Presentation on Drugs

1. Drugs
:by
Ayesha Komal
Arslan Anjum

2. “A drug is any substance other than food, that
when inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed, absorbed via a patch on the
skin or dissolved under the tongue causes a physiological change in the
body”
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3. Effects
 DEPENDENT PSYCHIC
 WITHDRAWAL
 TOLERANCE
 INTOXICATION
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4. Classification of drugs by their effects
on CNS:
Stimulants Depressants Hallucinogens
Tend to speed up the activity
of a person's central nervous
system (CNS) including the
brain.
Amphetamines
Cocaine
Pseudoephedrine
Nicotine
Caffeine
Tend to slow down the
activity of the CNS, which
often results in the user
feeling less pain, more
relaxed and sleepy.
Alcohol
Major tranquillizers
Benzodiazepines
Volatile substances
Have the ability to alter a
user's sensory perceptions
by distorting the messages
carried In the CNS.
LSD
Psilocybin (magic
mushrooms)
Mescaline (peyote cactus)
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5. Advantages of Drugs:
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 Gives excitement
makes partying better
more festive
gives feelings of being high
Relaxed
gives self confidence
more creative
gives energy
less easily tired
Helps in medication

6. Disadvantages of Drugs:
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unpleasant physical effects
 bad for health
creates physical dependence
creates psychological dependence
makes one egocentric
makes one aggressive
makes one feel depressed
makes one feel negative
 makes one superficial
makes insensitive and gives
paranoid feelings

7. The good Drugs
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The good drugs are the ones used to prevent or
cure a disease(drugs used in medicines).
Some of them are listed below:
Opioids Beta-lactam Antibiotics
Opioids are analgesic or pain
relievers that stimulate the
opioid receptors.
These medications are used in
medicine because they kill
bacteria by preventing them
from making their cell wall.
Erythropoietin's Bronchodilators
Erythropoietins are used for
people in kidney failure, and for
those who are anemic and taking
chemotherapy for cancer, have
certain inflammatory diseases or
AIDS.
Bronchodilators are one type
of drug used to treat asthma
and chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease

8. The bad Drugs:
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Substances:
Category & Name
Examples of
Commercial &
Street Names
DEA Schedule*/
How Administered
MARIJUANA Blunt, dope, ganja, grass,
herb, joint, bud, Mary Jane,
pot, reefer, green, trees,
smoke, sinsemilla, skunk,
weed
I/smoked,
swallowed
HEROIN Diacetylmorphine: smack, horse,
brown sugar, dope, H, junk,
skag, skunk, white horse, China
white; cheese
I/injected, smoked,
snorted
OPIUM Laudanum, paregoric: big O,
black stuff, block, gum, hop
II, III, V/swallowed,
smoked
COCAINE Cocaine hydrochloride: blow,
bump, C, candy, Charlie, coke,
crack, flake, rock, snow, toot
II/snorted, smoked,
injected
The bad drugs are the ones which are sold, bought
and consumed illegally for pleasure.
Some of them are listed below:

9. How does a person becomes a drug
addict???
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Its for once only
Need more
A Step back
Can’t control anymore
Increase in doses

10. Drug smuggling
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Drug trafficking is a global illicit trade involving the
cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of substances
which are subject to drug prohibition laws
Punishment for smuggling
drugs
In certain countries illegal importing, exporting,
sale, or possession of drugs constitute capital
offences that may result in the death penalty.
According to a 2011 article by the Lawyers
Collective, an NGO in India, "32 countries
impose capital punishment for offences
involving narcotic drugs and psychotropic
substances."[1] A 2012 report by Harm
Reduction International "documents the 33
countries and territories that retain death penalty
for drug offences, including 13 in which the
sentence is mandatory."

11. Treatment of drug addiction
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1. Medications
1. Behavioral Treatments
2. Residential treatment

12. Medication
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1. Withdrawal.
2. Treatment.
Medications offer
help in suppressing
withdrawal
symptoms during
detoxification
Medications can
be used to help
reestablish normal
brain function and
to prevent relapse
and diminish
cravings.

13. Behavioral Treatments
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Outpatient behavioral treatment encompasses a wide variety of programs
for patients who visit a clinic at regular intervals. Some programs also
offer other forms of behavioral treatment such as—
1. cognitive–behavioral therapy
2. multidimensional family
therapy
3. motivational interviewing
4. motivational incentives

14. Residential treatment
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A residential treatment center (RTC), sometimes called a
rehab, is a live-in health care facility providing therapy for
substance abuse, mental illness, or other behavioral
problems. Residential treatment may be considered the
"last-ditch" approach to treating abnormal psychology or
psychopathology

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