INTRODUCTION TO

DRUG EDUCATION
GROUP 01 – CHAPTER 1
 DRUG

• Is a chemical substance that brings about physical, physiological,

behavioral and or psychological change in a person taking it.

Narcotic Drug
Medically - A narcotic is any drug that produce sleep or stupor and
also relieves pain

Legally - The term means any drug defined as such under the 1961
convention
TYPES OF CANNABIS
CANNABIS CANNABIS CANNABIS
SATIVA INDICA RUDERALIS
Sativa is the Cannabis Indica is a You will rarely hear
marijuana type that more solid strain in anyone talking about
people seem to like comparison to Cannabis Ruderalis,
smoking the most. Sativa, but it does which is one of the
This plant grows not have the height primary marijuana
quite large, reaching Sativa achieves. types and has a
up to 15 feet in Indica strains pretty short stature
some cases. While it generally grow growing between 20-
is not a really thick between 3 to 6 feet 25 inches in height.
plant, many growers tall (1 to 2 meters.
like it due to how
SYNTHETIC NARCOTIC

COMMON SYNTHETIC COMMON FENTANYLS

NARCOTICS
Dextropropoxyphene –is a mild Alfentanil –is a synthetic opioid
narcotic analgesic, less potent than analgesic and a derivative of fentanyl.
codeine, and closely related to
methadone in chemical structure.
SUBLIMAZE (fentanyl citrate)
Injection is a potent narcotic analgesic.
Fentanyl-are synthetic, short
acting narcotic analgesics with
action similar to those of morphine Sufentanil -is an opioid analgesic that
but up to hundreds of times more
is used as an adjunct in anesthesia, in
potent.
balanced anesthesia, and as a primary
anesthetic agent.
HALLUCINOGENS

AYAHUASCA DMT LSD

Sometimes called Dimethyltryptamine, D-lysergic acid
hoasca, aya, and also known as diethylamide
yage, ayahuasca is Dimitri, is a natural (LSD) is a
brewed from plants chemical found in
some Amazonian manmade
containing DMT
along with an plant species, but it chemical made
Amazonian vine that can also be from ergot, a
prevents the normal chemically fungus that grows
breakdown of DMT synthesized. on certain grains.
in the digestive
system.
HALLUCINOGENS

MARIJUANA MESCALINE PCP

The active A natural substance is a dangerous
ingredient in found as the main manmade substance
marijuana is delta-9 ingredient in the that was originally
tetrahydrocannabino peyote cactus. The developed as an
l or THC, which acts top of the spineless anesthetic but was
on cannabinoid peyote cactus plants discontinued for
receptors found in has disc-shaped human use in 1965
brain regions that “buttons” that due to side-effects.
influence learning, contain mescaline.
memory, appetite,
coordination, and
PSILOCYBIN

A natural substance that is found in hallucinogenic mushrooms that

contain psilocybin and psilocin. In large enough doses, psilocybin can
produce effects very similar to the powerful hallucinogen LSD.
“Shrooms” as they are sometimes called can be used either fresh or
dried. They are normally eaten, mixed with food, or brewed like tea for
drinking.