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Drugs Awareness
Heroin   • is a highly addictive drug from the Asian opium poppy plant  • can be injected,snorted or smoked  • health risks include overdose, high risk of infections such as HIV/AIDS
Ecstasy/Molly   • usually taken as a tablet, pill or capsule  • have cartoon-like images on them  • increases heart rate and blood presure  • causes blurred vision, nausea, chills, etc 
Steroids   • are used to treat medical conditions.  • often abused to alter one’s physical appearance.  • drug abusers of steroids take 10 to 100 times more than they are prescribed  • effects are mood swings, manic behavior, insomnia, irritability, and lack of good judgement
Cocaine   • comes in 2 main forms; powder & crystalline(crack)  • can be snorted, injected, and smoked  • street names include coke, blow,C, marching powder & nose candy  • 10% of people who start to use cocaine immediately progress to overdose
Marijuana   • cannot kill you from overdose  • about 750k people were arrested for possession of marijuana  • is less harmful than alcohol and tabacco  • gets you high
Marijuana   • cannot kill you from overdoses  • about 750k people were arrested for possession of marijuana in a year  • is less harmful than alcohol and tabacco  • gets you high
Here's a video  of 5 test subjects experiencing drugs

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Drugs Awareness

  • 2. Heroin • is a highly addictive drug from the Asian opium poppy plant • can be injected,snorted or smoked • health risks include overdose, high risk of infections such as HIV/AIDS
  • 3. Ecstasy/Molly • usually taken as a tablet, pill or capsule • have cartoon-like images on them • increases heart rate and blood presure • causes blurred vision, nausea, chills, etc 
  • 4. Steroids • are used to treat medical conditions. • often abused to alter one’s physical appearance. • drug abusers of steroids take 10 to 100 times more than they are prescribed • effects are mood swings, manic behavior, insomnia, irritability, and lack of good judgement
  • 5. Cocaine • comes in 2 main forms; powder & crystalline(crack) • can be snorted, injected, and smoked • street names include coke, blow,C, marching powder & nose candy • 10% of people who start to use cocaine immediately progress to overdose
  • 6. Marijuana • cannot kill you from overdose • about 750k people were arrested for possession of marijuana • is less harmful than alcohol and tabacco • gets you high
  • 7. Marijuana • cannot kill you from overdoses • about 750k people were arrested for possession of marijuana in a year • is less harmful than alcohol and tabacco • gets you high
  • 8. Here's a video of 5 test subjects experiencing drugs