SAY NO TO

DRUGS

- WALK AWAY !

Created by the students of the Chemistry 1 class

The

Facts

Lots of people are tempted by the excitement or escape that drugs seem to offer.Many teens use drugs because they're depressed or think drugs will help them escape their problems. Drugs don't solve problems — they simply hide feelings and problems. When a drug wears off, the feelings and problems remain, or become worse. Drugs can ruin every aspect of a person's life.

Research

In the case of alcohol and smoking there is a detectable odor.

Alcohol, cocaine and amphetamines affect behavior.

The withdrawal symptoms vary with the drugs.

Did you know.......

500,000 people die from drugs each year.

30,000 people die from abusing alcohol and by drinking and driving.

31% of 9th grade students have tried cigarettes.

Learn to say "no" to drugs!

This could be you - - - - - - -

Ways To Say No To Drugs

If you are ever confronted by someone who wants you to use drugs, try these ways to say no.  Practice them with a friend or parent so you will feel comfortable.

1. Saying "No Thanks" 2. Giving a Reason of Excuse 3. Repeated Refusal, or Keep Saying No 4. Walking away 5.Changing the Subject 6. Avoiding the Situation 7. Cold Shoulder 8. Strength in Numbers

Thanks to medical and drug research, there are thousands of drugs that help people. Antibiotics and vaccines have revolutionized the treatment of infections. Medicines can lower blood pressure, treat diabetes - -

But there are also lots of illegal, harmful drugs that people take to help them feel good or have a good time.

NAMES OF COMMONLY USED DRUGS

AlcoholAmphetaminesCocaine and CrackDepressantsEcstasy (MDMA)HeroinLSDInhalantsMethamphetamineNicotine

NICOTINE (tobacco)Nicotine is a highly addictive

stimulant found in tobacco. This drug is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream when smoked or chewed as tobacco.

Effects & Dangers:Physical effects include rapid

heartbeat, increased blood pressure, shortness of breath, and a greater likelihood of lung cancer , and cancer of the larynx and bladder Nicotine users have an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases and strokes. Smokers also have bad breath and yellowed teeth. Chewing tobacco users may suffer from cancers of the mouth and neck.

ALCOHOLThe oldest and most widely used

drug in the world, alcohol is a depressant that alters perceptions, emotions, and senses.

Effects & Dangers:Excess alcohol causes cirrhosis of

the liver.High doses of alcohol seriously

affect judgment, coordination, causes confusion, depression, short-term memory loss, and slow reaction times.

Large volumes of alcohol drunk in a short period of time may cause alcohol poisoning.

AMPHETAMINES (stimulant)Amphetamines are stimulants that

accelerate functions in the brain and body. Prescription diet pills also fall into this category of drugs.

Street Names: speed, uppers, dexies, bennies

How They're Used: Amphetamines are swallowed, snorted, inhaled, or injected.

Effects & Dangers:These drugs hit users with a fast high, also causing dehydration, fever, and sleeplessness. They pump up heart rate causing high blood pressure, sweating, shaking, headaches sleeplessness, hallucinations and intense paranoia.

COCAINE (stimulant) Cocaine is a white crystalline powder made from the dried

leaves of the coca plant. Street Names for Cocaine: coke, snow, blow, nose candy,

white, big CHow Used: Cocaine is inhaled through the nose or injected.Effects & Dangers:Cocaine is a stimulant that rocks the central nervous

system, giving users a quick, intense feeling of power and energy. Also causes insomnia, weight loss, and heart irregularities. Injecting cocaine can give you hepatitis or AIDS, if you share needles with other users.

MARIJUANAThe most widely used illegal

drug in the United States, marijuana resembles green, brown, or gray dried parsley with stems or seeds. A stronger form of marijuana called hashish (hash) looks like brown or black cakes or balls. Marijuana is often called a gateway drug because frequent use can lead to the use of stronger drugs.

