drugs: examples, types, and reasons etc

These are example of using drugs:

Drugs

• is a substance which may have medicinal, intoxicating, performance enhancing or other effects when taken or put into a human body or the body of another animal.

Types of Drugs

• Medicinal Drugs

Types of Drugs• Recreational Drugs

What are the reasons why people abuse

DRUGS?

Reasons Why People Abuse Drugs:

• They think they can gain acceptance from their peers.

• To be more like their friends.

• Curiosity, boredom.

• Wanting to take a risk.

• Trying to get attention.

• Trying to escape a problem.

Common Problems:

• Conflict

• Unsatisfied needs

• Unrealistic expressions

• Poor health

Common Problems:

• Emotional-social difficulties

• Broken homes

• Financial problems

• Parents are too busy

• Inferiority complex

Positive Ways of Facing Daily Problems:

• Promptly identify daily problems.

• Consult reliable sources for opinions.

• Recognize your own strengths and weaknesses.

• Analyze problems.

• Act by using the plan that seems to work best.

• Learn to live with the solution.

Positive Ways of Facing Daily Problems:

• Develop a consistent and constructive code by:

Fulfilling obligation to yourself

Caring for the body

Observing good mental health practices

Doing responsibilities to others

Positive Ways of Facing Daily Problems:

• Learn to accept a moderate amount of anxiety and frustration as normal.

• Make a decision not to abuse amphetamines or other drugs as mean of escaping problems.

STIMULANTS

Stimulants

• Increase activity in the central nervous system.

Examples of

Stimulants

AMPHETAMINES

Examples of Stimulants:

1. Amphetamines

2. Cocaine

3. Caffeine

4. Shabu

5. Nicotine

6. Ecstacy

Amphetamines

• Commonly known as “speed”.

• produces increased wakefulness and focus in association with decreased fatigue and appetite.

Amphetamines

Common medical names:• Benzedrine• Methedrine• Dexedrine• Biphetamine• Methampetamine

Amphetamines

Common names:• Bennies • Whites• Co-pilots• Speed• Crystal• meth

• Dixes • Heart• Black beauties• Black birds• Black mollies• Bumblebees

• Cartwheels• Chalks• Jellybabies• Hearts• Greenies• crossroads

Amphetamines

Reasons for Amphetamine Abuse

• To get a high feeling• to stay awake• Relief from fatigue• Obtain relief from depression• To keep them active and alert• Weight reduction

Medical Uses of Amphetamine

• Treat narcolepsy

• Depress appetite

• Control hyperkinesis

• Stimulate suffering

• Counteract fatigue

• Speeding up body processes

• Treat nasal congestion.

Effects of Amphetamine

• Psychological dependance

• Tolerance to the drug

• Amphetaminic psychosis

• Affect personality

• Affect social standing

• Affect responisibilities

COCAINE

Cocaine

• Most powerful stimulant.

• freebase and crack are all forms of cocaine.

Methods:

Effects of Cocaine to the:

• Heart

• Brain

• Lungs and respiratory system.

• Gastrointestinal tract

• Kidneys

• Sexual function

Caffeine

Caffeine

• acts as a natural pesticide

• most commonly used psychoactive drug in the world.

• acts as a central nervous system stimulant.

Effects of Caffeine

• Cold hands• Muscles tensing up• Feelings of excitement• Increased heart beat• Alertness• Sinuses clearing

Nicotine

Nicotine

• named after the tobacco plant ''Nicotiana tabacum”

• Addictive especially in tobacco.

Positive Effects of Nicotine

• enhances brain activity and concentration

• improves cognitive processing

• Improves person’s memory

Negative Effects of Nicotine

• Addictive

• Increases blood pressure and heart rate

• Constricts arteries

Shabu

Shabu

• Known as “poor man’s cocaine”, shabs, ubas, S, siopao, sha & ice.

• can be smoked, snorted, injected, or simply dissolved in a liquid,

Effects of Shabu

• Lost of appetite• Psychotic reactions, destructive

behavior, recklessness.• Chest pains• Irregular hearbeat• Hypertension• Convulsion• Death

Ecstacy

Ecstacy

• MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine). It is a synthetic, mind-altering drug that acts both as a stimulant and a hallucinogenic. 

• XTC, X, E, Adam, Eve, clarity, hug, beans, love drug, lovers' speed, peace, uppers, Molly

Effects of Ecstacy

Physiological:

• Confusion

• Depression

• Sleep Problem

• Anxiety

• Paranoia

Effects of Ecstacy

Physical:• Music tension• Involuntary teeth clenching• Nausea• Blurred Vision• Faintness• Chills • Increase in heart rate, blood pressure