Drug Categories • Drug Categories: - Stimulants: Speed body up, energy, wakefulness, decreased appetite - Depressants: Slow body down, relaxed, drowsy - Inhalants: Huffed/sniffed for immediate high - Narcotics: Most are legal pain killers, very depressing • effect on body and functions - Anabolic Steroids: Synthetic testosterone, increase • muscle strength/size
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Drug Categories• Drug Categories:
- Stimulants: Speed body up, energy, wakefulness, decreased appetite
- Depressants: Slow body down, relaxed, drowsy
- Inhalants: Huffed/sniffed for immediate high
- Narcotics: Most are legal pain killers, very depressing
Controlled Substances Act of 1970Regulating Drugs in the United States
• Schedule I: • - high potential for abuse - most dangerous marijuana, ecstasy • - no accepted medical use in US heroin, GHB, LSD•• Schedule II:- High potential for abuse- Has current accepted medical use in US with severe restrictions cocaine, morphine, ritalin- Abuse may lead to severe dependence codeine, oxycontin, adderall
dilaudid (pain killers)Schedule III:- Less abuse potential than schedules I and II anabolic steroids- Has accepted medical use in US testosterone, marinol- Abuse many lead to moderate dependence hydrocodone, vicodin
Schedule IV: - Low potential for abuse Valium, anti-depressants- Has accepted medical use in US Xanax, Klonipin, Ativan- Abuse may lead to limited dependence
Schedule V: - Very low potential for abuse - prescriptions not always required Robitussin (no DXM)- Has accepted medical use in US - DOES NOT mean non-lethal
CocaineDrug Category: StimulantSchedule II: Highly addictive, very abusedMedical Use: Used medically as a numbing agent for
Concerns/Side Effects:Extreme Agitation/Suicide with Crash• Dangerous to heart---heart attacks/strokes• Weight LossFirst Use DeathExpensive and VERY physically addictive
Methamphetamines• How Made: • Produced in labs, often in homes• Made of household chemicals and poisons
Problems & Effects:- Extremely addictive- Ingesting poisons: Toxic to ALL body parts- Dental problems (meth mouth) - Weight loss - Violent behavior/psychosis - AGES a personSerious withdrawals up to 7 days after last use (meth
bugs)
Legislation: Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005:
Limits access to ingredients needed to make Meth: Video
• Controlled Release: Drugs have a coating on them and will slowly• be released into the system = pain relief for 12 hrs
• Recreational OR Non-Medical Use: - • Used to get high, users will crush/snort OR take large dose orally• Dangers/Concerns:- Respiratory depression - Drowsy/Confused - Vomiting/Nausea
- - Slurred Speech - Coma/Seizure/Death(more than C&H)
•Will cause SEVERE Addiction & Withdrawals••Issue in Maine? Courtney
Also known as K2 or SpiceWhat is it?Designer drug marketed as herbal incenseSpray natural herbs with synthetic chemicals
Laws:Illegal as of July 2013 in MaineIllegal at Federal Level, but…
Concerns/Issues:NOT the same as marijuanaUnpredictable effectsMuch more intense/dangerous highLeading to:- Loss of consciousness/seizures- Paranoia & severe anxiety- Psychotic Episodes
History• 1919-1933: Alcohol Prohibition/Marijuana Menace• 1937: Marijuana Tax Act• 1944-60’s: Reports reveal change in effects• 1970: Controlled Substances Act• 1996: First Medical Approval• 1996-2014: More states legalize for medicinal purposes• 2005: Federal law trumps state law upheld• June 2011: Schedule I Debated/Decriminalization• Nov 2012: Colorado and Washington first to…video• Nov 2013: Portland, ME legalizes marijuana
Federal Law: Schedule I (Completely ILLEGAL)State Law: Legal in 20 States and D.C.Access: Dispensaries --- “Pot Shops”Home CultivationBuying from Dealer