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Drug Use

Outline three statistics/facts that stand out to you/caught your attention.

23% of Ontario students report that they were offered, sold or given a drug at school (219,000 students)
42% of Ontario students surveyed have used an illicit substance in the last year
Street youth are eleven times more likely to die of drug overdose or suicide

What is a drug?

any substance (not food) that is taken to alter the body or mind

The three TYPES of drugs are:

Drug	Definition
Over the counter	Purchasable without a need for a prescription
Prescription drugs	A doctor has prescribed it to be taken
Illegal/Illicit drug	Substances that are illegal and not allowed by law

Difference between types and classification *

Explain each of the following:

USED - are taken as medicine to treat, prevent, or cure illness (over the counter, prescribed)

MISUSED - when prescription or over-the-counter drugs are taken improperly

ABUSE - is the use of a drug for non-medicinal purposes which results in impaired physical, mental, emotional, or social well being of the user

What is a gateway drug?

Legal rugs that potentially lead to worse, illicit drugs

Three main gateway drugs: Alcohol, tobacco, marijuana

Why don’t drugs affect everyone the same way?

They can be affected by:

Dose
Time
How it enters the body
Other drugs present in the body
Body weight
Personality/mood
Tolerance

Identify the three CLASSIFICATIONS of drugs and provide three examples for each.

Category

Example

Stimulants (uppers)

Drugs that speed up and excite the nervous system. It makes you feel more alert, energetic, feel good, euphoric.

Helps you stay away, decrease your appetite

Depressants (downers)

Drugs that slow the functions of your nervous system makes you feel less aware and calm.

ROHYPNOL - date rape drug

Hallucinogens

Drugs that distort your senses and one’s awareness of events. Might see and hear things that don’t exist (hallucinate)

Summarize the following facts about drugs:

Major Drugs

Slang Names

Description

Effects

Stimulants

Amphetamines, ritalin, caffeine, nicotine

Speed, uppers, meth, crank

Drugs causing body systems to speed up

Increased heart rate
Breatings, blood pressure
Decreased appetite
Anxiety
Heart failure

Cocaine

N/A

Crack, coke, snowflake, white, blow, nose candy, rock

White crystalline power, beige pellets, or crystalline rocks often packaged in small vials

Stimulates the nervous system
Increased blood pressure and heart rate
Seizures
Possible cardiac arrest

Opioids

Morphine, oxyContin, percocet, vicodin, codeine, fetanyl

Oxy, vikes, happy pills, percs, kicker

Medications that relieve pain

Respiratory depression can lead to hypoxia (lack of oxygen) that can cause psychological and neurological effects, induced coma and brain damage

Fentanyl

N/A

50-100 times more potent than morphine

Used as part of anesthesia to prevent pain

Can be taken intravenously, with a patch, nasally, or as a tablet

Nausea
Sneezing
Nosebleeds
Decreased heart rate
Impaired judgment
Headaches

Inhalants

Glue, nail polish remover, gasoline, etc.

Laughing gas, poppers, rush, etc

Dangerous fumes are concentrated in a bag, on a cloth, etc.

Marijuana

N/A

Pot, grass, weed, ganga, roach, joints, dope, mary jane

Dried leaves, stems and seeds of the cannabis sativa plant

Increased heart rate
Bloodshot eyes
Increased appetite
Damage to lungs and circulatory system
Impaired judgment

How do drugs enter the bloodstream?

Method	Description
Mouth	Drug passes through the walls of the stomach, then into the small intestine to be absorbed into the bloodstream
Inhaled	Drug enters the bloodstream via blood vessels in the nasal passages
Smoked	Drug passes from the alveoli in the lungs into the capillaries and the bloodstream
Skin	Drug passes through pore into capillaries and the bloodstream
Injected	Drug is injected under the skin (skin popping), deep into a muscle (intramuscular injection), or directly into a vein (mainlining)

What is the difference between popping and mainlining?

Popping is when the drug is injected under the skin while mainlining is when you directly inject the drug into a vein, causing immediate and stronger effects.

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