
Lowers inhibitions
Engage in sexual activity
Increase chance of acquiring STD
Leading cause of depression and suicide
Likely to be arrested
Increased violence, crime and accidental death

11. Consequences for friends and family
Stop spending time with friends and family
Family members feel a burden about drug abuse
Consequences for others
Drugs being passed on to the fetus
Birth defects or drug addiction

12. Consequences for Society
Rise in drug-related crime and violence
DUI (Driving under the Influence) can result in collisions that cause injury and death
Drug abuse costs the US $180 Billion per year
Less work hours
Health care costs
Law enforcement costs

13. Marijuana- a plant whose leaves, buds, and flowers are usually smoked for their intoxicating effects
Gateway drug
421 different chemicals
Most commonly used illegal drug

14. Inhalants- substances whose fumes are sniffed or inhaled to give effect
Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids- synthetic substances similar to male sex hormones
Anabolic =muscle building
Androgenic= increased male characteristics

15. Psychoactive Drugs- Chemicals that affect the central nervous system and alter activity in the brain
Changes the functioning of the CNS
Stimulants
Depressants
Opiates
Hallucinogens

16. Club Drugs, Stimulants, and Depressants
Drugs found at concerts, dance clubs, and drug parties called raves
Ecstasy (MDMA)
Hallucinogens- drugs that alter moods, thoughts and sense perceptions, including vision, hearing, smell and touch
Euphoria- a feeling of intense well-being or elation

17. Rohypnol (roofies) GHB Ketamine Meth LSD (Acid)
Depressants- drugs that tend to slow the central nervous system
Date rape drug
GHB
Ketamine
Meth
LSD (Acid)

18. Other Depressants Other Stimulants Cocaine Crack Amphetamines
Barbiturates
Tranquilizers

19. Opiates Hallucinogens PCP DMX Mushrooms and Peyote
Opiates (narcotics)- drugs such as those derived from the opium plant that are obtainable only by prescription and are used to relieve pain
Codeine
Morphine
Heroin
Oxycodone

20. Living Drug Free Healthy Alternatives Hobbies Sports
Community Activities
School Organizations

21. Drug-free school zones- areas within 1000 to feet of schools and designated by signs, within which people caught selling drugs receive especially severe penalties
Drug Watches- organized community efforts by neighborhood residents to patrol, monitor, report and otherwise try to stop drug deals and drug abuse

22. Getting Help
Rehabilitation- the process of medical and psychological treatment for physiological or psychological dependence on drug or alcohol
Outpatient drug-free treatment
Short term treatment
Maintenance therapy
Therapeutic communities