DRUGS

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.