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Transcript
ILLEGAL
DRUGS
EVERY YEAR
50,000
AMERICANS DIE
FROM A
DRUG OVERDOSE
IN THE
UNITED STATES
THERE ARE
4,000,000
PEOPLE ADDICTED
TO DRUGS.
DRUG
ANY SUBSTANCE
THAT MODIFIES ONE
OR MORE BODY
FUNCTIONS
INCLUDING
MOOD & BEHAVIOR
ILLEGAL DRUGS
(STREET DRUGS)
CHEMICAL
SUBSTANCES THAT
PEOPLE OF ANY AGE
CAN MANUFACTURE,
POSSES, BUY OR
SALE UNLAWFULLY.
Amount of Money People in the U.S.
Spend on Drugs
DRUG
ABUSE
USING A DRUG FOR
REASONS OTHER THAN
FOR
WHAT IT WAS
INTENTED.
How Harmful are Drugs?
NAME
PROBLEMS A
PERSON WHO USES
DRUGS COULD
EXPERIENCE.
1. PHYSIOLOGICAL
DEPENDENCE
2. PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEPENDENCE
3.TOLERANCE
4. ADDICTION
5.WITHDRAWAL
ADDICTION
Normal
Drug Addicted
A
PHYSIOLOGICAL
OR
PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEPENDENCE
ON A SUBSTANCE
OR ACTIVITY.
PHYSIOLOGICAL
DEPENDENCE
A DEPENDENCE
WHICH CAUSES A
CHEMICAL NEED OF
THE BODY FOR A
DRUG.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEPENDENCE
A PERSON BELIEVES
THAT A PARTICULAR
DRUG IS NEEDED IN
ORDER TO FEEL GOOD
OR FUNCTION
NORMALLY.
TOLERANCE
NEEDING TO INCREASE
THE AMOUNT OF THE
DRUG TO ACHIEVE THE
DESIRED EFFECT.
WITHDRAWAL
AN UNPLEASANT
PHYSICAL REACTION
THAT OCCURS WHEN
A PERSON STOPS
TAKING A DRUG OR
MEDICINE ON WHICH
THE PERSON IS
CHEMICALLY
DEPENDENT.
NAME THE
CLASSIFICATIONS
OF
DRUGS
1. STIMILANTS
2.DEPRESSANTS
3.HALLUCINOGENS
4. NARCOTICS
STIMULANT
DRUGS THAT INCREASE
THE ACTION OF THE
CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM, HEART RATE,
RESPIRATORY RATE,
&
BLOOD PRESSURE.
GIVE 4 EXAMPLES
OF
STIMULANTS
1. CRACK
2. COCAINE
3. AMPHETAMINE
4. ICE
Usage of Stimulants
AMPHETAMINE
STRONG CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM
STIMULANTS
WITH
EFFECTS SIMILAR TO
THOSE OF ADRENALINE.
AMPHETAMINES
INCREASE
HEART RATE
RESPIRATION
&
BLOOD PRESSURE
INCREASED
TOLERANCE
AND ADDICTION
OCCURS QUICKLY
WITH
AMPHETAMINE ABUSE
EFFECTS:
LOSS OF MUSCLE
COORDINATION
DELIRIUM
PANIC ATTACKS
AGGRESSIVENESS
STROKE
DEATH
METHAMPHETAMINE
A STIMULANT
THAT IS A
WHITE, ODORLESS
POWDER WHICH
DISSOLVES IN
ALCOHOL OR
WATER.
METHAMPHETAMINE
GIVES A
SHORT TERM FEELING
OF EUPHORIA
Number of People Taking Stimulants
METHAMPHETAMINE CAN
CAUSE
SEIZURES,
PARANOIA,
BRAIN DAMAGE
AND
DEATH.
EXAMPLES
CRANK, SPEED, AND
ICE-SMOKABLE FORM OF
METHAMPHETAMINE
Percent of Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine Users
EUPHORIA
A FEELING OF
INTENSE WELLBEING OR
ELATION
PARANOIA
AN IRRATIONAL
SUSPICIOUSNESS
OR DISTRUST OF
OTHERS.
