2. What is Drug abuse?
 Drug abuse is also called as substance abuse
or chemical abuse
 It is a disorder caused by using a substance
that leads to significant problems and distress
 It can change the fundamental
functioning of the brain

3. Types of Drugs :
1. Alcohol
Alcohol damages your liver, brain and heart.
2. Cocaine
 Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from
the leaves of the coca plant

4. 3. Marijuana
 Cannabis, known as marijuana in its herbal form,
is a psychoactive product of the plant Cannabis sativa
4. Heroin
 Heroin is an opiate processed directly from
the extracts of the opium poppy

6. Who is consuming?
• In 2010, 14.9% of the aged 14 years and over had
used an illicit drug in the last 12 months
• More than 4 million teens between the ages of
14 and 17 drink alcohol, and drugs
• 45.6% of the 12th grade students had gotten drunk,
32.4% had tried marijuana, and
9.1% reported using narcotics.

8. Ways of consuming drugs….
1. Swallowing
2.snorting

9. 3. smoking
4. injecting

10. Effects of drug use….
• affects your central nervous system and can
cause an early death
• Drugs that affect the brain work by changing
the brain's chemistry

11. Physical effects of drug use…
After taking methamphetamines drug

12. Treatment for drug abuse :
• No single treatment is appropriate for everyone.
• Treatment needs to continue for an adequate period
of time in order to be effective
• Counseling is a vital component of successful
treatment for addiction
• medication is a necessary part of treatment

13. Refuse drugs:
• The majority of the teens don’t drink alcohol.
It’s not as hard to refuse as you might think.
Try :
• “No Thanks,”
• “I don’t drink,”
• “I’m not interested,” or
• “It’s not for me,”

14. What’s your Anti-drug??
Music, singing, dancing, foot ball,
basket ball, family, friends, life,
computer.

16. Thanks a million
- Ramya vani
- Sri shaila
- Maranatha edwin
- Pooja jain
- Cho cho thein