7-8.1 Handout
Activity #1 : Label That Drug
Fill-In-The-Blanks Chart
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Name
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Cocaine / Crack Cocaine
Street Names: Blow, C,
Charlie, Coke, Crack, Flake,
Freebase, Nose Candy,
Rock, Snow, Stardust
Forms: Powder, crystals or
rocks
Type: _________________
Magic Mushrooms
Street Names: Mush,
Schrooms, Mushies,
Fungus, Fungus Delight
(tea)
Forms: Mushroom, brown
powder
Type: _________________
Heroin
Street Names: Smack,
Dope, H, Horse, Black Tar,
Dust, Point
Forms: Fine, white
crystalline powder, grainy
brown substance, dark
brown sticky gum
Type: _________________
Marijuana (Cannabis)
Street Names: Pot, Mary,
Mary Jane, MJ, Joint,
Weed
Forms: Dried leaves, buds
seeds or stems, resin,
sticky liquid
Type: _________________
2
3
4
5
Acid (LSD)
Street Names: Acid, Acid
Cap, Blotter, Micro,
Microdots, Bull’s Eye
Forms: Tablets, blotting
paper
Type: _________________
6
Ketamine
Street Names: Special K,
Vitamin K, Ket, Ketty
Illegal Drugs
How it Works
Effects
It affects the brain
and makes you very
energetic and alert.
Euphoria, insomnia, dry
mouth and lips, masks
fatigue, loss of appetite,
lowers inhibitions,
hallucinations, rapid
heart and breathing rate
They are absorbed by
the bloodstream and
then travel to the
brain where they
alter one’s
perception.
Nausea and vomiting,
numbness, exaggerated
reflexes,
paranoia/confusion, loss
of urinary control,
increased blood pressure
and heart rate.
It travels through the Nausea and vomiting,
bloodstream to the
lack of emotion,
brain. There it’s
headaches, reduced
converted back into
appetite, constipation,
morphine, interacts
itching of the skin.
with your brain and
can change the way a
person experiences
pain.
THC is absorbed into
Dry mouth, increased
the bloodstream and appetite, calm, relaxed
travels to the brain.
feeling, panic, anxiety,
In the brain, it binds
impaired short term
to cannabinoid
memory and
receptors, which
coordination,
produces the effects
hallucinations, increased
felt by the user.
heart rate.
Illegal Synthetic Drugs
It enters all tissues of Effects can range from a
the body including
sense of joy/well-being to
the brain. The effects fear, panic, aggression
of it are felt gradually and severe anxiety. One
within 30-60
can also experience
minutes, peak within “pseudo-hallucinations”
2 to 4 hours and
(user is aware the
gradually diminish
hallucination is not real).
within 10-12 hours.
It travels through the Drunken/dizzy feeling,
bloodstream to the
confusion, memory loss,
brain. There, it
loss of coordination,
How to tell if someone
has been using?
Dilated pupils
Chapped nostrils
Nose bleeding
Track marks
Sniffling
Slurred speech
Dilated pupils
Convulsions
Muscle weakness
or twitching
Decreased
response to pain
Small (pinpoint)
pupils
Slowed speech and
movements
Track marks
Strong odor
Red eyes
Slow mental
reactions
Spontaneous
laughter
Excitable
Wild-eyed
Dilated pupils
Hallucinations
Insensitive to pain
Difficulty reasoning
Coordination
7-8.1 Handout
Forms: Liquid, powder,
tablets
Type: _________________
affects the
neurotransmitter
(brain chemical)
glutamate, which
impairs memory,
learning, the
perception of pain
and responses to the
environment.
inability to speak,
decreased response to
pain, confusion, nausea
and vomiting. Some
people experience “near
death” or “out-of-body”
sensations, and this is
referred to as “going
through the k-hole”.
problems
Slurred speech
7
Ecstasy (MDMA)
Street Names: E, XTC, X,
Pill, Peanut, Ecstasy, Dove,
Love Drug, M&M
Forms: Tablets with
various logos and colours
Type: ________________
Euphoria, increased
alertness, teeth grinding
and jaw pain, anxiety,
nausea and vomiting,
dehydration, heightening
of emotions and sensory
perceptions, loss of
inhibitions and
hallucinations.
Excitable
Wild-eyed
Dilated pupils
Hallucinations
8
Meth (Methamphetamine)
Street Names: Crystal
Meth, Ice, Crank, Speed,
Chalk, Pep Pill
Forms: Powder, crystals,
tablets
Type: _________________
It is absorbed into
the bloodstream and
travels to the brain,
where it causes the
release several
neurotransmitters
(serotonin, dopamine
and norepinephrine)
which produce the
effects felt by the
user.
It travels to the brain
through the
bloodstream. Once in
the brain, it causes
the release of a
chemical that is
responsible for
“pleasure”, which
explains the “high”
created by the drug.
Euphoria, increased
alertness of mind,
excessively talkative,
decreased appetite, dry
mouth, teeth grinding,
muscle shaking, paranoia,
anxiety, hallucinations
and difficulty sleeping,
increased breathing and
heart rate
Dilated pupils
Blurred vision
Restlessness
Tremors
“Tweaking”
(combination of
anxiety, irritability,
aggression,
paranoia and
hallucinations)
9
“Spice”
Street Names: Synthetic
Marijuana, Hayze Spice,
Herb Dream, Herbal
Potpourri, Krypto Buds,
Cloud 9
Forms: Mix of herbs
sprayed with man-made
compounds that mimic the
effects of marijuana
Type: _________________
It is absorbed into
the bloodstream and
travels to the brain.
In the brain, it binds
to cannabinoid
receptors, which
produces the effects
felt by the user.
Nausea and vomiting,
dizziness, extreme
anxiety, agitation and
panic attacks, euphoria,
unrealistic fears, altered
sense of time and space,
confusion, insomnia,
short-term memory loss,
convulsions, seizures,
suicide, increased heart
rate.
Shortness of
breath
High blood
pressure
Chest pain
Dry mouth