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ILLEGAL DRUGS
ILLEGAL DRUGS
Target: I will be able to Identify the terminology associated
with illegal drugs and list/give examples of the 5 types of
psychoactive drugs
Substance Abuse: unnecessary or improper use of
chemical substances for non-medical purposes
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Categories of Drugs:
1. Natural Drugs- drugs which come from plants, or
plant/animal extracts
2. Synthetic Drugs: drugs which are produced
artificially
3. Illicit Drugs: the use or sale of any drug that is
illegal, which includes the use or selling of prescription
drugs
4. Gateway Drugs- drugs that open the door for other
serious and dangerous drug use
5. Psychoactive Drugs- a drug which changes brain
function and results in alterations in perception, mood,
or consciousness
Types of Psychoactive Drugs:
1. Stimulants: Drugs that speed up the CNS
• Ex 1: Amphetamines: have similar effect to that of
the sympathetic nervous system- they prepares the
body for activity.
• Medically used to treat ADHD, Narcolepsy, and
Obesity
• Used illegally to: stay awake, lose weight,
improve athletic performance, offset use of
depressants, euphoria- “high”- excitement and
happiness
Ex 2: Methamphetamines: “crank, speed, ice”
• Taken orally, smoked, snorted, or dissolved in
water or alcohol and injected.
Ex 3: Cocaine
• High lasts 20 min to hours with feelings of
confidence to depression
Ex: 4: Crack- a smoked form of cocaine (aka
freebase cocaine)- pure lumps/rocks
• Effects are felt in seconds
2. Depressants: Drugs which slow down the CNS,
relax muscles, relieve feelings of tension/worry,
cause drowsiness, and lower blood pressure.
• Ex 1: Barbiturates: Sedatives which can range from
mild sedation to total anesthesia.
• Medically used as: anxiolytics (for anxiety),
hypnotics (for sleep), and anticonvulsants (for
epilepsy- seizures
• Illegally used for similar feeling of intoxication
and counteract stimulant use.
• Ex 2: Tranquilizers: Drug used to induce tranquility
(calmness) in an individual.
• Used legally to treat anxiety (diazepam),
muscle spasms, sleeplessness, and nervousness
• Ex 3: Methaqualone (Quaalude): Used to treat
anxiety and insomnia but is no longer prescribed
in the US
3. Narcotics: drugs that
come from the opium plant
and are medically used to
treat pain
• Ex: 1: Morphine: IV drug
used to treat severe pain
• Ex: 2: Codeine: Used in
mild pain relievers and
cough suppressants
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• Ex: 3: Heroin: No medical uses.
• A user quickly develops a tolerance, and there is
a high potential for overdose.
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4. Hallucinogens: drugs which distort perceptions of
the world around you causing changes in moods,
thoughts and senses.
• Users see and hear things that are not there
• Ex: 1: PCP (Phencyclidine)- aka Angel Dust
• Ex: 2: LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide)- a colorless,
tasteless, and odorless drug which comes in tablets,
liquid, and capsules.
• Provides uses with a false sense of security and
confidence, and hallucinations can become so
“real” that they may cause panic, anxiety, or
accidental suicide.
• Ex 3: Mescaline (Peyote Cactus)
• Ex 4: Psilocybin Mushrooms- “Psychedelic
mushrooms”
5. Inhalants (volatiles): fumes that are inhaled to
produce a hallucinogenic high
• Ex: glue, paint thinner, spray paints, aerosols, gas,
nitrous oxide
Other Drugs:
1. Anabolic Steroids: Synthetic male testosterone
2. Marijuana: “Weed”- a natural drug with the active
ingredient THC.
• Used for pain relief, as an appetite stimulant, and
euphoria (both legally and illegally)
• Hashish: resin from the plant which is solid an
smoked in a pipe or boiled and mixed with
tobacco
3. Designer Drugs: drugs made with synthetic
substances meant to imitate the effects of narcotics and
hallucinogens
• Ex: Ecstasy, MDMA, Molly
4. Look-alike Drugs: drugs which are made to
resemble a specific illegal drug, but you never know
what's in them
• They may have similar effects to the drugs they
are supposed to represent
• Hard to treat overdose because doctor has no
idea what the drug is
Summary:
DANGEROUS DRUGS
Draw an example for each of the 5 types of psychoactive drugs
and write the name of the example you chose to draw
*Use a minimum of 4 colors
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ANALYZING DRUGS
Choose a clock question from your IAN- Choices include: #2, 4,
5, 7, or 8
*Use good grammar and/or minimum of 4 colors*
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