Commonly abused drugs by Kelly Pham [Student FVHS] https://padlet.com/kpham115/y7qpbyrx1s2s en-us 2018-06-08 03:35:55 UTC 2018-06-10 03:31:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Depressant kpham115 https://padlet.com/kpham115/y7qpbyrx1s2s/wish/266230919 Example  Drug: Xanax
Description: It is a prescription medicine used to treat panic attacks, anxiety, and stress. It comes in a pill form. This drug can be addictive.
Street names: Bars, School bus, Handle bars
Commonly Used: Oral
Short term effects: Slower cognitive skills, Slurred speech, confused and disoriented.
Long term effects: Depression, Aggressive and Impulsive behavior, Delirious states.
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Description: Made from the leaves of coca plants in South America. In Health Care it is used for local anesthesia in surgeries. It is an illegal drug, and can be found by street sellers. The drug looks like fine white crystal powder.
Street names: Coke, Blow, Stardust, Stash
Commonly Used:
Smoking, Powder through the nostrils, goes directly to the bloodstream
Short term effects: Loss of appetite, Dilated pupils, increased heart rate and blood pressure, Hallucinations, psychosis.
Long term effects: Liver, kidney, and lung damage, Malnutrition, irritability, reproductive damage and infertility.]]> 2018-06-08 04:00:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kpham115/y7qpbyrx1s2s/wish/266231535 Club drug kpham115 https://padlet.com/kpham115/y7qpbyrx1s2s/wish/266235499 Description: The most popular drug for this class, Artificial feelings and feeling deeply close towards people, even if they have just met. Usually found as small colored pills with
 a logo stamped, and can also come in a powdered form.
Street names: the Hug Drug, Lover's Spreed, Scooby Snacks, Powder form (Molly).
Commonly Used: Oral
Short term effects: Confusion, drug cravings, impaired judgment, blurred vision, teeth clenching
Long term effects: brain damage affecting memory and though, hemorrhaging, psychosis, kidney failure, death.]]> 2018-06-08 04:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kpham115/y7qpbyrx1s2s/wish/266235499 Hallucinogen kpham115 https://padlet.com/kpham115/y7qpbyrx1s2s/wish/266239428 Example Drug: Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
Description: A drug that produces hallucinations and illusions, hearing and seeing things that are not actually there. The lysergic acid diethylamide
is put on a small absorbing paper tab and is to be ingested.
Street names: Acid, Tripper, Tab, Purple Haze, Lucy.
Commonly Used: Oral
Short term effects: Dilation of pupils, Varying emotions, Nausea, Distorted sense of space and body, seeing things distorted.
Long term effects:
Impaired memory and concentration, and Flashbacks, which means feeling of prior drug experience without even taking the drug. This results in feeling fatigue, stressed for no reason.

]]> 2018-06-08 06:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kpham115/y7qpbyrx1s2s/wish/266239428 Marijuana kpham115 https://padlet.com/kpham115/y7qpbyrx1s2s/wish/266239458 Description: A recreational drug that comes from Marijuana plant. The active ingredient is Tetra Hydro Cannabinol (THC). It is used to enhanced perception, and mood. In medical treatment it is used to relieve the nausea when the patient goes through chemotherapy.
Street names: Weed, Buds, Grass, Herb, Mary Jane.
Commonly Used: Smoke
Short term effects: Problems with coordination, Loss sense of personal identity, Severe anxiety, short term memory problems.
Long term effects:
Decline in IQ, Addiction, Poor school performance, Financial difficulties, Potential development of opiates uses.]]> 2018-06-08 06:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kpham115/y7qpbyrx1s2s/wish/266239458 Drugs affect you brain by releasing this chemical called dopamine. It triggers your feelings and making you feel calm and relaxed. It also makes you keep wanting to take more and more drugs becoming addicted. Over time you brain will get use to the extra dopamine so you would want to take more and more dopamine. It changes your brain chemical systems and circuits and affects your judgement, ability to learn and your memory kpham115 https://padlet.com/kpham115/y7qpbyrx1s2s/wish/266443911 2018-06-10 03:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kpham115/y7qpbyrx1s2s/wish/266443911