Drugs

any substance that produces significant physiological or psychological changes which occur within a reasonable time after dosing and which result from an easily ingested dose

• sustain and prolong life • ease and manage pain, symptoms • release stress and pressure • experiment recreationally • end’s someone’s life

• alcohol • tobacco/nicotine • cocaine/ crack • marijuana • heroin • ecstasy • bath salts

Hallucinogens, amphetamines, barbiturates marijuana most widely abused illicit drug in the US

heroin use and addiction becomes national problem in the US

Cocaine/crack are drugs of choice

An individual will demonstrate drug dependence when he/she becomes physically ill or psychologically disoriented when drug use is discontinued

Alcohol

Occurs when someone takes a substance in increasing dosages because the body requires MORE of the substance for the same, not increased, effect

Occurs when the desire for a substance overtakes he rest of a person’s life

• Narcotic drugs • Stimulants • Hallucinogens • Depressants, Hypnotics, and tranquilizers • Club Drugs • Performance enhancing drugs

Substances that bring relief from pain and produce sleep • also referred to as Analgesics • Used as pain killers legally • Used for euphoric purposes illegally • Regular use will result in physiological dependence • Sometimes used to describe any illicit substance

dried sap from a poppy plant

largest single drug component in opium Heroin: morphine + acetate groups

second largest drug component in opium • Not as effective/addictive as morphine • Chemically structurally similar to morphine

synthetically produced but closely related to morphine and heroin

• usually found in glassine envelopes • not 100% pure (fillers include novocain, starch, levamisole, flour, etc) • Will have stamp on outside for marketing purposes • Cutting agents (levamisole, fentanyl)

50-100% more potent than morphine 30-50% more potent than heroin

• Used to increase an individual’s mental and physical energy level • Stimulate the central nervous system • Will suppress the desire to sleep • Will give a higher than normal energy level leading to a crash

Hydrochloride: powder, snorted Base: crack, freebase, smoked

Extracted from Erythroxylon coca plant leaves Common use in the 1800s Sigmund Freud, common pain relief in field workers

• Stimulates the CNS • Creates the feeling of euphoria with hyperactivity • Quick rush followed by intense feelings of pleasure • Hallucinations are possible • Exhaustion and depression follow

• Was originally used to treat narcolepsy and other conditions • Became widely abused • Had limited medical uses • No longer commercially produced • “Clandestine Labs” • Not as potent as cocaine, but effects last longer • Smoked or inhaled • results in violent and destructive behavior • can cause acute psychosis

• Used to significantly affect a user’s mental state