COCAINE
700 pounds of Cocaine seized
A RAPID
ACTING,
POWERFUL
STIMULANT
COCAINE PRODUCES
AN AMPHETAMINE
LIKE
EUPHORIA, INTENSE
PLEASURE AND A
SENSE
OF PHYSICAL POWER.
COCAINE’S EFFECTS
DO NOT LAST LONGSOMETIMES AS
SHORT AS 20
MINUTES.
COCAINE IS A
WHITE POWDER
THAT CAN BE
SNORTED OR
INJECTED
DEATH IS OFTEN
DUE TO
HEART ATTACK
AND
RESPIRATORY
ARREST
EFFECTS INCLUDE:
NAUSEA
ABDOMINAL PAIN
CHEST PAIN
MALNUTRITION
SEIZURE
STROKE
Cocaine Users
CRACK
CRACK
IS THE SMOKABLE
FORM OF COCAINE.
IT IS 10 TIMES MORE
POWERFUL THAN
SNORTING COCAINE.
BECAUSE CRACK
IS SMOKED.
THE EFFECTS
ARE FELT WITHIN
SECONDS.
THE HIGH FOR CRACK
IS SHORT-LIVED AND THE
PERSON EXPERIENCES
AN OVERWHELMING
“CRASHING”
ALONG WITH SYMPTOMS
SUCH AS NAUSEA
AND DEPRESSION.
ONCE CRACK IS IN
THE BLOOD STREAM
IT CAUSES
HEART RATE AND
RESPIRATORY RATE TO
SOAR DANGEROUSLY
HIGH.
DEATHS USUALLY
RESULT FROM
CARDIAC
AND
RESPIRATORY
ARREST
DEPRESSANT
DEPRESSANTS
RELAX MUSCLES,
RELIEVE FEELINGS
OF TENSION,
AND BRING ON SLEEP.
NAME
TYPES
OF
DEPRESSANTS
1. SEDATIVE
2. HYPNOTIC
3. BARBITURATES
4. TRANQUILIZERS
THE MOST
COMMONLY USED
DEPRESSANT IS
ALCOHOL.
SEDATIVES
A TYPE OF BARBITURATE
THAT WHEN USED IN
LOW DOSAGES HAS A
CALMING EFFECT.
Sedative Users
HYPNOTICS
A TYPE OF
BARBITURATE
THAT WHEN USED IN
HIGH DOSES
INDUCES
SLEEP
BARBITURATES
DRUGS
THAT ARE USED
ILLEGALLY TO GIVE A
FEELING SIMILAR TO
ALCOHOL
INTOXICATION
BARBITURATES
COUNTERACT
THE EFFECTS OF
STIMLANTS.
BARBITURATES
ARE DEPRESSANTS
WHICH LOWERS
HEART RATE,
RESPIRATORY RATE
AND
BLOOD PRESSURE
BARBITURATES
GIVE A VERY PEACEFUL,
CALMING EFFECT.
OVERDOSE CAN RESULT
IN COMA OR DANGEROUS
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS.
EFFECTS:
IMPAIRMENT OF:
MEMORY
MUSCLE
COORDINATION
LOSS OF JUDGEMENT
EXTREME CONFUSION
TRANQUILIZERS
DEPRESSANTS
THAT REDUCE
MUSCULAR ACTIVITY,
COORDINATION,
&
ATTENTION SPAN.
IF TRANQUILIZERS ARE
USED IN EXCESS BOTH
PHYSIOLOGICAL &
PSYCHOLOGICAL
DEPENDENCE OCCUR.
TRANQUILIZERS
ARE
CLASSIFIED
IN
DIVISIONS:
MINOR
TRANQUILIZERS
DRUGS USED TO TREAT
ANXIETY AND RELIEVE
TENSION.
MAJOR
TRANQUILIZERS
DRUGS USED TO TREAT
SERIOUS
MENTALLY ILL
PATIENTS.
