Narcotics & Opiates

NARCOTICS & OPIATES AWARENESS FOR TEENS

NARCOTIC DEFINITION

• “NARCOTIC” CAME FROM THE GREEK WORD THAT TRANSLATED TO “STUPOR”

PRACTICAL USES OF NARCOTICS

NARCOTICS ARE NORMALLY USED AS PAIN RELIEVERS IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY

• FRIEDRICH SERTURNER WAS THE FIRST TO ISOLATE MORPHINE FROM OPIUM TO BE USED AS A PAINRELIEVER

NARCOTIC ABUSE

HEROIN AND OTHER NARCOTICS ARE VERY ADDICTIVE. THE USERS EXPERIENCE AN INTENSE EUPHORIC HIGH.

HEROIN COMES FROM A PLANT

PAPAVER SAMNIFORUM

THE ACTIVE DRUG IN HEROIN IS OPIUM.

OPIUM IS DERIVED FROM THE DRIED LATEX FROM THE POPPY

OPIATE ABUSE WAS VERY HIGH AMONG SOLDIERS IN VIETNAM

SOLDIERS USED HEROIN AND MORPHINE TO COPE WITH THE EFFECTS OF WAR AND CARRIED THEIR ADDICTIONSHOME

CAN YOU GUESS?THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT USED HEROIN IN THE US IN 2009?

195,000(LEVINTHAL P119)

CAN YOU GUESS?

HOW MANY PEOPLE USED OXYCONTIN (PAIN KILLER MEDICATION) FOR NON-MEDICAL REASONS?

510,000

(LEVINTHAL P119)

Opiates

Morphine Codeine Thebaine

EFFECTS ON THE MIND AND BODY

MALE USERS WILL SEE A MAJOR DECREASE IN SEX DRIVE SINCE OPIATES DECREASE TESTOSTERONE.INTENSE ITCHING FROM THE RELEASE OF NATURAL HISTAMINE INTO THE BLOODSTREAM.RESPIRATORY ISSUES AND TROUBLE BREATHING.BLOOD PRESSURE IS ALSO DEPRESSED

WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS

• AGITATION• ANXIETY• MUSCLE ACHES• INCREASED TEARING• INSOMNIA• RUNNY NOSE• SWEATING• YAWNING

SOCIAL ISSUES

• OPIATE ABUSERS TEND TO LOSE FRIENDSHIPS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILY

• THEY BECOME INTROVERTS THAT RELY ON THE DRUG TO FEEL GOOD• USERS OFTEN LOSE THEIR JOBS AND RESORT TO THEFT TO SUPPORT

THEIR HABIT

HEROIN IS VERY DANGEROUS

• USERS MAINTAIN A HUGE RISK OF OVERDOSE WHILE THEY USE HEROIN. WHICH CAN BE DEADLY. USERS DON’T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH OPIUM IS IN THEIR DRUGS BECAUSE THEY ARE CUT WITH FILER AGENTS. SO IT IS HARD TO FIND OUT HOW HIGH OF A DOSE IS NEEDED FOR A HIGH

OVER 100,00 PEOPLE DIE A YEAR FROM HEROIN

TREATMENT

• THERE ARE NUMEROUS PLACES TO SEEK HELP FOR MORPINE ABUSE• METHADONE IS USED BY ADDICTS TO CURB THEIR CRAVINGS WITHOUT

OPIATES• HTTP://WWW.SOBERFOREVER.NET/HEROIN-ADDICTION-ABUSE-REHAB-UT

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SOURCES

• “DRUGS, BEHAVIOR AND MODERN SOCIETY” BY CHARLES LEVINTHAL – CHAPTER 5

• HTTP://GEBOREN.AM/PERSON/FRIEDRICH_SERTUERNER• HTTP://WWW.NLM.NIH.GOV/MEDLINEPLUS/ENCY/ARTICLE/000949.HTM• WWW.ADDICTIONS.COM• HTTP://WWW.SOBERFOREVER.NET/HEROIN-ADDICTION-ABUSE-REHAB-UT

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