DRUGS OF ABUSE

MAJOR
DRUG of ABUSE
IN THE
PHILIPPINES
 • SHABU
(methamphetamine hydrochloride)
• MARIJUANA
(cannabis sativa)
• SOLVENTS
( inhalant)
 SIX
CLASSIFICATIONS
OF
DRUGS
 GATEWAY DRUGS
• - Cigarettes and Alcohol
• - Smoking may leading to more
dangerous drugs like marijuana and
shabu.
• - Teens smoker and drunker has a
higher chance of using, abusing and
experimenting dangerous drugs.
 DEPRESANTS DRUG
• - Slow down a persons central
nervous system (CNS); ( brain,
spinal cord, and nerves)
• It relaxes muscles and nerves.
• It also make patients feel sleepy
and light-headed
(Alcohol, barbiturates, tranquilizers)
 STIMULANT DRUGS
• - speed up a person's central
nervous system. It make a person’s
energy high.
• -Negative effects includes
depression and tiredness.
• -(shabu, caffeine, nicotine and
cocaine.)
 NARCOTICS
• - are drugs which relieve pain and
induce sleepiness. (In medicine,
these drugs are administered in
moderation to patients with
mental disorders and those in
severe pain like cancer).
• - (cocaine, heroin and marijuana).
 HALLUCINOGENS
• - are drugs which distorts reality
and facts. (It affects all senses and
makes a user see, hear and feel
things that don’t exist in the time
being.)
• -(lysergic acid diethylamide,
psilocybin obtained from
mushrooms and mescaline.)
 INHALANTS
• - are found in an ordinary household
chemical products and anesthetics.
• -continuous use and abuse leads to
delusions, brain damage, liver
damage, coma and death.
• -(acetone, rugby or solvent, ordinary
and spray paint, cleaning fluids and
air conditioner fluid (Freon).
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