1. Bell Ringer – Pick up off the stage next to the pencil cup
Bell Ringer – Pick up off the stage next to the pencil cup. Sit down quietly & begin to work.
Journal: Many cold medicines are sold from behind locked counters. Consumers must show ID to purchase them. This is due to the fact that they contain ingredients used in other drugs. How do you feel about how they are sold and do you think it is a good idea?

2. Bathroom & Water break

3. Illegal Drugs
SOL: 6.1d, 6.2d, 6.4c

4. Illegal Drugs
Definition: Drugs that are made and used purely for their effects.
Anyone who is caught making, selling, or using illegal drugs can be arrested.
Using illegal drugs can damage your health and can cause DEATH.

5. Marijuana Definition: illegal drug that comes from the hemp plant.
AKA: Pot or Weed
Usually smoked
Increases your HR & Decreases your energy.
Interferes with memory & concentration.

6. Inhalants
Definition: substances whose fumes or vapors are inhaled, or breathed in.
Examples: lighter fluids, cleaning products, paint, gas, and more
Damages Brain Cells

7. Stimulants Definition: Drugs that speed up the body’s function.
Examples:
Cocaine
Highly addictive
Effects are unpredictable & very dangerous
Inhaled or injected

8. Anabolic Steroids Definition: Synthetic drugs based on a male hormone.
Used by athletes to increase weight & strength.
Users become Violent &
Depressed.

9. Narcotics Definition: Strong drugs that relieve pain.
Some narcotics are prescribed for pain
Example: heroin, codeine, opium, and more
Effects: dry mouth, restlessness, seizures, and many more.

10. Hallucinogens
Definition: illegal drugs that cause the user’s brain to create or distort images and to see and hear things that aren’t real.
Examples: PCP & LSD
Lead to Strange or Violent behaviors.
Long Term use=Brain Damage.
Slang: Angel dust, acid and more

11. Caffeine The number one drug abused
What is it- a psychoactive stimulant.
Caffeine is widely used to improve alertness and elevate moods
Short term effect- increases the need to urinate
Long term effect- addictive
Teens should have no more than 100 mg a day and kids should have even less.

12. Prescription Drugs
Drugs that are prescribed by a doctor for some type of medical use.
Three types: Opioids, Stimulants, and Depressants
Slang names: Oxy, speed, tranks, uppers
Commonly prescribed drugs: Oxycontin, Vicodin, Adderrall, Ritalin, Valium, Xanax
Side effects: breathing, seizures, death

13. Over-the-counter medicine
You do not need a prescription for these
The most common one is DXM or Dextromethorphan.
This is found most commonly in cough and cold medicines
Side effects: It can alter the brain making you feel detached from the environment and not oneself.
Street names: candy, dex, robo, and skittling

14. Drug Abuse
Definition: use of any drug in a way that is unhealthy or illegal.
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15. Definition: taking a fatal amount of a drug
Overdose
Definition: taking a fatal amount of a drug

16. Drug rehabilitation
Definition: a process in which a person relearns how to live without the abused drug.
Recovery- A return to normal condition

17. Alternatives to Drug Use:
Be part of a group.
Improve your talents or skills.
Start your own business (ex. Babysitting)
Other IDEAS?

18. Refusal Strategies Say “no” Give a Reason Suggest an Alternative
Change the Subject
Challenge the Challenger
Leave the Situation

19. Video
Safari Montage
Steroids
Inhalants
Marijuana