Karen P. McWhorter, LMSW, CPS
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Angie Cano Garza
Region 6 PRC Coordinator
Do you know what this is???
WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL????
Specific Drugs of Abuse
• Alcohol &
Alcopops
• Cocaine
• Inhalants
• Heroin
• Marijuana
• Methamphetamine
• Prescription Drugs
• Steroids
• Tobacco
Fact or Fiction???
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Jenkem
Salvia
Dusting
Purple Stuff
Cheese or Queso
Strawberry Quik
Pantene Angel
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Butt Chugging
Drunk tampons
Smoking alcohol
Poppy tea
Candy Dish
Shot Paks
Spice
Wet
Jenkem
Winnie
Mighty
Butthash
Runners
Waste
Fruit from the Crack
Pipe
Devil’s Chocolate
Leroy Jenkems
FACT & FICTION
Collier County Sheriff's Office in Naples, Florida has
confirmed issuing this internal bulletin on September
26, 2007. However, Sheriff's deputies admit they know
of no confirmed instances of Jenkem use in their
jurisdiction, and when WINK-TV News questioned
several students at a local high school, all said they had
never heard of the substance, let alone tried it.
Reports from other sources confirm possible use in
other jurisdictions.
Salvia divinorum
Salvia
Diviner’s sage
Maria Pastora
Sage of seers
Ska Maria Pastora
FACT
Salvia users take the drug
in several forms.
Fresh leaves can be wadded
together and chewed, while
dried leaves can be smoked.
Salvia is also brewed as a tea
or converted into a liquid
extract then vaporized for
inhalation
www.salviadragon.com
www.the-salvia-dream.com
Drunk
Tampons
FACT
Tampons soaked in vodka and inserted vaginally or
rectally (in females and males)
Results in a faster high as the unprotected mucous
membranes absorb the alcohol more quickly
Very popular in Europe and South America, especially
Columbia. The Council has responded to an incident
involving a Houston girl at a local high school.
DUSTING
FACT
Dusting is a form of huffing or inhalant abuse,
specifically the use of canned, aerosolized computer
keyboard cleaner containing compressed gas
Butt Chug
FACT
Buttchug, Niles, Beer Enema, Beer Funnel,
The Derelicts
Consumption of beer/alcohol rectally, using a funnel and
tube (beer bong) to administer the alcohol as an enema.
Alcohol administered as an enema has 3x the effect of
alcohol taken orally.
While there are YouTube videos of youth doing this, The
Council is not aware of any reported incidents in Houston,
Tx, to date.
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
Purple Stuff / Drank
FACT
Syrup, Sizzurp, Lean, Drank, Barre, and Purple Jelly
Soft drink mixed with prescription-strength
cough syrup containing codeine and
promethazine (or OTC cough syrup with
dextromethorphan)
Promoters developed a legal soft drink
version with natural herbs that promote
relaxation: Rosehips, Valerian Root, and
either L-Theanine, or Melatonin.
Both the legal drink or illegal version come in
a variety of flavors – in the illegal version, the
addition of a Jolly Rancher candy to a cup of
purple drank creates a spectrum of colors,
“Rainbow Colors.”
Popular in rap and hip hop music.
Smoking Alcohol
FACT
Alcohol is poured over dry ice causing an alcohol
vapor
Users inhale the vapor, delivering alcohol directly to
the lungs
Users have a more rapid and intense buzz
Two Youtube videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KscCY7gJaQI&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPsSTOMgwRw&feature=related
Cheese Heroin / Queso
FACT
Black tar heroin combined with crushed Tylenol PM tablets
Highly addictive and very dangerous
Tan-colored powder usually snorted through the nose with a tube,
straw, or small ballpoint pen
Packaged in a small paper bindle or zip lock baggie
Can be bought for as little as $2
Popular among Hispanic juveniles, both male and female
Strawberry
Quik
FACT
To combat the bitter taste
of methamphetamines,
some cooks are adding
flavoring that gives the
drug a strawberry flavor
and turns its trademark
crystals bright pink.
