 Any
substance that alters
perception or behavior
reducing that individuals
ability to function appropriate
in the academic environment.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1liTPa8jIS8
 Altered
Consciousness
 Bored – Lonely – Rebellion
- Experiment
 Avoid Problems
 Depression
 Peer Pressure
Changes in…..
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Behavior
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Personal hygiene
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Physical changes
Friends
 Grades
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Obsessive – Compulsive
Behavior
 Think
about it all the time
 Can’t
stop for 3 months
Inability to stop
Continued use despite adverse
consequences
 Health
and family suffers, no job
or money
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Denial
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Minimization
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At least I’m not dealing or using coke
Individual Perception
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I only do it once in awhile
Rationalization
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Yourself and parents
Alcohol isn’t a drug
Family Perception: Minimize and hide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT6p2RthUeo
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/he
alth/2018109029_apusmednewbornsdrugwi
thdrawal.html
Behavior problems and learning disabilities
 Tobacco
 Alcohol
 Marijuana
 Harder
Drugs: for example
Meth, Cocaine or Heroin
Depressants
 Stimulants
 Hallucinogens
 Dissociative Anesthetics
 Narcotic Analgesics
 Inhalants
 Cannabis
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 Alcohol
 Methaqualone
 Valium
 Xanax
 Prozac
(Quaaludes)
 Ethyl
Alcohol: A family of
closely-related chemicals
whose molecules are
made up of hydrogen,
carbon and oxygen.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBSoIa0s1Wc
Alcohol is the MOST
ABUSED DRUG in the
United States
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Slurred speech
Disorientation
Loss of Memory and Inhibitions
Impaired Judgment
Overdose
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Coma
Death
A Can of Beer
12 ounces of fluid @ 4% alcohol equals
0.48 ounces of pure ethanol
A Glass of Wine
4 ounces of fluid @ 12% alcohol equals
0.48 ounces of pure ethanol
A Shot of Whiskey (80-Proof)
1 and 1/4 ounces @ 40% alcohol
equals 0.50 ounces of pure ethanol
 Driving
Under the Influence
(DUI)
0.08% = 0.00% takes 5 hours
 Over
.25% taken to the
hospital before jail
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Every day, almost 30 people in the
United States die in motor vehicle
crashes involving alcohol.
One death every 48 minutes.
The annual cost of alcohol-related
crashes totals more than $51 billion.
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Methamphetamines (Meth)
Cocaine / Crack
ADHD Drugs
Ecstasy
Caffeine
Bath Salts
 Rapid
jerky movements
 Extremely
 Grind
high energy
teeth down to nerve
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Don’t sleep or eat and burst of
"energy" lasts a few hours, then
slams the user into an exhausted,
weak, crash.
Unpredictable, acting friendly and
then violence.
Pick at imaginary bugs on their skin
until it bleeds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS8XY4GMnJk&feature=fvwrel
 High
dose is a stimulate like
methamphetamines
 Red
Bull can raise blood
pressure to 184/126 (120/80)
6x the amount of caffeine in a Mt. Dew
 Lady in med-50’s was 8x the normal
amount of caffeine. Convicted for
driving impaired
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 Short
 Eats
high and expensive
up flesh
 Ritalin
is speed for some
people.
 Others
it balances them out.
 College
students are taking
Adderall to study. They’ll
have bouncy, dilated eye
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LSD stored in the fatty tissues.
Flashbacks come back later.
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Emotional most dangerous
Feelings of panic, fear sensation of a “bad trip”
MDMA – Ecstasy in pill form.
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Stays in the system for 24 hours
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Salvia plant Somatic – altered bodily
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Peyota Cactus
sensations…. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyv21qW7SQo
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Native American tribes smoked it
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Illusion
Hallucinations
Poor Perception of time and distance
Overdose
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Longer and more intense “trip” episodes
Violence
Possible death
 It’s
a new hallucinogen
 Similar to PCP
 Very Dangerous
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http://www.necn.com/searchNECN/search/v/43001621/bath-saltsa-new-drug-similar-to-pcp-is-taking-off.htm
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015311562_bath
salts14m.html
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PCP
Dissociates person from pain and reality
 Brain receptors don’t feel pain: Used on burn victims
 Very dangerous
 Some time only lethal force will stop the person
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLZq5GGPxws&feature=related
Dextromethorphan (cough syrup)
Loss of memory
 Lasts the entire school day
 Blank stare and eyes look like they saw a ghost
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 Heroin
 Methadone
 Morphine
 Codeine
 Opium
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Heroin
Track Marks
 Shooting up in muscles. Eats at the muscle, holes,
shares needles then fills with pus, can see to the bone
 Under the finger nails
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Methadone
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Less addictive than heroin.
Methadone State Program: People can be on this free
program for 3 years. Made to get them off of it, but
it’s abused.
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Euphoria
Drowsiness
Respiratory depression
Nausea
Overdose
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Slow and shallow breathing
Convulsion
Coma
Death
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Displacing amount of oxygen in the
blood.
People will die if too much is in the lungs.
Cooking spray acts differently and coats
the lungs.
Short lived
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Once they start breathing normal air it clears it out.
HUGE headaches!
Marijuana
 Spice
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Hashish: I like marijuana. It consists of
the THC-rich resinous material of the
cannabis plant, which is collected, dried,
and then compressed. The Middle East,
North Africa, and Pakistan/Afghanistan
are the main sources of hashish.
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Sinsemilla: Marijuana from seedless
female hemp plants that contain very
high levels of THC.
Smoking is fastest to the brain.
 Marijuana impairs attention
span. “smoke themselves stupid”
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lasts 8 hours
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THC is 10x more potent than
the 1980’s. Genetically
engineered
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Difficulty concentrating
Euphoria
Short-term memory loss
Loss of depth perception
Lack of motivation
Lowered productivity
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Synthetic marijuana
Made in labs and stores sell it
Chemicals are sprinkled on top of
plants, like herbs
100% more potent than marijuana
One step ahead of legislative to make it
illegal
Not fit for human consumption
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/02/28/dea.synthetic.marijuana/index.html?iref=
allsearch
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/01/navy.drug.expulsions/index.html?iref=all
search
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Iron Man….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d25WMA61rM