7th Grade Interactive Drug Power Point

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What is a drug?• A drug is a substance other than food that

changes the way the body or mind functions.

• Responsible drug use is the correct use of legal drugs to promote health and well being.

• Drug abuse is the intentional use of a drug without medical or health reasons.

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Ways Drugs Enter the Body

• By Mouth such as eating• By Injection such as a

needle• By Inhalation such as

smoking• By Absorption such as a

skin patch• By Implantation such as

under the skin

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Alcohol• Alcohol is a drug

found in certain beverages that depresses the brain and nervous system.

• Alcoholic Beverages: Beer, wine, liquor, malt liquor, and wine coolers.

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Why You Should not Drink Alcohol

• Your underage: The legal age to drink is 21

• It’s bad for you!

• More reasons

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Effects of Alcohol • This is a picture of

cirrhosis of the liver. Cirrhosis is a disease of the liver caused by chronic damage to the liver cells from drinking alcohol. This can cause liver failure which can kill you.

• The damaged liver is dark in color and hard.

• A healthy liver should be pink in color and soft.

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Long term effects of Alcohol

• An over dose is when someone drinks too much alcohol causing their bodies organs to shut down eventually killing them.

• More long term effects.

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Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)

• BAC is the amount of alcohol in a persons blood.• The higher the BAC the greater the effects of alcohol.• As you drink your BAC rises.

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Tobacco• You must be 18 or older to purchase tobacco.• Nicotine is a stimulant drug found in tobacco

products that makes you addicted.• Nicotine stimulates the nervous system and is

highly addictive.• When someone who uses tobacco

stops using they experience

withdrawal.

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Tobacco Growing• Tobacco is a plant that grows tall and has

leaves.

This is tobacco growing in a field. Tobacco is the largest non food crop in the world.

Step 1: Farmers plant seed fields and let the tobacco grow.

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Tobacco Growing

Step 2: Tobacco leaves are packed into metal racks,

hoisted into barns where they can dry.

Step 3: Here they are drying the leaves and steams

called curing.

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Tobacco Growing

Step 4: Cured leaves are placed in a 'uniform pack'

that contains the same grade of tobacco.

Step 5: Flue-cured tobacco is delivered to market

in sheets that weigh an average of 180 pounds.

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Tobacco Products That Contain Nicotine

• Cigarette- dried and shredded tobacco wrapped in paper.

• Clove cigarette- mixture of ground cloves and tobacco.

• Cigar- dried and rolled tobacco leaves.

• Smokeless tobacco- tobacco that is chewed or snorted but not smoked. It is placed between the gums or cheek. Also called dip or snuff.

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Chewing Tobacco• Also called Chew, Spit, or Dip tobacco.

• Spit tobacco is made from a mixture of tobacco, nicotine, sweeteners, abrasives, salts and chemicals.

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Consequences of Smoking• Some effects are short term such as bad breath. • Some of the effects are long term and can last your entire life.

• Smoking will damage your lungs!• Click here to read real stories!• Try the tobacco game!

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Smoking Tobacco• Over 4,000 different chemicals in tobacco smoke.

• Some of these chemicals are carcinogens.

• A carcinogen is a chemical that is known to cause cancer.

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Smoking Damages Nearly Every Organ in the Human Body

• Brain• Eyes• Mouth/Throat• Lungs• Heart• Stomach• Kidney• Bladder• Pancreas• Pregnancy

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Marijuana• Marijuana is the dried leaves and tops of the

cannabis plant, which contains THC.• THC is the drug found in Marijuana that

produces psychoactive effects.

• It is an illegal drug!

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Marijuana• Marijuana comes from the cannabis plant.

• The leaves are dried and smoked. The plant flowers which produces buds which people smoke.

• It can be grown inside, outside, or in water.

• There are hundreds of different strands of the plant.

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Effects of Marijuana• Nausea • Coughing, asthma, upper

respiratory problems • Difficulty with short term

memory • Racing heart, agitation,

tenseness • Headaches • Dizziness, confusion • Paranoia (generally only in

inexperienced users) • Possible psychological

dependence on cannabis

• Marijuana can cause CANCER and other lung diseases.

• Marijuana smoke is carcinogenic.

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Is Marijuana Addictive?

• Marijuana can interfere with many parts of your life.

• It can put you in jail!

• Can it be addicting?

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YES!

Immediate Effects of Marijuana

• Marijuana effects you right away because it is a depressant.

• It slows down your central nervous system.

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How Marijuana is Used• Marijuana is typically smoked but it can

also be eaten.

• Marijuana is a gateway drug which means it usually leads to someone doing more and harder kinds of drugs.

• Try the marijuana game!

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Just Say “No!”

Take the Substance Abuse Quiz

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Drug Games

• Interactive drug maze• Asteroids drug game• Dr. Nida’s challenge

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