Tranquilizer Users
ANTIPSYCHOTIC
TRANQUILIZERS
TRANQUILIZERS
USED TO TREAT
SEVERE MENTAL
DISORDERS
VALIUM
ANTIANXIETY
TRANQUILIZER:
USED MEDICALLY TO
RELIEVE ANXIETY,
MUSCULAR SPASMS,
SLEEPLESSNESS
AND NERVOUSNESS.
Anxiety
Percentage
HALLUCINOGENS
ALSO KNOWN AS
PSYCHODELICS,
HALLUCINOGENS
ALTER MOOD AND
PERCEPTION.
HALLUCINOGENS
HAVE NO
MEDICAL USE.
GIVE
EXAMPLES
OF
HALLUCINOGENS.
.PCP
. LSD
. MESCALINE
Hallucinogen Users
PCP
A VERY POWERFUL
HALLUCINOGEN.
PCP WAS ONCE USED
AS AN ANIMAL
TRANQUILIZER.
ALSO KNOWN AS
ANGLE DUST.
PEOPLE HAVE DROWN
IN SHALLOW WATER
BECAUSE
THEY COULDN’T
ESTABLISH
WHICH WAY
WAS UP.
PEOPLE HAVE
BURNED TO DEATH
BECAUSE
OF THEIR
INABILITY
TO FEEL PAIN
EFFECTS:
INCREASED HEART AND
RESPIRATORY RATE
DEPRESSION
PANIC ATTACKS
AGGRESSION
VIOLENT ACTIONS
SEVERE FLASHBACKS
PCP Users
LSD
LSD AFFECTS THE BRAIN’S
EMOTIONAL CENTER.
DEATH IS OFTEN
DUE TO
HEART OR
RESPIRATORY
FAILURE
DEATHS RESULTED FROM
LSD WHEN PEOPLE
ACTUALLY THINKING THEY
COULD FLY AND
JUMPING FROM A HIGH
RISE WINDOW FROM AN
APARTMENT BUILDING.
CLASSIFIED AS
HALLUCINOGEN,
LSD IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR CREATING AN
AWARENESS OF
HALLUCINOGENS IN
AMERICAN SOCIETY.
DEATHS ALSO OCCURRED
WITH INDIVIDUALS ON
LSD TRYING TO STOP
AN ONCOMING TRAIN
BY STANDING ON THE
RAILROAD TRACK.
EFFECTS:
HALLUCINATIONS
SEVERELY DISTORTED
PERCEPTION TO
SOUND AND COLOR
HALLUCINOGENS
EFFECTS:
CONVULSIONS
SEVERE
FLASHBACKS
LSD Users
FLASHBACK
RELIVING A BAD TRIP
OR A BAD EXPERIENCE
YOU HAD WHILE
TAKING DRUGS.
THIS CAN OCCUR
AT ANYTIME EVEN
AFTER DRUG USE
HAS ENDED.
CANNABIS
THE SCIENTIFIC
NAME FOR
MARIJUANA
MARIJUANA
MARIJUANA IS
CLASSIFIED
AS A HALLUCINOGEN
AND HAS THE EFFECTS
OF BOTH A STIMULANT
AND A DEPRESSANT.
ONE JOINT
OF MARIJUANA
CONTAINS
TIMES AS
MUCH TAR AS A
NICOTINE
CIGARETTE.
TODAY’S MARIJUANA IS
TO
TIMES
STRONGER THAN THE
MARIJUANA OF
TWENTY
YEARS AGO.
WHAT EFFECT DOES
MARIJUANA HAVE
ON THE
FOLLOWING?
