Health - Drugs

What are the different classifications?

- stimulants
- depressants/sedatives
- hallucinogens
- synthetic/designer
- cannabis
- opiates/narcotics
- OTC (over the counter)

Schedule 1

- no medical use
- highly addictive

Schedule 2

- medical use
- highly addictive

What is 1 in 5 deaths caused by

drinking

Schedule 3

less addictive than 1 and 2

Schedule 4

low potential for abuse

Schedule 5

- robitussin
- codeine
- antidiarrheals

When schedule # goes up

- legality increases
- addictiveness decreases

How are drugs consumed?

- smoking
- injection
- snorting
- contact
- ingestion

smoking: time to brain

7 - 10 seconds

injection: time to brain

15 - 30 secs (veins)
3 - 5 mins (skin/muscle)

snorting: time to brain

3 - 5 mins

contact: time to brain

3 - 5 mins (eyes)
15 - 30 mins (skin)

ingestion: time to brain

20 to 30 mins

List of stimulants

- cocaine
- crack
- MDMA
- ritalin
- methamphetamine
- crystal meth
- Adderall
- concerta

What do stimulants do to the body?

- speed up bodily functions
- speeds up everything besides appetite

anything ending in 'caine'

medically numbing agent

what was coke in coca cola replaced with

caffeine

cocaine

- schedule 2
- lasts 30 minutes
- can be absorbed in every way

what is crack cocaine and how is it absorbed?

- a concentrated form of cocaine
- smoked

what are the health consequences to crack and cocaine?

- hepatitis B and C
- HIV/AIDS
- MRSA (flesh eating)
- depression
- neuron damage

What are the hardest phases

1, 4, 5

what does methamphetamine affect?

dopamine and serotonin

what does cocaine affect?

dopamine

Methamphetamine

- Schedule 2
- consumed in all ways
- lasts 12 hours

crystal meth

-schedule 2
- smoked

Adderall, Concerta, Ritalin

- ADD/ADHD meds
- supposed to be taken orally
- illegally snorted and injected
- causes binders
- blindness and respiratory stops

MDMA

- designer/stimulant
- dumps out dopamine and serotonin
- USED to have medical use
- psychotherapy
- taken orally
- increased body temp
- kidney failure
- depression

GHB

- depressant
- taken orally
- suppresses breathing
- used to be legal
- used for muscle development
- sleeping pills

what is GBL made of

- drain cleaner
- baking soda
- laundry detergent
- floor cleaner
- nail polish
- glue removers

what mimics what?

GBL chemicals mimic GHB

Rohypnol

- depressant
- makes people not remember
- effects last up to 8 hours
- amnesia
- loss of identity
- death
- date rape drug
- used to be legal

if drugged how much time do you have to go to the hospital?

72 hours

How many years in jail can you get for drugging people?

up to 20 years

Inhalants

- not drugs
- chemicals in aerosol cans
- causes hypoxia (no oxygen to the brain)
- SSD (sudden sniffing death)
- major organ damage
- classified as other

Hallucinogens change:

- thought process
- moods
- perception/senses
- all hallucinogens dilate pupils
- can turn on chronic gene

Ketamine

- schedule 2
- medical use on animals and humans

LSD

- schedule 1
- unpredictable
- hear colors, see sounds
- lasts 12 hours

Psilocybin mushrooms

- schedule 1
- 6 hours
- real danger is death caps

Jimsonweed

- 1/2 teaspoon of seeds can cause death
- amnesia
- loss of control of body temp
- brain damage
- no schedule

Peyote cactus

- schedule 1
- dilated pupils
- alteration of body image
- main ingredient is mescaline
- 1994 religious freedom act

salvia

- legal in California
- no schedule
- very powerful

PCP

- animal tranquilizer
- violent behavior
- lasts 24 hours
- causes numbness in the body

spice

- first official synthetic drug
- synthetic cannaboid
- acute (short term) psychosis

ACh

involved in our every move

glutamate

plays a role in memory

GABA

moderates eating, aggression, sleeping

Dopamine

movement, learning, attention, pleasure, mental health

Serotonin

regulates sleep, eating, mood, pain, depression

Edorphins

brains effort to deal with pain

Phase 1

immediate - depression, anxiety

Phase 2

1 - 4 hours - desire to sleep

Phase 3

3 - 4 days - increased appetite

Phase 4

6 - 18 weeks - depression

Phase 5

recovery

Meth consequences

- teeth grinding
- disorganized though patterns
- irritability
- hallucinations
- aggressive/antisocial behavior
- heart failure
- "cocaine bugs"
- skin ulcers
- weight loss
- stroke/death

colors in meth ingredients

- pink
- green
- blue

Where is rohypnol legal?

Mexico and Europe

What are the blood born virus'?

Hepatitis B and C, HIV/AIDS

What are the date rape drug mixtures?

- rohypnol and GHB
- rohypnol and alcohol
- rohypnol

What is the main ingredient in dust off?

toluene

What were the first emergency schedule 1's?

spice and bath salt

bath salts

- schedule 1
- main addictive ingredient is mephedrone (MDPV)
- violent behavior
- delusions of human strength
- designer stimulant
- insecticides

Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder (HPPD)

- re-experience of drugs
- long-term effect
- flashbacks

List of narcotics

- opium
- heroin
- fentanyl
- morphine
- codein
- demerol
- vicodin

narcotics

- mostly legal
- medical uses except for heroin and opium
- psychologically and physiologically addictive

heroin

- comes from poppy plant
- pinpoint pupils
- decreases breathing

how long do you have until a narcan shot wears off

90 minutes

what does harm reduction promote?

a healthier person

krocodil

- codeine pills mixed with chemicals
- gangrene (blood vessels collapse)
-sold as "heroin"

oxycodone

- started opium problem
- schedule 2
- danger of binders

time release coding

taking all hours of a pill at once

cannabis marijuana

- main psychoactive ingredient is THC
- no overdose in death
- decreases memory
- psychologically addictive
- disrupts hormones
- risk of emphysema
- chance of panic attacks
- schedule 1

DXM

- OTC
- liver damage/death
- in cough syrup
- feels like a narcotic

xanax

xanax

- MDPV (bath salts)
- Krocodil
- Spice