Drugs!
Heidi Meyer
Categories...
- Depressants: Alcohol, heroin
- Hallucinogen: LSD
- Stimulant: Speed, caffeine
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMjVT0BLr3g
Website: http://teens.drugabuse.gov/drug-facts/stimulants (desc, effects)
What Does What?
- Depressants: relaxant, impair memory and judgement
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K6hzQHdH80
(long video but definitely worth the watch)
Website: http://www.drugfree.org/drug-guide/depressants
- Hallucinogens: sensory distortions and occasionally panic, hallucinations
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6ScW9HwtOc
( Must try!)
- Stimulant: increases energy and alertness
Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKoXCrg5dgM
Stats:
- Estimated 20.4 million people in US used illegal substances within past 30 days
- 8.3% of people 12 and over are involved in illegal substance abuse
- Marijuana is used by 14.8 million people
- Cocaine: 2.4 million users
- Hallucinogens: 1 million
- Prescription drugs: 7 million non-medical users
- 55.7% from relatives/family members
- 19.1% from one doctor
- 3.9% from strangers
- .1% from internet
- Unemployed adults: 18.5% illicit drug users
- Full time: 8.8%
- Part time: 9.4%
- 10.2 million people drive under influence of drugs
Meet the Celebrities
"Roofies" aka Depressants
aka:
- Forget-me pills
- Mexican Valium
- Red birds
- Rope
- Sleeping pills
- Tranks
- Whippets
- Yellow jackets
"Shrooms" aka Hallucinogens
aka:
LSD
- Acid
- Trips
- Dots
- Blotters
Mushrooms
- Magic mushrooms
- Blue meanies
- Liberty caps
- Golden tops
- Mushies
PCP
- Angel dust
- Peace pill
Ketamine
- Kitkat
- Specai k
- Super k
"Charlie" aka Stimulants
aka:
- Bump
- Snow
- Flake
- Candy
- Coke
- Blow
Two forms: powder and crack (can smoke)
Psychological Effects...
What Happens When I Use? (pic of cocaine user)
Depressants:
Hallucinogens:
- Slow brain function/pulse/breathing
- Fatigue/lack of concentration/dizziness/slurred speech
- Visual disturbances/dilated pupils/lack of coordination/depression/addiction
Hallucinogens:
- Sense of distance is joggled/
- Depression/anxiety/violent behaviors
- Confusion/suspicion/flashbacks/psychosis/disoriented/lethargic
- The "crash" after the "high"
- Addictive
- Feelings of hostility/paranoia/irregular heartbeat/high body temps
- Infections/disease (sharing needles/dirty needles)
- Violence/crime
- Family/friends turn backs on you
- May risk job opportunities/military/failure to keep college loans
- First offense: minimum of 10 yrs/no less than 20 yrs if another person is injured
- Second offense: minimum of 20 yrs/life sentence if death or injury
- Third offense: life sentence