DRUG

ANY SUBSTANCE

THAT MODIFIES ONE

OR MORE BODY FUNCTIONS

INCLUDING

MOOD & BEHAVIOR

CLASSIFICATIONS OF DRUGS
STIMILANTS
EUPHORIA
DEPRESSANTS
SEDATIVES
HALLUCINOGENS
BARBITURATES
STIMULANT
DRUGS THAT INCREASE
THE ACTION OF THE
CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM, HEART RATE,
RESPIRATORY RATE,
&
BLOOD PRESSURE.
Stimulants

CRACK
COCAINE
AMPHETAMINE
COCAINE

700 pounds of Cocaine seized

COCAINE IS A STIMULANT
THAT PRODUCES
AN AMPHETAMINE LIKE
EUPHORIA, INTENSE
PLEASURE AND A SENSE
OF PHYSICAL POWER.
EUPHORIA
A FEELING OF
INTENSE WELL-
BEING OR
ELATION
•PARANOIA
AN IRRATIONAL
SUSPICIOUSNESS
OR DISTRUST OF
OTHERS.
DEPRESSANT
 DEPRESSANTS
RELAX MUSCLES,
RELIEVE FEELINGS
OF TENSION,
AND BRING ON SLEEP.
THE MOST
COMMONLY USED
DEPRESSANT IS
ALCOHOL.
 Others include
• Morphine

• Heroine

• Opiates
BARBITURATES
 DRUGS
THAT ARE USED
ILLEGALLY TO GIVE A
FEELING SIMILAR TO
ALCOHOL
INTOXICATION
BARBITURATES
COUNTERACT
THE EFFECTS OF
STIMLANTS.
•BARBITURATES
•ARE DEPRESSANTS
•WHICH LOWERS
•HEART RATE,
•RESPIRATORY RATE
•AND
•BLOOD PRESSURE
 BARBITURATES
GIVE A VERY PEACEFUL,
CALMING EFFECT.
OVERDOSE CAN RESULT
IN COMA OR DANGEROUS
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS.
EFFECTS:
IMPAIRMENT OF:
MEMORY
MUSCLE
COORDINATION
LOSS OF JUDGEMENT
EXTREME CONFUSION
HYPNOTICS
 A TYPE OF
BARBITURATE
THAT WHEN USED IN
HIGH DOSES
INDUCES
SLEEP
SEDATIVES
A TYPE OF BARBITURATE
THAT WHEN USED IN
LOW DOSAGES HAS A
CALMING EFFECT.
HALLUCINOGENS
ALSO KNOWN AS
PSYCHODELICS,
HALLUCINOGENS
ALTER MOOD AND
PERCEPTION.
HALLUCINOGENS
HAVE NO
MEDICAL USE.
LSD
DEATHS RESULTED FROM
LSD WHEN PEOPLE
ACTUALLY THINKING THEY
COULD FLY AND
JUMPING FROM A HIGH
RISE WINDOW FROM AN
APARTMENT BUILDING.
CANNABIS
Hash, Hashish, Ganja, Garda, Rod charas, Hash oil,
and the famously used Marijuana are the variant
forms of formations from the Cannabis Plant.
These are heavy hallucinogens widely and famously
used around the world for the purposes of strong
and wild hallucinations.