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Owais Hanif
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 Tobacco Trouble
• Kills More than all
Other Drugs Combined!
430,000 + Every Year!
• Second Hand Smoke
• Impairment & Illness
Remember
about
Tobacco
• Emphysema
• Cancer, Heart Attacks
• Smokers’ Face/Breath/Teeth
• No Safe Way To Use
Alcohol Trouble
• Health Risk
• Fitness for Duty
• Accidents
• Drinking & Driving
• Violence / Family
• Underage Drinking
 Remember about Alcohol
Excessive Drinking can Cause
Problems with...

Work, Family,
Friends, Society,
and Self
Marijuana
Strong, Available,
$, 30 Mil Users,
Reputation as a
“safe” drug, anti-
establishment
Marijuana
Effects on:
Brain, Lungs,
Heart, Sex/Rep,
Immunity System,
Personality,
Cocaine & Methamphetamine
Similarities: The “Up Twins”

Increased Heart Rate,

Blood Pressure, Energy,
Activity, Insomnia,
Euphoria followed by
Depression, Neural
Disruption, “Wired”,
Addiction
Cocaine
• Highly Addicting
• Dealing & Stealing
• High Dying Potential
• Often in Up/Down
Combos => w/ Heroin
Methamphetamine - “Ice”
High Potential for Violence,
Addiction, & Death
The Drug of Choice in
Hawaii
2-3 Months Addiction Time
Losing One’s Mind & Will
 Depressants
1950’s - Sleeping Pills
1960’s - Barbiturates
(Seconal & Phenobarbital)

1970 to present - Benzodiazepines

(Valium, Librium, Xanax)
Others - Methaqualone, Miltown
 Depressants - Effects
Slowed Down, Sleepy;
Impaired Thinking,
Coordination; Mood
Swings, Stressed Heart

Flip Side Withdrawal

OVERDOSE: Confusion,
Cramps, Vomiting,
Convulsions, Death......
 DEPRESSANTS
Things To Remember

* Fast Addiction Pattern

* High % of Addiction

* High Potential for Dying

 NARCOTICS
The Naturals:
Opium, Morphine,
Heroin

The Synthetics:
Percodan, Demerol,
Codeine
 NARCOTICS
Effects
Sleepy, Pinpoint Pupils,
Cold Skin, Warm Body

Excessive Use: Organ

Damage, Endocarditis,
Abscesses
WITHDRAWAL: Cramps, OVERDOSE:
Tremors, Nausea, Sweating, Convulsions,
Runny Nose, Watery Eyes Coma, Death
 NARCOTICS
Things To Remember
* AIDS
* Combining with Uppers
(e.g. “speedballing cocaine”
* Combining with Downers
(e.g. alcohol)
* High Potency Varieties (e.g.
black tar, designer drugs)
Anabolic Steroids
Invented in 1935
Widely Used &
Promoted in the ‘50s
Discouraged Use -
1960-1990
Non-Athlete Use: 1990s
Anabolic
Steroids
Effects: Building Muscle Mass - getting
bigger, stronger, faster. Puffy Face, Acne,
Jaundice, Extremities, Organ Damage,
ROID RAGE !#@*#!
“Long Term Death”
 Anabolic Steroids
Things to Remember:
Most buy Steroids Illegally,
are not under medical care,
and take in megadoses.
Excess Use Causes Too
Many Changes, Too Fast
For The Body to Handle