GATEWAY

Some examples:
DRUGS
* Tobacco
* Alcohol
* Marijuana
* Prescription
medications(ADHD or
opioid pain
medications)

- Are legal that a non-drug user might

try, which can lead him/her to more
dangerous drugs such as marijuana
and shabu
- Teenagers who engage in early
smoking and drinking have higher
chance of using and experimenting
with dangerous drugs of abuse
 DEPRESSANT
DRUGS
Some examples:
(Brand Names)
*Xanax
*Halcion
*Amytal
*Nembutan
*Barbs

- Slows down a persons central nervous

system(brain,spinal cord, nerves).
- Doctors commonly prescribe
depressants to help people who have
anger management issues, stressed or
tensed.
- Depressants relax muscles and nerves.
- These drugs make patients feel sleepy
and light headed.
 STIMULANT
DRUGS
Some examples:
*Cocaine
*Amphetamine
*Meth
*Crack

- Speed up a person’s central nervous

system.
- Has the opposite effect of depressants.
- Makes a person’s energy high.
- Side effects are depression and
tiredness.
 NARCOTICS
DRUGS
Some examples:
*Opium
*Heroin
O
*Morphine
*Oxycodone
*Hydrocodone

- Are drugs which relieve pain and

induce sleepiness.
- These are prescribed to patients with
mental disorders or with patients
dealing with severe pain like cancer.
- These drugs are illicit and dangerous if
taken.
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HALLUCINOG
ENS
Some examples:
*Ayahuasca
*DMT
*LSD
*Mescaline
*PCP
*Psilocybin

- Drugs which distort reality and facts.

- Affects all sense; makes a user feel,
hear, see things that don’t exist in the
time being.
- Came from the word hallucinate(to
perceive illusions)
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INHALANTS
DRUGS
Some examples:
*Volatile Solvent
*Gases
*Aerosols
*Nitrites

- Found in ordinary household chemical

products and anesthetics.
- Readily available and accessible to
yound children.
- Inhalant toxins are similar to those of
alcohol, the only difference is the foul
smell.
- Abuse can lead to delusions, brain
damage, liver damage, comatose and
death.
CLASSIFICA
TION OF
DRUGS AND
HOW
DRUGS
Health 9
AFFECT
Quarter 2 Week 3
PERFORMANCE(T
ask 6)