1. HEART RATE-INCREASES
2. BLOOD PRESSURE
INCREASES
3. BODY TEMPERATURELOWERS
4. APPETITE- STIMULATES
5.PERSONALITY PROBLEMS
EFFECTS:
HALLUCINATIONS
LUNG DAMAGE
BREAKS DOWN
YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
DISTORTED SENSE OF
TIME, SOUND,
SIGHT AND TOUCH
EFFECTS CONTINUED:
IMPAIRS THE FOLLOWING
SHORT-TERM MEMORY,
REACTION TIME,
COORDINATION
AND
CONCENTRATION
Marijuana Usage
Percentage of 8th-Graders Who Have Used Marijuana:
Monitoring the Future Study
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Ever Used
10.2
11.2
12.6
16.7
19.9
23.1
22.6
Used in past year
6.2
7.2
9.2
13.0
15.8
18.3
17.7
Used in past month
3.2
3.7
5.1
7.8
9.1
11.3
10.2
Daily Use in past month
0.2
0.4
0.7
0.8
1.5
1.1
1.1
Percentage of 10th-Graders Who Have Used Marijuana:
Monitoring the Future Study
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Ever Used
23.4
21.4
24.4
30.4
34.1
39.8
42.3
Used in past year
16.5
15.2
19.2
25.2
28.7
33.6
34.8
Used in past month
8.7
8.1
10.9
15.8
17.2
20.4
20.5
Daily Use in past month
0.8
0.8
1.0
2.2
2.8
3.5
3.7
Percentage of 12th-Graders Who Have Used Marijuana:
Monitoring the Future Study
Highest use
1979
1985
60.4
54.2
50.8
Current trends 1991-1997
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Ever Used
36.7
32.6
35.3
38.2
41.7
44.9
49.9
40.6
Used in past year
23.9
21.9
26.0
30.7
34.7
35.8
38.5
36.5
25.7
Used in past month
13.8
11.9
15.5
19.0
21.2
21.9
23.7
10.3
4.9
Daily Use in past month
2.0
1.9
2.4
3.6
4.6
4.9
5.8
Marijuana Users
HASHISH
THE DARK BROWN RESIN
COLLECTED AT THE TOP
OF THE CANNABIS PLANT.
IT IS STRONGER THAN
MARIJUANA BECAUSE
IT HAS A HIGHER LEVEL
OF
THC.
WHAT IS THC?
THE ACTIVE
INGREDIENT
IN MARIJUANA THAT
CAUSES THE
PSYCHOACTIVE EFFECT.
WHERE IS THC STORED
IN THE BODY?
THC DOES NOT DISSOLVE
IN WATER THEREFORE
IT IS NOT FLUSHED
FROM THE BODY.
IT MAY TAKE WEEKS
TO EXCRETE THC
FROM THE BODY
THC IS STORED
IN
FATTY TISSUE
NAME THE
MAJOR
PARTS OF THE BODY
MOST AFFECTED BY
THC.
1. BRAIN
2. LUNGS
3. LIVER
4. KIDNEYS
5. REPRODUCTIVE
ORGANS
Marijuana Users
NARCOTICS
OPIUM BASED
DRUGS
USED TO
RELIEVE PAIN.
GIVE lll
EXAMPLES
OF A
NARCOTIC.
1. METHADONE-TREATMENT OF HEROIN
2. OPIUM-RELIEVES
PAIN & SUFFERING
3. MORPHINE-RELIEVES PAIN
4. HEROIN-NO MEDICAL USE
5. CODEINE-RELIEVES
COUGHING.
Narcotic Users
Use of Prescription Narcotics
METHADONE
A SYNTHETIC DRUG
USED IN THE
TREATMENT OF
HEROIN.
OPIATES
OPIATES ARE A CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM
DEPRESSANT
MADE FROM
OPIUM OR A SYNTHETIC
EQUIVELANT.
Opium Production
HEROIN
AN ILLEGAL DRUG
MADE FROM
MORPHINE.
HEROIN IS A NARCOTIC
AND HAS
NO MEDICAL VALUE.
HERION
CAN BE INJECTED,
SNORTED AND
SMOKED.
HEROIN DEPRESSES
THE CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM,
SLOWS DOWN HEART
RATE AND
RESPIRATORY RATE.
