1. What Are
Drugs?
They’re natural or synthetic
chemical substances that
can affect:
Your Body
and its processes.
Your behavior
and feelings. 1

2. What Are
Drugs?
Some Drugs have
MEDICAL PURPOSES
They can be used legally to:
Correct imbalances in body chemistry.
Fight or protect against diseases.
Relieve pain.
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3. What Are
Drugs?
But many drugs
are illegal
- and extremely dangerous.
And legal drugs (such as alcohol,
prescription medications and even
over-the-counter drugs) can also
be dangerous if misused. 3

4. Even in small amounts,
Drugs can create
Big problems
It’s not always possible to
predict how a drug will affect
the user – or the user’s life.
Drug use can cause…..
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5. Damage to health
Every year, thousands of people
are treated for drug addition,
drug-related injuries and
mental and physical illness.
Because of drugs…
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6. Trouble with the law
Being convicted of an alcohol -
or other drug-related offense
can seriously disrupt a person’s life.
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7. Financial hardship
Drug use can be expensive -
whether the money goes for
cigarettes or cocaine.
Some users spend all the
money they have
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just to buy drugs! 7

8. Social difficulties
Instead of trying to work out
their problems, some people
try to run from their problems
by using drugs.
This makes the problems worse
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and creates new ones! 8

9. Depressants (“downers”)
barbiturates
(“barbs,” “goof balls,” “blues”)
Tranquilizers and hypnotics
(“roofies,” “Valium”)
GHB
(“G,” “Georgia home boy”)
alcohol

10. Classification of drugs and effects
hallucinogens
Can cause changes in thinking and in the senses:
Lysergic acid diethylamide
(“LSD,” “acid,” “dots”)
pcp
Angel dust

11. Classification of drugs and effects
narcotics
Lower perception of pain.
heroin
MORPHINE
codeine

12. Classification of drugs and effects
cannabis
Affects thinking and behavior.
Marijuana and hashish
(“herb,” “pot,” “weed,” “hash”)
Increased heart rate, lowered body temperature,
loss of coordination, confusion, distortion of reality,
paranoia, depression, panic, hallucinations.
inhalants
Are chemical products that can seriously
seriously damage the mind and body,
using inhalants is something called “huffing.”

13. Stimulants (“uppers”)
Speed up the nervous system
amphetamines
(“meth,” “speed,” “crank,” “ice”)
Medical use
Only a few users, such as appetite control
or treating hyperactivity.
Some effects
Increased heart rate and blood pressure,
loss of appetite, increased activity.
Feelings of alertness, self-confidence, sometimes
followed by depression, heart problems,
infections, malnutrition, death. 13

14. Stimulants (“uppers”)
Hazards
Physical exhaustion.
Addiction and the need for increasing amounts
of amphetamines.
cocaine
(“coke,” “blow,” “toot,” “snow”)
Medical use
Formerly used as an anesthetic, rarely used as an
anesthetic, rarely used today for medical purposes.
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15. Stimulants (“uppers”)
Some effects
Quickened pulse and circulation, restlessness.
Feelings of confusion, anxiety, depression.
Paranoia, nervous exhaustion, hallucinations.
hazards
Addiction and the need for increasing amounts
of cocaine, destroyed nasal tissues, lung liaisons,
convulsions, heart failure and death.
“crack” or “rock”
Is highly potent cocaine that can be smoked.
It’s just as dangerous as other forms of cocaine
and is extremely addictive. 15

16. Stimulants (“uppers”)
2 - common stimulants:
Nicotine and Caffeine
1. nicotine
In tobacco.
Some effects
Elevated heart rate and blood pressure.
hazards
Addiction.
Emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease
and death. 16

17. Stimulants (“uppers”)
2 - common stimulants:
2. caffeine
In coffee, tea, cola and some medications.
Some effects
Raised blood pressure.
Increased secretion of stomach acid.
Nervousness.
hazards
Aggravated ulcers.
Addiction and possible increasing use. 17

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21. What are gateway drugs?
Gateway drugs are lower classed drugschildren
Columbia University Study shows that
that to 17 years old were who smoke are 19 times
12 can lead to use of “harder,”
More dangerous drugs.
more likely to use cocaine.
Examples of gateway drugs
Two-thirds of drug abusers are regular
tobacco smokers.
Tobacco
This is double the general population.
Alcohol
PET scans show long-term changes
Marijuana
in glucose metabolism in the brain
of a marijuana abuser, compared to
that of a normal brain. 21

22. gateway drugs?
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Los Angeles Dodgers
Minnesota Twins
Texas Rangers
Steve Howe New York Yankees

23. Steve Howe
Dodgers in 1980
17 saves
New Rookie Record
National League Rookie of the Year
Win the World Series against the
New York Yankees

24. Steve Howe
Plagued by Alcohol and cocaine abuse
Substance abuse clinic in 1983
Suspended for the entire 1984 season
17 - year career - suspended seven times
Second player banned from baseball
for life due to drugs

25. Steve Howe
Yankees – 15 saves; 1.80 ERA
Retired in 1996 at age 38
Career record
47 wins
41 loses
91 saves
3.03 ERA
497 games

26. Steve Howe
10 years later killed
Pickup truck rolled over him
Methamphetamine in his system

27. Steve Howe
Born march 10, 1958
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