A drug is something that affects your body. Drugs must to pass through the body and into the brain. In pharmacology, a pharmaceutical drugcalled a medication or medicine It is a chemical substance used to treat, cure, prevent, ordiagnose a disease

1. ORGANISATION OF
DRUG, LAWS &
CLASSIFICATION

2. Drug
 A drug is something that affects your body.
Drugs must to pass through the body and
into the brain.
 In pharmacology, a pharmaceutical
drugcalled a medication or medicine
 It is a chemical substance used
to treat, cure, prevent, ordiagnose a disease

3. Drugs are two type
 Illegal drug
 Legal drug

4. Legal drug
 Laws and regulations control the availability,
quality and price of the 'legal' drugs; for
example, tobacco may not be sold to persons
under the age of 18.

5. Illegal drug
 Because they are illegal, there are no price or
quality controls on the illicit drugs such as heroin
and ecstasy.
 This means that a user can never be sure that
the drug they are taking is in fact what they think
it is; for example, PMA
(paramethoxyamphetamine), a toxic form of
amphetamine, has been sold as ecstasy.
 The user also cannot be sure of a drug's strength
or purity.Various batches of an illegally
manufactured drug may have different mixtures
of the drug a

6. illegal drug
 Possession: this includes physically carrying an illegal drug, or
having it at the person’s home or car etc. Possession also includes
jointly possessing a drug together with another person.
 Supply or trafficking: this means providing a illegal drug to another
person.Traditionally a trafficker is considered someone who
exchanges drug(s) for money, property or services. However, if any
illegal drug is passed onto others (even friends) this is also
considered to be ‘trafficking’.
 The penalties for drug offences vary depending on the age of the
offender (adult or minor), type of drug, quantities involved, previous
offences, and the state or territory in which the offence happened.
 A criminal record can lead to difficulties getting a job, credit card
or even a visa for overseas travel.
 Minor Drug Offence
 Most states and territories will allow police to divert someone from
going to court if charged for a minor drug offence such as possession
of very small amounts of certain illegal drugs.


7.  Major Drug Offence
 If someone is caught with a larger quantity of
illegal drugs or is a repeat offender, they may not
qualify for a diversion or caution and could face
other penalties such as:
 A fine
 This can be up to $100,000.
 A criminal penalty
 This can include a heavy fine and/or
imprisonment which may be up to 25 years.

9. Why is illegal drug use
dangerous ?
 Damage to brain
 Become addicted
 Major factor in suicide, accidents and crimes
 Risk of spreading disease through sharing
needle
 Can result in overdose
 Drug use leads to making irresponsible
decisions

10. Steps to addiction
 Regular drug
 Tolerance
 Dependence
 Addiction

11. Drugs classification
 All drug ligal and illegal , classified into
different catagories based on similar effects
on mind and body
 Depressants
 Stimulants
 Hallucinogens
 Opiates
 Designer drug

12. Depressants
 Depressants are drugs that slow down the
functions of the central nervous system.
 Depressant drugs do not necessarily make a
person feel depressed.
 They include:
 alcohol ('booze', 'grog') •
 cannabis ('pot', 'dope', 'mull') •
 barbiturates, including Seconal,Tuinal and
Amytal
 • benzodiazepines (tranquilisers),Valium.

13. Stimulants
 act on the central nervous system to speed up
the messages to and from the brain.
 They can make the user feel more awake, alert
or confident.
 Stimulants increase heart rate, body
temperature and blood pressure.
 ephedrine used in medicines for bronchitis, hay
fever and asthma
• caffeine in coffee, tea and cola drinks
• nicotine in tobacco.

14. Hellucinogens
 Hallucinogens affect perception.
 People who have taken them may believe
they see or hear things that aren't really
there, or what they see may be distorted in
some way.
 The effects of hallucinogens vary a great deal,
so it is impossible to predict how they will
affect a particular person at a particular time.

15. Hallucinogens include
• datura
• ketamine ('K', 'Special K')
• LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide; 'trips', 'acid',
'microdots')
• magic mushrooms (psilocybin; 'gold tops',
'mushies')
• mescaline (peyote cactus) • PCP ('angel dust)

16. Cannabinoids
Marijuana (street names: Blunt, dope, ganja, grass, herb etc)
 Hashish (street names: Boom, gangster, hash, hash oil, ,
etc)
 Acute Effects: Euphoria; relaxation; slowed reaction time;
distorted sensory perception; impaired balance and
coordination; increased heart rate and appetite; impaired
learning, memory; anxiety; panic attacks; psychosis
Health Risks: Cough, frequent respiratory infections;
possible
mental health decline; addiction

17. Oppoids
Heroin (street names: Diacetylmorphine,smack,
horse, brown sugar, dope, etc)
 Opium (street names: Laudanum, paregoric: big
O, black stuff, block, gum, hop, etc)
 Acute Effects: Euphoria; drowsiness; impaired
coordination; dizziness; confusion; nausea;
sedation; feeling of heaviness in the body;
slowed or arrested breathing
Health Risks: Constipation; endocarditis;
hepatitis; HIV; addiction; fatal overdose

18. Club drug
 These drugs are often used by young adults at all-night
dance parties, dance clubs and bars.They include:
MDMA (methylenedioxy-methamphetamine). Street
names: Ecstasy,Adam, clarity, etc.
 Flunitrazepam (Street names: forget-me pill, Mexican
Valium, etc)
 Ectasy,pcp
 Acute Effects: for MDMA - Mild hallucinogenic effects;
empathic feelings; lowered inhibition; anxiety; chills;
sweating; teeth clenching; muscle cramping.
Sedation; muscle relaxation; confusion; memory loss;
dizziness; impaired coordination
For GHB - Drowsiness; nausea; headache; disorientation;
loss of coordination; memory loss

19. Dissociative Drugs
These include: Ketamine, PCP and analogs, Salvia
divinorum, Dextromethorphan (DXM)
 Acute Effects: Feelings of being separate from one’s
body and environment; impaired motor function
For Ketamine - Analgesia; impaired memory;
delirium; respiratory depression and arrest; death
Analgesia; psychosis; aggression; violence; slurred
speech; loss of coordination; hallucinations
Euphoria; slurred speech; confusion; dizziness;
distorted visual perceptions
Health Risks: Anxiety; tremors; numbness; memory
loss; nausea

20. Inhalants
 Drugs that are inhaled as vapours
 The two most commomn inhalants used for
medical reasons are
 Loughing gas, Asthma inhaler
 Effects :
 Hyperactivity
 Loss of inhibition, dizzines, difficulty in
speaking etc

21. Marijuana
 Is a word used to describe dried flowers,seed,and
leaves of indian hemp plant.
 Effects;
 Sensory distortion
 Pank
 Anxiety
 Poor coordination of movement
 Increase heartbeat
 Long term : reduce resistance to common
illnesses,growth disorder, reduction of male sex
hormones.

22. Ectasy
 Synthetic ,psychoactive drug that is
chemically similar to stimulants
 Produce feelings of increase
energy,euphoria,emotional warmth
 Commonly called rolling.

23. Heroin
 Injected,creating additional risks for user,
who faces the danger of AIDS or other
infections
 Extremely addictive Narcotic

24. Cocaine
 Develpoed as painkiller
 Sniffed with powdwe absorbed into
bloodstream through the nasal tissues
 Also be injested into gums.