Street Names: pot, weed, blunts, chronic, grass, reefer, herb, ganja

How It's Used: Marijuana is usually smoked — rolled in papers like a cigarette (joints), or in hollowed-out cigars (blunts), pipes (bowls), or water pipes (bongs). Some people mix it into foods or brew it as a tea.

Effects & Dangers: Marijuana can affect mood and coordination. Users may experience mood swings that range from stimulated or happy to drowsy or depressed. Marijuana also elevates heart rate and blood pressure. The drug can also make some people paranoid or cause them to hallucinate. Steady smokers suffer coughs, wheezing, and frequent colds.

CRACK

Crack, named for its crackle when heated, is made from cocaine. It looks like white or tan pellets.

Street Names for Crack: freebase, rock

How Used: Crack is smoked

Effects and dangers: Cocaine also elevates heart rate, breathing rate, blood pressure, and body Temperature.

This is a designer drug created by underground chemists. It comes in powder, tablet, or capsule form. Ecstasy is a popular club drug among teens because it is widely available at raves, dance clubs, and concerts.

Street Names: XTC, X, Adam, E, RollHow It's Used: Ecstasy is swallowed or snorted.

Effects & Dangers: Users feel a tingly skin sensation and an increased heart rate. It can also cause dry mouth, cramps, chills, sweating, nausea, depression, paranoia, and anxiety, and confusion. Ecstasy also raises the temperature of the body. This increase can sometimes cause organ damage or even death.

ECSTACY

HEROIN

Heroin comes from the dried milk of the opium poppy, which is also used to create the class of painkillers called narcotics — medicines like codeine and morphine. Heroin can range from a white to dark brown powder to a sticky, tar-like substance.Street Names: horse, smack, Big H, junk

How It's Used: Heroin is injected, smoked, or inhaled (if it is pure).

Effects & Dangers: Heroin gives you a burst of euphoric (high) feelings, especially if it's injected. This high is often followed by drowsiness, nausea, stomach cramps, and vomiting. With long-term use, heroin ravages the body, users have collapsed veins and put themselves at risk of getting deadly infections such as HIV and hepatitis.

NARCOTICSPsychosis and mental illness are dangers, and death is the greatest danger. Treatment can be obtained at clinics.

OPIUMThis is a

natural narcotic made from the opium poppy plant. It is usually in powder form bitter tasting and can be swallowed or smoked.

MORPHINEThis is the main

ingredient in opium and is usually a light brown or white powder. It is an effective pain killer, and can be sniffed, taken orally or injected.

NARCOTICS

CODEINE This is a white

powder that can be mixed with many liquids, and can be drunk or injected. It is weaker than other narcotics, therefore used less frequently.

HEROIN It is highly

addictive. The common effects are impairment of mental faculties, confusion, inability to concentrate, slurred speech, poor coordination, slowed respiration and heart beat.

HALLUCINOGENS & CANNABIS

These drugs can be highly addictive and mind altering. They alter the emotions, thought processes and perceptions of the drug user. Known as the psychedelic drugs,they can produce illusions and hallucinations. Examples:

LSD PCP Mescaline

It is know scientifically as D- lysergic acid diethylamide. It is a lab-brewed hallucinogen and mood-changing chemical. LSD is odorless, colorless, and tasteless.

Street Names: acid, blotter, doses, microdots

Effects & Dangers: Hallucinations occur within 30 to 90 minutes of dropping acid. People say their senses are intensified and distorted — they see colors or hear sounds and can't get off until the drug is finished with them, about 12 hours or even longer! Bad trips may cause panic attacks, confusion, and delusions.

LSD

. PCPIt is technically

known as phencyclidine , this drug is known on the street as “angel dust,” “hay” or “killer week.”

It is a white powder that is dissolved in water , and can be smoked, inhaled or injected

MESCALINE This drug comes

from the peyote plant. Bitter powder , usually eaten

Quotes“A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug.”   ~ Patricia Neal quote

It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy.  ~ Chinese Proverb

Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction.~ Bob Marley

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