EFFECTS:
CONFUSED
SEDATION
UNCONSCIOUSNESS
COMA
DEATH
Heroin Production
Table 8. Potential Worldwide Heroin Productions, in Metric Tons, 1999-2005
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Mexico
8.8
4.5
10.7
6.8
11.9
8.6
*
Colombia
8.7
8.7
11.4
8.5
7.8
3.8
*
Afghanistan
218.0
365.0
7.0
150.0
337.0
582.0
526.0
Burma
104.0
103.0
82.0
60.0
46.0
31.5
36.0
13.0
20.0
19.0
17.0
19.0
5.0
2.7
Pakistan
4.0
19.0
0.5
0.5
5.2
Thailand
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.9
Vietnam
1.0
1.4
1.4
1.0
Laos
Guatemala
Total
NA
358.1
NA
522.2
NA
132.6
NA
244.7
NA
*
NA
NA
*
NA
NA
*
NA
426.9
1.4
*
632.3
*
Heroin Users
PSYCHOACTIVE
DRUGS
PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS
AFFECT THE CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM AND
ALTER NORMAL
FUNCTIONING OF THE
BRAIN, RESULTING
IN MENTAL OR
BEHAVIORAL CHANGES
STIMULANTS,
DEPRESSANTS,
NARCOTICS,
&
HALLUCINOGENS
ARE ALL
PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS.
CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES
PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS
THAT ARE
SCHEDULED BY THE
DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION
WHAT IS MEANT BY
DRUG
SCHEDULING?
A WAY TO CLASSIFY
CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES
BASED ON THEIR
POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE
AND POSSIBLE
MEDICAL USE.
LOOK-ALIKE
DRUGS
DRUGS THAT LOOK LIKE
A RECOGNIZABLE DRUG
BUT DO NOT CONTAIN
THE ACTIVE INGEDIENT
OF THAT DRUG.
ADOLESENCE WHO ARE
NOT EXPERIENCED
DRUG USERS ARE THE
TARGET MARKET FOR
LOOK-A-LIKE DRUGS.
CLUB
DRUG
PSYCHOACTIVE
DRUGS
USED IN PARTY-LIKE
ENVIRONMENTS
SUCH AS
RAVES
EX.OF CLUB DRUGS
KATAMINE
ECSTASY
Rohypnol
PCP, LSD,
&
ROHYPNOL
Ketamine
Ketamine
ECSTASY
THE MOST WELL KNOWN
DESIGNER DRUG.
ECSTASY IS A
COMBINATION
STIMULANT &
HALLUCINOGEN.
ECSTASY GIVES A
FEELING OF EUPHORIA.
IT ALSO PRODUCES A
VERY TRANQUIL FEELING,
HEIGHTENS SEXUAL
FEELINGS AND A FALSE
SENSE OF TRUST WITH
PEOPLE YOU BARELY
KNOW.
THE USE OF
ECSTASY
RESULTS IN
LONG
TERM DAMAGE
TO
BRAIN CELLS.
ECSTASY
IS KNOWN AS
“LOVE DRUG.”
OVERDOSE IS
VERY COMMON.
ECSTASY IS ALSO
REFERRED TO AS
MDMA.
EFFECTS:
DEPRESSION
PARANOIA
CONFUSION
BREAKDOWN OF
MUSCLE TISSUE
Ecstasy Users
GHB
GAMMA HYDROXY BURATE
A TOXIC LIQUID
THAT CAN CAUSE
COMA,
BRAIN DAMAGE,
&
DEATH
GHB COMES IN
LIQUID, POWDER
AND TABLET
FORMS.
OVERDOSE IS VERY
COMMON.
EFFECTS:
IMPAIRED BREATHING
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
NAUSEA
VOMITING
EXTREME DROWSINESS
GHB Hospitalizations
Club Drug Investigations in 2000-2001
Methamphetamine
Marijuana
OVERDOSE
Cocaine
Heroin
A STRONG, SOMETIMES
FATAL
REACTION TO TAKING A
LARGE AMOUNT OF A
DRUG.
Drug Violation Arrests by Year
ROHYPNOL
ROHYPNOL IS A
DEPRESSANT
THAT CAUSES
MUSCLE RELAXATION
SHORT TERM AMNESIA,
AND SLEEPINESS.
TEN TIMES STRONGER
THAN A
TRANQUILIZERS
MOST OF USED IN
SOCIAL SETTINGS
SUCH AS BARS,
WITH THE INTENT
OF RAPE.
ROHYPNOL
HAS NO TASTE AND NO
ODOR AND COMES IN A
TABLET FORM ABOUT THE
SIZE OF AN ASPIRIN.
