Drug Categories

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Drug Categories
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What is a Drug?

• A substance other than food that changes the way
  the body or brain works.
• Illegal drugs, but also caffeine, cough syrup,
  aspirin, ibuprofen, anasthetics

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Central Nervous System (CNS)

• CNS is the part of the nervous system that
  consists of the brain and spinal cord.
• Affects thinking, learning, memory
• Affects coordination of muscle activity
• Affects involuntary actions like heart rate and
  breathing

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Drug Abuse/Misuse

• Drug Abuse The intentional use of a harmful drug
  on purpose.
• Examples illegal drugs, alcohol, prescriptions
• Drug Misuse Harmful use of drugs that is not
  done on purpose.

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OTC vs Prescription

• Over the Counter (OTC) Drug Drug that you can
  buy off the shelf at the store.
• Prescription Drug Medicine that you can only get
  with a written order from a doctor.
• Is it illegal to use someone elses prescription?

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Withdrawal

• Unpleasant physical and emotional symptoms that
  occur when an addict stops using the drug. This
  includes legal drugs such as caffeine, nicotine,
  and alcohol.

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Tolerance

• A condition in which the body becomes used to a
  drug and larger amounts are needed to produce the
  same effect.

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4 Ways to take Drugs

• Smoked
• Eaten/Orally (food, pill)
• Injected
• Absorbed into the skin

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Drug categoriesStimulants Drugs that increase
activities of the Central Nervous System (CNS).
Increase Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, Alertness
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Drug Categories

• Depressants Drugs that decrease activities of
  the CNS. Decrease heart rate, blood pressure,
  make you sleepy
• Hallucinogens Drugs that interfere with your
  senses (sight, hearing). Cause people to see and
  hear things that arent real.

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Nicotine

• Definition Stimulant Chemical in cigarettes,
  cigars, chewing tobacco that gets a person
  addicted.

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Cocaine/Coke

• Definition stimulant extremely addictive
• Administration snorting, injecting, smoking
• Short term effects increased heart rate,
  increased blood pressure, anxiety, restlessness
• Long term effects paranoia, nose bleeds,
  aggressive behavior, cardiac arrest

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Crack

• Definition (stimulant) A purified form of
  cocaine.
• Named from the sound it makes when smoked
• The effects of crack that is smoked is 10 times
  greater than cocaine that is snorted

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Caffeine

• Definition Stimulant A bitter white alkaloid
  found in tea leaves, coffee beans, coca and other
  various plants. Found in coffee, tea, tonics
  analgesics and even chocolate!

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Methamphetamine (Meth)

• Definition Stimulant extremely addictive drug
  that strongly activates certain systems in the
  brain.
• Administration orally, injected, snorted, or
  smoked
• Short-term effects irritability/aggression,
  anxiety, nervousness, convulsions, insomnia
• Long-term effects paranoia, hallucinations,
  dangerously low body temperature, confusion, and
  even death.

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Ice, Crank, Crystal, Speed

• Definition Crank is a stimulant from the
  amphetamine family. Effects last longer than
  crack or cocaine.
• Ice stimulant smokeable form of pure meth. Can
  become immediately addicted.

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Amphetamines

• Definition Stimulant Chemically manufactured
  drug that is highly addictive.

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Marijuana(Weed, grass, pot)

• Definition Depressant/Hallucinogen- most
  commonly abused illegal drug in the U.S.
• Administration smoked, eaten in food
• Short term effects slowed thinking and reaction
  time, impaired balance/coordination
• Long term effects frequent respiratory
  infections, impaired memory and learning

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Hashish

• Definition Depressant/Hallucinogen
• Made from the roots of the marijuana plant.
• Stronger effects than marijuana.

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Opium

• Definition Depressant a narcotic used to
  control pain.
• Found in the poppy seed plant

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Heroin

• Definition Depressant, highly addictive (also
  considered a narcotic or pain killer)
• Administration smoke, snorted, or injected
• Short term effects feeling of euphoria, dry
  mouth, confusion
• Long term effects collapsed veins, infection of
  the heart lining, liver disease

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Morphine

• Definition Depressant a narcotic used to
  control pain makes you very drowsy. Is addictive
  so not used much anymore.

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Codeine

• Definition Depressant a narcotic pain killer
  produced from morphine.
• It is weaker than morphine.
• Used in prescription cough syrups and pain
  relievers

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Sleeping Pills

• Definition Depressant Prescribed drugs used to
  help you sleep better.

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Alcohol

• Definition Depressant All types of alcohol are
  depressants (wine, beer, liquor)

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Sedatives/Tranquilizers

• Definition Depressant a group of drugs that
  depress the CNS. Have a calming effect and are
  prescribed to treat anxiety.

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Rohypnol/Roofies

• Definition depressant
• Date Rape Drug
• Administration liquid that is swallowed
• Short term effects reduced pain, lowered
  inhibitions
• Long term effects impaired memory, respiratory
  arrest

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LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide )

• Definition Hallucinogen powerful mood-altering
  drug
• Administration usually by mouth after being
  added to absorbent paper
• Short term effects altered sense of perception,
  increased body temperature
• Long term effects flashbacks, chronic mental
  disorders

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Mushrooms

• Definition Hallucinogen powerful mood-altering
  drug
• Sometimes call Magic Mushrooms
• Found in certain types of mushrooms

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Ecstasy

• Definition Hallucinogen popular club drug
• Administration swallowed as a pill
• Short term effects rapid or irregular heart
  beat, feelings of exhilaration, dehydration
• Long term effects impaired memory and learning,
  heart failure

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Peyote

• Definition Hallucinogen mind altering drug
• Found in a cactus in Mexico and the southwest
  U.S.

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PCP (Phencyclidine)

• Definition hallucinogen
• Administration snorted, smoked, or ingested
• Short term effects increased breathing rate,
  increased heart rate
• Long term effects delusions, disordered
  thinking, seizures