UNIT 5 PACKET –DRUGS
NAME: ___________________________________
HOUR: ___________ DATE: _________
Chapter 17: Preventing Drug Abuse
DRUGS AS MEDICINES
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NO: ______
DRUGS (pg. 374): ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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Drugs often give the feeling of EUPHORIA: _____________________________________________________________________
DRUGS OF ABUSE
DEFINITION
MEDICINE
OVER THE COUNTER
DRUGS (OTC)
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
ILLEGAL DRUGS
“STREET DRUGS”
DRUG MISUSE
DRUG ABUSE
(ILLEGAL AND LEGAL)
EXAMPLE
DRUG ABUSE AND THE BRAIN (pg 428)
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Psychoactive drugs typically create a pleasurable feeling that the user wants to repeat, this activity takes place along the
“_______________” of the brain. Brain cells along this pathway release a chemical called _________________. Dopamine
is not necessarily a dangerous chemical but can be in association with drug use.
Dangerous effects of dopamine when a person in on drugs:
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DANGERS OF DRUG ABUSE, MISUSE AND ABUSE
ADDICTION
o Physical addiction occurs when the body’s chemistry adjusts its functioning to the presence of the drug. The addicted person
requires higher and higher does of the drug to ward off symptoms of withdrawal
o Psychological addiction occurs when a strong mental craving for a drug sets in. The craving may last for years after the drug is
gone. The only sure way to escape drug addiction is never to experiment with drugs that produce it.
WITHDRAWL
o The physical symptoms of withdrawal that occur when a drug to which a person is addicted is cleared from the body tissues.
o Withdrawal Symptoms include but are not limited to: nausea, vomiting, headaches, dizziness, fever, digestion problems,
paranoia or panic, tremors, seizures or death.
PEERS AND DRUGS
What are some things that you have heard peers or friends say about drugs?
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What drugs do you believe are being used and abused at your high school?
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Do you think that if you wanted you could get drugs today, if so what drugs are readily available to you? _______________
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Do you think where you live affect what drugs are popular? ______________________________________________________
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COMMONLY ABUSED DRUGS – PG 440 -447
DEPRESSANTS: SLOWS BRAIN AND BODY REACTIONS
EXAMPLES: BARBITUATES, CNS DEPRESSANTS, AND OPIATES
BARBITURATES
STREET NAMES:
IN SMALL DOSES …
IN HIGH DOSES …
SIDE EFFECTS
unwanted physical or mental
effect caused by a drug
LONG TERM EFFECTS
effects that outlast drug use
CNS DEPRESSANTS
STREET NAMES:
MAJOR EFFECTS ON CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM
SIDE EFFECTS
LONG TERM EFFECTS
MEDICAL USES
OPIATES
IN SMALL DOSES …
COMMON PERSCRIPTION
OPIATES
HEROIN
common illegal opiate
SIDE EFFECTS
LONG TERM EFFECTS
STREET NAMES:
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STIMULANTS: SPEEDS UP ACTIVITY OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS (INCREASE HEART RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE AND ALERTNESS)
EXAMPLE: AMPHETAMINES, METHAMPHETAMINES, COCAINE
AMPHETAMINES
STREET NAMES:
PRODUCES FEELINGS OF …
WHEN EFFECTS WEAR OFF …
SIDE EFFECTS
LONG TERM EFFECTS
METHAMPHETAMINE
STREET NAMES:
PRODUCES FEELINGS OF …
WHEN EFFECTS WEAR OFF …
SIDE EFFECTS
LONG TERM EFFECTS
COCAINE
STREET NAMES:
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SIDE EFFECTS
LONG TERM EFFECTS
Cocaine is ________________ addictive.
The concentrated smokable form is called ______________________, which is the strongest form of cocaine.
An overdose of cocaine can be caused by a _____________________ amount.
HALLCUCINOGENS: DISTORTS PERCEPTION, THOUGHT AND MOOD.
EXAMPLES: LSD, PSILOCYBIN, PCP
LSD
STREET NAMES:
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LSD is also called _____________________. Its effects are _____________________. Abusers experience hallucinations in
which they see colorful visions and feel that they have superhuman powers. On LSD you can have episodes of
_____________________ and _____________________.
PSILOCYBIN
STREET NAMES:
Psilocybin is sometimes called _____________________. Psilocybin is a chemical found in certain types of
_____________________. These mushrooms are usually found under cow manure, but can be easily mistaken with the very
poisonous deadly mushroom. Psilocybin will cause hallucinations.
PCP
STREET NAMES:
PCP is one of the most dangerous drugs of all! It was once used as an anesthetic or pain killer for
_____________________. Because the drug eliminates the sensation of pain, abusers _____________________ or even
_____________________. Excessive use of this drug can cause a person to develop _____________________, a mental
illness.
MARIJUANA: ITS MAIN INGREDIENT (THC), CHANGES THE WAY INFORMATION REACHES AND IS ACTED UPON IN THE BRAIN.
MARIJUANA
NAME ONE FACT ABOUT
MARIJUANA
(PURPLE BOX ON PG 445)
SIDE EFFECTS
FREQUENT USE CAN CAUSE
STREET NAMES:
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CLUB DRUGS: DRUGS THAT FIRST GAINED POPULARITY AT DANCE CLUBS AND RAVES, WITH STRENGTHS AND QUALITY THAT ARE
HIGHLY UNPREDICTABLE.
EXAMPLES: ECSTASY, ROHYPNOL, GHB, KETAMINE
ECSTASY
STREET NAMES:
CLASSIFICATOIN
SIDE EFFECTS
OTHER FACTS
ROHYPNOL
STREET NAMES:
CLASSIFICATOIN
SIDE EFFECTS
OTHER FACTS
GHB
CLASSIFICATOIN
SIDE EFFECTS
OTHER FACTS
STREET NAMES:
INHALANTS: A BREATHABLE CHEMICAL VAPOR THAT PRODUCES MIND ALTERING EFFECTS.
INHALANTS
MEDICAL USE
COMMONLY ABUSED
INHALANTS
DANGERS OF INHALANT ABUSE
(RED BOX)
STEROIDS: SYNTHETIC DRUGS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THE HORMONE TESTOSTERONE (THE MALE SEX HORMONE)
STEROIDS
LEGAL USE OF THE DRUG
(PG 447)
WHY DO PEOPLE USE IT?
EFFECTS IN BOTH
MALES AND FEMALES
(PG 334)
EFFECTS IN MALES
(PG 334)
EFFECTS IN FEMALES
(PG 334)
OTHER HEALTH RISKS
ASSOCIATED WITH STEROID
USE
(PG 334)
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Chapter 17: Preventing Drug Abuse
RESISTING PEER PRESSURE
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Explain how you felt playing your role during the imagined party?
2. How do you think player 4 felt being pressured to eat the candy?
3. How might player 3 have felt about eventually giving in?
4. How do you think player 1 felt about pressuring all the other players?
5. What refusal skills will you use to resist pressure from friends to use drugs?
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