KNOWN AS THE
DATE RAPE DRUG
KETAMINE
KETAMINE
IS CLASSIFIED AS
A
HALLUCINOGEN
AN ANESTHETIC
USED FOR TREATING
ANIMALS.
KETAMINE
IS A WHITE POWDER TO
BE SNORTED OR
INJECTED.
THIS DRUG IS ALSO
SMOKED WITH
MARIJUANA
AND
TOBACCO
EFFECTS:
KIDNEY FAILURE
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
MEMORY LOSS
NAUSEA
NUMBNESS
IMPAIRED MOTOR FUNCTION
DEATHS OFTEN OCCUR
DUE TO
CARDIAC
AND
RESPIRATORY
FAILURE
DESIGNER
DRUGS
"SPLIF" PEANUT BUTTER (CONTAINING
TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL) NEAR LAREDO,
TEXAS
DRUGS MADE BY STREET
CHEMIST THAT ARE
CHEMICALLY SIMILAR
TO
BUT NOT EXACTLY LIKE
THE DRUGS THEY
ARE IMITATING.
THE REAL DANGER IN
DESIGNER DRUGS IS
NOT KNOWING THE
TRUE AMOUNT, TYPE,
OR QUALITY OF DRUGS
THAT THE STREET
CHEMIST ACTUALLY
USED.
INHALANTS
Markers are crushed to
breathe vapors
POISONS THAT ARE
SNIFFED TO GIVE A
HALLUCINOGENIC
HIGH.
Many household glues have
harmful vapors that can be
inhaled
MOST INHALANTS
SLOW DOWN THE
CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM AND PRODUCE
EFFECTS SIMILAR TO
ALCOHOL
INTOXICATION.
Vapors from pocket lighters are inhaled through the
nostrils.
Inhalant Users
ANABOLIC
STEROIDS
Steroids confiscated in the
investigation were marketed
to be used with animals via
public web sites.
SYNTHETIC DERIVATIVES
OF THE MALE HORMONE
TESTOSTERONE. THESE
DRUGS ARE USED
ILLEGALLY
BY SOME ATHLETES TO
ENHANCE THEIR
PERFORMANCE.
STEROIDS
WHAT IS THE
OFFICIAL NAME
FOR ANABOLIC
STEROIDS?
ANABOLIC
ANDROGENIC
STEROIDS
WHAT ARE
ANABOLIC
ANDROGENIC
STEROIDS?
MAN-MADE SYNTHETIC
SUBSTANCES
ANABOLIC MEANS MUSCLE
BUILDING
ANDROGENIC REFERS TO AN
INCREASE IN MALE
CHARACTERISTICS
STEROIDS IS THE CLASS OF
DRUG
WHY WERE
ANABOLIC
STEROIDS
CREATED?
TO TREAT MALES WITH
ABNORMALLY LOW
AMOUNTS OF
TESTOSTERONE
TREATMENT FOR SOME
AIDS PATIENTS
TREATMENT FOR SOME
TYPES OF CANCER
DOSES USED FOR
THESE TREATMENTS
ARE 10-100 TIMES
LOWER THAN DOSES
USED FOR
PERFORMANCE
ENHANCEMENT!!!
ARE THESE THE
SAME STEROIDS
USED TO TREAT
VARIOUS DISEASES
SUCH AS SEVERE
ALLERGIC
REACTIONS?
NO-THE STEROIDS
USED TO TREAT
VARIOUS DISEASES
SUCH AS ALLERGIC
REACTIONS ARE
CALLED:
CORTICOSTEROIDS
CORTICOSTEROIDS
ARE USED TO TREAT
MANY MEDICAL
DISORDERS SUCH
AS:
SEVERE ALERGIC
REACTIONS
ASTHMA
BLOOD DISORDERS
3 MOST COMMON
METHODS OF USE
FOR ANABOLIC
STEROIDS ARE:
ORAL
INJECTION
( RISK OF HIV
INFECTION)
3. TRANSDERMAL
REASONS
SOMEONE MIGHT
CHOOSE TO USE
ANABOLIC
STEROIDS?
