Health Assignment for 4-17-2012. Mr. Fleuhrer asks that you transcribe notes from the PowerPoint

1. Legal and illegal
Drugs
• Drug Abuse and the Brain
• Addiction
• Is the compulsive use of a drug
• Despite any cost to health, family, or social standing
• Disease that changes the structure and chemistry of the
brain

2. Legal and illegal
Drugs
• Dangers of Drug Misuse and Abuse
• Side Effects
• An unwanted physical or mental effect cause by a drug
• Examples
• Nausea
• Dizziness
• Drowsiness
• Side Effects differ for everyone

3. Legal and illegal
Drugs
• Dangers of Drug Misuse and Abuse
• Tolerance and Dependence
• When someone uses a drug repeatedly the body may
develop tolerance to the drug
• Tolerance may lead to drug dependence
• Body develops a chemical need for the drug and cant function
normally without it

4. Legal and illegal
Drugs
• Dangers of Drug Misuse and Abuse
• Withdrawal
• If they stop taking the drug
• Symptoms include
• Nausea or vomiting
• Headaches or dizziness
• Fever
• Digestion problems
• Paranoia or panic
• Tremors, seizures, or death

5. Legal and illegal
Drugs
• Dangers of Drug Misuse and Abuse
• Drug Interactions
• Antagonism
• Drug antagonism
• Occurs when each drug’s effect is canceled out or reduced by
the other
• Synergism
• Drug synergism
• Occurs when drugs interact to produce effects greater than
those that each drug would produce alone

6. Legal and illegal
Drugs
• Dangers of Drug Misuse and Abuse
• Impurities
• Many illegal drugs are contaminated with chemicals that
may themselves be harmful or cause dangerous drug
interactions
• May vary from batch to batch

7. Legal and illegal
Drugs
• Dangers of Drug Misuse and Abuse
• Other Health Risks
• Hepatitis and HIV
• If drug users share needles to inject drugs, contaminated blood
left in the needle can carry disease causing viruses from user to
user
• May cause hepatitis B or C
• Can cause AIDS
• Disease that has no cure

8. Legal and illegal
Drugs
• Dangers of Drug Misuse and Abuse
• Other Health Risks
• Risks to Fetus and Newborn
• Drug abuse by a pregnant woman places her baby at risk for
problems
• Can have many different problems

9. Legal and illegal
Drugs
• Legal Risks and Other Costs
• Legal Risks
• Penalties can carry long prison terms and heavy fines
• Will have criminal record
• May make it difficult to get a job or admitted into schools

10. Legal and illegal
Drugs
• Legal Risks and Other Costs
• Effects on Family and Friends
• Can often become strained as the behavior of the user
changes
• May be unpredictable mood swings, violent, or withdrawn
• Can cause friends and family to grow a part

11. Legal and illegal
Drugs
• Legal Risks and Other Costs
• Costs to Society
• Government has spent billions of dollars in efforts to stop
illegal drug manufacture and sales
• Costs of Drug Abuse
• Imprisoning thousands of people for drug related crimes
• Medical costs for illnesses and injuries
• Premature deaths from drug related homicides and crashes
• Lost work productivity because of drug dependency