What do you know about

it?
It is chemical substance that has
biological effects on humans or
animals.
All drug are used for different
proposes, mainly we can find TWO




What is a drug?




Plants (e.g.)
nicotine in tobacco,
caffeine in coffee beans
and cocaine from the coca plant
Morphine and codeine are derived from the opium poppy, while heroin is
produced by the chemical modification of morphine.
Marijuana is the leaf, buds and seed heads of the cannabis plant, while hashish
and hash oil are the plant's resin.
Alcohol is produced by the natural process of fermentation that happens when
fruit, grain or vegetables decompose.
Certain fungi, such as magic mushrooms and cactus plants, are considered
drugs in Australia because of their hallucinogenic properties.
Where do drugs come from?


1. Depressants
2. Stimulants
3. Hallucinogens.

There are three main types
of drugs, classified by their
effects on the central
nervous system are:
These drugs slow
down the central
nervous system.
They make people
feel relaxed, less
tense, and less
aware of events
around them.



Depressants
Alcohol
Heroin
Inhalants
Sleeping Pills
Ketamine
Prescription Pain Killers
Opioids
Oxycontin: Straight
talk
These drugs speed up the
central nervous system.
They help people feel
more alert and they
increase the users
physical energy.
Stimulants are taken to
make people feel happy
and to decrease appetite.
Stimulants

Tobacco
Cocaine
Crack
Amphetamines
Methamphetamine
Nicotine


Marihuana (Cannabis or
Weed)
Ecstasy
LSD (lysergic acid
diethylamide)
Mescaline
Ketanine
Slimming tablets
dexamphetamine


Hallucinogens.
These drugs are sometimes
called mind-altering or
mind-expanding drugs.
They can increase a
persons awareness of sight,
touch, taste, feeling and
hearing. Objects may take
on different shapes and
sizes, sounds may be heard
louder or softer.
Hallucinogens can also alter
a persons mood.



Cocaine is a fine white or off-white powder that acts as a
powerful stimulant. In its pure form.

It is extracted from the leaves of the coca plant.

Cocaine is usually sniffed/snorted or injected,

Crack is smoked.

Cocaine can make users feel exhilarated and euphoric.

COCAINE
Crack/Bazooka/Blanche/Cake/Coke/Lady/Star dust

It is a synthetic drug that is usually
manufactured in illegal laboratories.
Methamphetamine comes as a powder,
tablet or as crystals that look like shards
of glass.
It can be swallowed, sniffed/snorted,
smoked or injected.
Methamphetamine stimulates a feeling of
physical and mental well being, as well as
a surge of euphoria and exhilaration.
Users experience a temporary rise in
energy, often perceived to improve their
performance at manual or intellectual
tasks. Users also feel postponement of
hunger and fatigue.
METHAMPHETAMINE
Crack meth/Ice/Crystal meth/Tik/Shabu/Yaba
Ecstasy is a psychoactive stimulant. In
fact, the term "ecstasy" does not refer to
a single substance, but rather to a range
of substances similar in chemistry and
effects.
It is usually distributed as a tablet or pill
but can also be a powder or capsule. The
tablets can be in many different shapes
and sizes.
It is usually taken orally but can also be
snorted or injected.

ECSTASY
E/Snackies/New Yorkers/Disco biscuits
Large doses of ecstasy also cause restlessness,
anxiety and severe visual and auditory
hallucinations.
Longer-term ecstasy use can damage certain
brain regions, resulting in serious depression
and memory loss.
Hallucinogens, or "psychedelics", are drugs that
alter users' state of consciousness and produce
different kinds of hallucinations.
LSD is a semi-synthetic drug derived from lysergic
acid, which is found in a fungus that grows on rye
and other grains.
LSD, commonly "acid". It is usually sold on the
street as small squares of blotting paper with drops
containing the drug, but also as tablets, capsules or
occasionally in liquid form. It is a colourless,
odourless substance with a slightly bitter taste.

HALLUCINOGENS
Taking LSD leads to strong changes in thought,
mood and senses in addition to feelings of
empathy and sociability. However, the exact
effects of LSD vary depending on the mental
state of the user and the environment when
taking the drug.

Some LSD users experience severe, terrifying
thoughts and feelings such as fear of losing
control, fear of insanity and death, and despair.
The physical effects are small compared to the
psychological and emotional effects. They include
dilated pupils, increased heart rate and blood
pressure, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry
mouth and tremors.
Heroin has painkilling properties and is
from morphine. Pure heroin is a white
powder.
Street heroin is usually brownish white
because it is diluted or "cut" with
impurities, meaning each dose is
different.
It is usually injected but can also be
snorted, smoked or inhaled.
Heroin can make users feel an initial surge
of euphoria, along with a feeling of
warmth and relaxation. Users also often
become detached from emotional or
physical distress, pain or anxiety.

HEROIN
Smack/Brown/H/Horse/Junk/Harry/White lady
What are the risks associated with heroin
use?

Short-term effects include constricted pupils,
nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, inability to
concentrate and apathy.
It produces rapidly development of tolerance
and physical and psychological dependence-

Long-term heroin use can cause severe weight
loss and malnutrition that can lead to
damaged veins and liver disease. It can also
lead to menstrual irregularity, sedation and
chronic apathy.

Abruptly quitting heroin use leads to
moderate/severe withdrawal symptoms such
as cramps, diarrhea, tremors, panic, running
nose, chills and sweats.
Wind down = Relax
Slurred : arrastrando laspalbras
sluggish = slow , lazy
Mood swings
Low blood pressure
Hangover = Resaca
snorted = bufido
Sniffed = smell, inhale
Drooling = Babear
codeine
Opium
Hashish
Marihuanna
Fungi = Magic Mushrooms
Cannabis
Cocaine
Ecstasy
Hallucinogens
Heroin
Methamphetamine
Poopy = amapola
Rye = Wisky de centeno
Vocabulary

http://www.halton.ca/living_in_halton/public_health/health_wellness/d
rugs_alcohol_tobacco/types_

http://www.vicdrugguide.org.au/handbook/ch01s06.phpof_drugs/aig.co
.uk/resources/drugs/types-drugs

http://www.unodc.org/drugs/en/get-the-facts/types-of-drugs.html

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