MUSCLE GROWTH
PERFORMANCE
ENHANCEMENT
IMPROVE PHYSICAL
APPEARANCE
DECREASE RECOVERY
TIME FOR INJURIES
THE FOLLOWING
LIST INCLUDES
GENERAL
SIDE-EFFECTS OF
USING ANABOLIC
STEROIDS:
1. LIVER TUMORS/CANCER
2. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
3. HEART DISEASE
4. INCREASE IN THE LDL
(BAD CHOLESTROL)
5. DECREASE IN THE HDL
(GOOD CHOLESTROL)
ACNE
TREMBLING
MOOD SWINGS
“ROID RAGE”
DEPRESSION
PARANOIA
MALE
SIDE-EFFECTS OF
USING ANABOLIC
STEROIDS
SHRINKING OF TESTICLES
REDUCED SPERM COUNT
INFERTILITY
BALDNESS
DEVELOPMENT OF BREAST
INCREASED RISK FOR CANCER
(LIVER & PROSTATE)
FEMALE
SIDE-EFFECTS
FOR USING
ANABOLIC
STEROIDS
GROWTH OF
FACIAL AIR
MALE PATTERN BALDNESS
CHANGES IN OR
CESSATION OF
MENSTRUAL CRAMPS
DEEPENED VOICE
MENSTRUAL
IRREGULARITY
ADOLESCENT
SIDE-EFFECTS OF
ANABOLIC
STEROIDS
GROWTH
STOPPED
PREMATURELY
DUE TO GROWTH
PLATE CLOSURE
ACCELERATED
PUBERTY
CHANGE
REASONS WHY
SHOULD YOU
AVOID USING
ANABLOIC
STEROIDS?
ILLEGAL
DISHONEST
CHEATING
GIVES SPORTS AND
YOU A BAD NAME
5. NOT REGULATED
BY THE FDA-YOU
REALLY DON’T
KNOW WHAT YOU
ARE GETTING FOR
YOUR MONEY
DECREASES YOUR
OVERALL LEVEL
OF HEALTH.
IT CAN KILL YOU!!!!
Different Steroids
POTENTIALLY
FATAL
SOMETHING
THAT COULD CAUSE
DEATH.
SET
AN INDIVIDUAL’S
MENTAL
EXPECTATIONS
OF THE DRUG’S EFFECT.
SETTING
THE ENVIRONMENT
IN WHICH THE
DRUG IS TAKEN.
NAME THE 5 MAJOR
WAYS FOR
ADMINISTERING
DRUGS.
1. ORAL (MOUTH)
2. INJECTION (SHOT)
3. GAS (INHALED)
4. RECTAL (SUPPOSITORY)
5. TRANSDERMAL (SKIN)
NAME 4 EFFECTS THAT
USING DRUGS DURING
PREGNANCY CAN
HAVE ON THE BABY.
1. BABIES CAN BE
BORN ADDICTED TO
THE DRUG USED BY
THE MOM.
2. BIRTH DEFECTS
3. BEHAVIORAL
PROBLEMS
4. INTELLECTUAL
PROBLEMS
LIST SOME OF THE
PHYSICAL
HEALTH RISKS
OF DRUG USE
1. ONCE A DRUG ENTERS
THE
BLOODSTREAM IT CAN
DAMAGE A PERSON’S
HEART,
LUNGS AND OTHER
VITAL
ORGANS.
2. OVERDOSE
3. RISKS OF
CONTACTING
STD’S
HEPATITIS B
HIV
LIST SOME OF
THE MENTAL
HEALTH RISKS
OF DRUG USE:
1. CLOUDS YOUR ABILITY
TO REASON AND THINK
CLEARLY.
2. LOSE SIGHT OF TRUE
VALUES, MORALS AND
BELIEFS
LIST SOME OF THE
SOCIAL HEALTH
RISKS OF DRUG USE:
1. NEGATIVELY EFFECTS
RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILY
AND FRIENDS.
2. GET IN TROUBLE MORE
OFTEN ARREST-PERMANENT
RECORD
3. CRIME
4. SUICIDE
Drug Users
THE END