2. These are example of
using drugs:

10. Drugs
• is a substance which may
have medicinal, intoxicating, performance
enhancing or other effects when taken or
put into a human body or the body of
another animal.

11. Types of Drugs
• Medicinal Drugs

12. Types of Drugs
• Recreational Drugs

13. What are the reasons why
people abuse DRUGS?

14. Reasons Why People Abuse
Drugs:
• They think they can gain acceptance
from their peers.
• To be more like their friends.
• Curiosity, boredom.
• Wanting to take a risk.
• Trying to get attention.
• Trying to escape a problem.

15. Common Problems:
• Conflict
• Unsatisfied needs
• Unrealistic
expressions
• Poor health

16. Common Problems:
• Emotional-social
difficulties
• Broken homes
• Financial problems
• Parents are too busy
• Inferiority complex

17. Positive Ways of Facing Daily
Problems:
• Promptly identify daily problems.
• Consult reliable sources for opinions.
• Recognize your own strengths and
weaknesses.
• Analyze problems.
• Act by using the plan that seems to
work best.
• Learn to live with the solution.

18. Positive Ways of Facing Daily
Problems:
• Develop a consistent and constructive
code by:
Fulfilling obligation to
yourself
Caring for the body
Observing good mental
health practices
Doing responsibilities
to others

19. Positive Ways of Facing Daily
Problems:
• Learn to accept a moderate amount of
anxiety and frustration as normal.
• Make a decision not to abuse
amphetamines or other drugs as
mean of escaping problems.

20. STIMULANTS

21. Stimulants
• Increase activity in
the central nervous
system.

22. Examples of
Stimulants

23. AMPHETAMINES

24. Examples of Stimulants:
1. Amphetamines
2. Cocaine
3. Caffeine
4. Shabu
5. Nicotine
6. Ecstacy

25. Amphetamines
• Commonly known as “speed”.
• produces increased wakefulness
and focus in association with
decreased fatigue and appetite.

26. Amphetamines
Common medical names:
• Benzedrine
• Methedrine
• Dexedrine
• Biphetamine
• Methampetamine

27. Amphetamines
Common names:
• Bennies
• Whites
• Co-pilots
• Speed
• Crystal
• meth
• Dixes
• Heart
• Black beauties
• Black birds
• Black mollies
• Bumblebees
• Cartwheels
• Chalks
• Jellybabies
• Hearts
• Greenies
• crossroads

28. Amphetamines

29. Reasons for Amphetamine Abuse
• To get a high feeling
• to stay awake
• Relief from fatigue
• Obtain relief from depression
• To keep them active and alert
• Weight reduction

30. Medical Uses of Amphetamine
• Treat narcolepsy
• Depress appetite
• Control hyperkinesis
• Stimulate suffering
• Counteract fatigue
• Speeding up body processes
• Treat nasal congestion.

31. Effects of Amphetamine
• Psychological dependance
• Tolerance to the drug
• Amphetaminic psychosis
• Affect personality
• Affect social standing
• Affect responisibilities

32. COCAINE

33. Cocaine
• Most powerful
stimulant.
• freebase and
crack are all
forms of
cocaine.

34. Methods:

35. Effects of Cocaine to the:
• Heart
• Brain
• Lungs and respiratory system.
• Gastrointestinal tract
• Kidneys
• Sexual function

36. Caffeine

37. Caffeine
• acts as a natural pesticide
• most commonly used
psychoactive drug in the world.
• acts as a central nervous
system stimulant.

38. Effects of Caffeine
• Cold hands
• Muscles tensing up
• Feelings of excitement
• Increased heart beat
• Alertness
• Sinuses clearing

41. Nicotine

42. Nicotine
• named after the
tobacco plant
''Nicotiana tabacum”
• Addictive especially
in tobacco.

43. Positive Effects of Nicotine
• enhances brain activity and
concentration
• improves cognitive processing
• Improves person’s memory

44. Negative Effects of Nicotine
• Addictive
• Increases blood pressure and heart
rate
• Constricts arteries

45. Shabu

46. Shabu
• Known as “poor man’s
cocaine”, shabs, ubas,
S, siopao, sha & ice.
• can be smoked,
snorted, injected, or
simply dissolved in a
liquid,

47. Effects of Shabu
• Lost of appetite
• Psychotic reactions, destructive
behavior, recklessness.
• Chest pains
• Irregular hearbeat
• Hypertension
• Convulsion
• Death

48. Ecstacy

49. Ecstacy
• MDMA (methylenedioxy-
methamphetamine). It is a synthetic,
mind-altering drug that acts both as a
stimulant and a hallucinogenic.
• XTC, X, E, Adam, Eve, clarity, hug,
beans, love drug, lovers' speed,
peace, uppers, Molly

50. Effects of Ecstacy
Physiological:
• Confusion
• Depression
• Sleep Problem
• Anxiety
• Paranoia

51. Effects of Ecstacy
Physical:
• Music tension
• Involuntary teeth clenching
• Nausea
• Blurred Vision
• Faintness
• Chills
• Increase in heart rate, blood pressure