Pantene Angel
Pantene brand shampoo contains
an additive that when injected will
get the user high
FICTION
Poppy Seed Tea
FACT
Mistakenly considered to be a “healthy” alternative for a pain reliever,
sleep aid, cough suppressant, an intoxicant, and/or a mild relaxant.
Poppy seeds can be purchased at grocery stores and health food
stores. Poppy pods can be purchased at hobby and craft stores.
Highly addictive. Potency of poppy pods varies dramatically from one
variety to another and from one crop to the next, which has resulted in
overdose and deaths.
www.poppyseedtea.com
CANDY DISH
FACT
ShotPak
FACT
Shotpaks – 17% alcohol
.99 each…
Featured on the Today
show in July
Target
Audience:
YOUTH
The Center for Alcohol Marketing and Youth
Spice, Spice Gold
FACT
Spice is a brand name for a mixture of herbs as an incense, as
well as over the Internet as a "herbal smoking blend." It is
usually smoked for its cannabis-like effects which are believed to
be caused by a mixture of synthetic cannabinoid drugs. Several
different "flavours" of Spice have been marketed which have
been shown to contain different proportions of the synthetic
cannabinoid active ingredients, and reportedly produce subtly
different effects.
Liquid “O”
Umm….is that appropriate to talk about here??
FACT
Wet
Umm….is that appropriate to talk about here??
FACT
Marijuana or tobacco
cigarettes soaked in
embalming fluid
and/or PCP (angel
dust). Causes violent
and psychotic side
effects; symptoms of
use are spaced out
and dissociative. The
high can last from 6
hours to 3 days.
Did you know???
Liquid
10602 Fm 1960 Road West
Local 420’s
3624 Washington Ave.
8226 Gulf Freeway
4121 North Freeway
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Smoke and Toke
www.erowid.com
www.cannabis.com
www.salvia.net
www.nirvanaheadshop.com
www.weedwholesale.com
www.herbalsmokeblend.com
www.grasscity.com
Symptoms of Use
So what are WE doing?
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Prevention Education
Parent Education Groups
Teen Groups
Interventions with substance
abusing parents involved with CPS
S2S Peer Mentor
Alternative activities
Health fairs and presentations
Forming Relationships
As an adult what can YOU do?
• Send clear, consistent no-use messages to youth
• Model appropriate behavior regarding the use of
alcohol
• TALK to youth about your expectations and the
danger of use
• Plan structured, supervised fun alcohol, tobacco
and other drug-free activities for youth
• Get youth involved with their community –
provide meaningful roles
• Form positive relationships with the youth you
come in to contact with
As a parent what can YOU do?
• Send clear, consistent no-use messages to your
children
• Model appropriate behavior regarding the use of
alcohol
• TALK to youth about your expectations and the
danger of use – have family dinners 4 or more times
every week
• Form positive relationships with your children
What parents can do cont’d
• Provide supervision and structured activities for your
children – especially in the summer months
• Control access to prescription medications, items of
possible abuse (aerosols, gas, solvents cough syrup,
etc.), tobacco, and alcohol
• Create a household contract around the use of
alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs
• Know where your child is going and who he/she is
hanging out with
• Monitor your child’s Internet and cell phone usage
www.straightdopeforparents.org
http://family.samhsa.gov
Positive Relationships Help!
How we support substance
abuse prevention efforts in the
community:
Counseling & Assessment
Information & Referral
Intervention Services
Workplace Services
Continuing Education
Education Classes
Intensive Outpatient Treatment
Prevention Services
Women’s & Children’s Services
Aftercare & Recovery Support
Specialized Services for Seniors
Recovery Community Programs & Services
Contact Information
Karen McWhorter, LMSW, CPS
(281) 686-3462
kpmcwhorter3@comcast.net
Angie Cano Garza
(281) 200-9118
acano@council-houston.org
www.council-houston.org