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Drug information pages:
http://www.teenchallenge.com/main/drugs/overview.htrml
In order to be able to fight drugs, it is important to know all you can about them. Each of these drug
information pages includes a description of the drug, its immediate and long term effects as well as the
paraphernalia associated with it. We have also included photographs of the drug and its paraphernalia whenever
possible.
Ecstasy Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)
How is it routinely sold?
What is the price range for one dose?
Slang or street names:
Drug Classification:
MDMA’s Effects:
Last approximately ______________hours
Reported to occur even weeks after the drug is taken:
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5.
MDMA use may also lead to:
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4.
GHB Gamma-hyroxybutyrate (GHB)
1. GHB along with Ecstasy has become a popular drug among:_________________________
2. GHB has also been associated with the so called:__________________________________
3. GHB is available as a:_________________________________
Slang or Street Names:
Drug Classification:
GHB can be produced in clear liquid, white powder, tablet, and capsule forms, and it is often used in
combination with:
GHB has been increasingly involved in:
1.
2.
Where is GHB often manufactured?
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4.
Where can the ingredients be purchased?
GHB is usually abused for two reasons:
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2.
GHB is a central nervous system________________________that can relax or sedate the body.
At higher doses it can slow___________________ and_____________________ to dangerous levels.
GHB’s intoxicating effects begin___________to___________________minutes after the drug is taken.
The effects typically last up to__________________hours, depending on the dosage.
Overdose of GHB can occur rather quickly, and the signs are:
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6.
Crystal Methamphetamine (Speed)
What is methamphetamine?
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Drug Classification
What are the Physical Signs of Speed usage?
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What paraphernalia is used with this drug?
3.
Common Nicknames for Speed:
Addicts have been known to stay awake for:
Heroin
*What is Heroin?
* Heroin is classified as what type of drug:
*What are the physical signs of Heroin Usage?
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2.
*What paraphernalia is used with this drug?
3.
Common Nicknames for Heroin:
Heroin may be __________________ when in pure powder form, “___________________” into the
nose through a straw or a rolled up dollar bill, “skin popped” (injected just under the ______________),
or “mainlined” (injected directly into the_____________________).
Heroin most commonly comes in three forms:
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3.
What are some of the long-term physical conditions that accompany heroin addiction:
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4.
Marijuana
What is marijuana?
What are the physical signs of marijuana usage?
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2.
3.
What paraphernalia is used with this drug?
Common Nicknames for Marijuana:
Marijuana is classified as a minor__________________________drug
The major psychoactive ingredient in marijuana is:
Over________ other chemicals are found in marijuana, including _________ and _____________.
Marijuana is not a new drug. The first written records date it to 4,000 years ago in China, where the
emperor, Chen Nung, advocates its use as an all-purpose
medication and as a___________________________________.
Cocaine
*What is Cocaine?
*Drug Classification
*How is Cocaine used?
*What are the effects and dangers of Cocaine Use?
*How does Cocaine Kill?
*What Paraphernalia is used with this drug?
Common Nicknames for Cocaine:
Who were the first people to probably first use cocaine?
A natural source gives a low dose of cocaine with effects similar to drinking cups of strong coffee.
People who chew_____________leaves do not often have a serious addiction problem because there
is so little cocaine on each leaf.
Cocaine was an ingredient in ________________until 1903.
Cocaine gained a reputation as a highly_________________, very addictive drug.
In the early 1900’s, the terms “dope” and “dope fiend” were use to describe_______________ and
the cocaine user who would do anything to get the next dose of cocaine.
The drug’s bad reputation combined with___________ _____________ against sales and possession
let to less and less use of cocaine in the first few decades of the_____________ century. Sixty years
after it began, cocaine use had practically disappeared by 1930.
“__________________”, the term used to describe enabling users to convert the injectable white
cocaine salts into a smoke able form.
“Freebasing” is very _______________________because of the chemicals used to do it.
The comedian Richard Pryor was severely ___________________ on the face when the chemicals he
was using to make free base cocaine exploded and burned. Other less famous people have suffered
serious injury or ___________________ in this process.
The current cocaine epidemic seemed to be leveling off in 1984, but a new and easily made form of
cocaine called “____________” was developed at that time.
Crack is nothing more than ________________ cocaine, which has been prepared by a different
method.
The method used to produce crack allows the freebase cocaine vapors to penetrate deeply into
the________________________. This produces a greater high, but is also an even more
____________________ way to use cocaine.
LSD
What is LSD?
What are the physical signs of LSD Usage?
1.
2.
Common Nicknames for LSD:
3.
LSD (d-lysergic acid diethylamide) is commonly called “__________________.”
LSD is the most powerful known _____________________.
A hallucinogen changes the mental state by distorting the perception of reality to the point where,
hallucinations occur.
LSD is derived from a fungus that grows on __________________ and other grains.
LSD is semi-synthetic. It is chemically manufactured in illicit_________________ except for a small
amount, which is produced legally for research.
Even in very minute doses (for example, 50-100 micrograms – a microgram is 1/1,000 of a
milligram), LSD can significantly alter ones perceptions to the point of hallucinations – that is, one
_____________ or ______________ things that don’t, in reality, exist.
PCP
*What is PCP?
*Drug Classification
*What does PCP look like?
*What are the Physical Signs of PCP Usage?
1.
2.
*Who discovered PCP?
3.
*Where does PCP come from?
Common Nicknames for PCP:
The reasons that are often cited by users as factors in their continued PCP use are:
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This often results in:
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3.
Inhalants
*What are inhalants?
4.
*Drug Classification
*How are inhalants abused?
Name different abused substances (such as glue):
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3.
What are three chemically different types of inhalants?
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3.
What are examples of Volatile hydrocarbons?
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2.
What are they primarily used as?
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They act as central nervous________________ inducing a “high” similar to alcohol.
Volatile nitrites function as a vasodilator. They dilate ______________ _____________ and increase
heart rate.
Rohypnol
*What is Rohypnol?
Drug Classification
Nicknames for Rohypnol:
Rohypnol is a ________________, like Valium, yet is __________ times more potent.
The drug produces sedative the following effects:
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2.
3.
Sedation occurs ____ to ____ minutes after administration of a 2-mg tablet and lasts for approximately
____ hours.
The inexpensive cost, ranges from $____________ to $___________ per pill.
Withdrawal symptoms include:
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4.
Give Examples of Each:
Stimulants
Depressants
Cannabis
Sativa
Inhalants
Hallucinogen
Narcotics