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DRUGS
Depressant: Slows down the brain
Stimulant: Speeds up the brain, heart, and other organs
Narcotics: Reduce pain and induce sleep
Hallucinogens: Distort the user’s senses and ability to perceive reality.
ALCOHOL
Depressants
Tranquilizers
BarbituratesMarijuana
Medical Uses
Stop convulsions
Relief of tension
Induce sleep
Marijuana
Marijuana is 4 times more cancer causing than tobacco Does this seem right?
Aka: chronic, weed, 420, blunt, ganga, pot
How it’s taken: smoked or eaten
Marijuana
Effects: increased heart rate, bloodshot eyes, dry mouth, increased appetite, short term memory loss , birth defects, and immune system deficiencies
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Barbiturates
They produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to total anesthesia.
LSD
Hallucinogens
PCP
Marijuana
What are hallucinogens: drugs that causes altered states of perception, feelings, and consciousness.
Medical uses: None
LSD
Lyseric Acid Diethylamide
Hallucinogen that comes from a fungus grown on grain
Aka acid, blotters, lids, windowpane, cube, dots, microdots, hits, tabs, trips
Ways to take: Licked off of absorbent paper called blotter paper Gelatin square Sugar cube
lsd
The high is called a “trip”
Can cause severe thoughts and feelings, muscle weakness, impaired motor skills, lack of concentration
These effects begin within 30-45 minutes and last 6-8 hours
It is not physically addictive, but can be psychologically addictive
PCP
Phencyclidine
Formerly used as an anesthetic agent
Aka: Angel dust, dust, synthetic marijuana, boat, zombie, killer weed, crystal
Comes in White powder, tablet, or capsules
Can be take: orally, snorted, smoked or injected
Can cause speech disturbances, increased blood pressure and heart rate, agitation, delusions
These effects begin within 30 minutes and the “high” lasts 4-6 hours, and the effects decline within 24 hours.
It is physically and psychologically addictive
Ecstacy
Stimulant and hallucinogen
Taken in pill form
Aka: XTC, adam, x, E, bean
Is it addictive? Possibly
Affects: mood, aggression, sexual activity, sleep, insomnia, increased blood pressure and heart rate, sensitivity to pain
Causes: memory loss, hyperthermia (cooks your body and your brain), anxiety
These effects begin within 30-60 minutes and typically last 3-6 hours
Mushroom
Dried mushrooms or capsules are taken orally.
Aka: shrooms, magic mushrooms, caps, boomers, fungus
Can cause facial numbness, abdominal cramping, hallucinations, impaired memory.
These effects typically begin within 3-6 hours of ingestion.
It is neither physically or psychologically addictive
CODEINE
Narcotics
MorphineHeroin
Methadone
Medical Uses
Used for pain relief
Heroin
Comes from poppy plant
Can be injected, smoked, or snorted
Can cause infections to the heart and lungs, and veins to collapse = death
Meth
Stimulant
Aka: chalk, crank, croak, crypto, crystal, fire, glass, tweek, white cross, ice, speed
May cause psychotic behavior and brain damage
Can be ingested, smoked, injected, or snorted.
Codeine & Morphine
Codeine: Pain killer Causes drowsiness Habit forming
Morphine: Very strong pain killer Highly addictive
COCAINE
StimulantsCaffeine
Nicotene
Medical Use
Weight control
Treat hyperactivity
Treat narcolepsy
Cocaine
Aka: Coke, snow, blow, nose candy, mojo
Can be inhaled, smoked, and injected
Effects: Increased heart rate and breathing, paranoia, stimulates the nervous system, seizures, possible heart attack
Club drugs
Lab produced designer drugs
Examples: Rohypnol, ketamine, ecstasy
Inhalants
Propellants or solvents that are huffed or sniffed
Examples: gas, nitrous oxide, cleaning fluid, glue, etc.