KYLE JULICHER, BRYCE JABLONSKI, MIKE RUDY

WHATS A DRUG?

Any substance that, when absorbed into the body ie. alcohol, heroin, xanax, codeine, LSD

of a living organism, alters normal bodily function

ILLEGAL VS. LEGAL

The Denition for illegal is forbidden my Law or The denition for legal is permitted by law; or
statute. This would apply to illegal drugs as being against law and shouldnt be used an example of this would be Weed or Crack. pertaining to law. This applies to legal drugs as being something that is allowed for example Advil or Sudafed.

VS

POPULAR DRUGS

MARIJUANA HEROIN COCAINE

(MARIJUANA)

most widely used drug in the world smoked as leaves or ground up immediate effects of mild to strong drunk feeling

heroin

worst of the three (regarding health) very powerful painkiller injected, smoked, or sniffed physical pain, nausea, stomach cramps, diarrhea, a stronger craving for the drug

extracted from the coca plant from South America powerful stimulate energy boost, high feeling smoked or snorted spike in energy, increase in heart rate, constricted blood vessels

got government?
how the government classi es drugs

SCHEDULE 1
HIGH ABUSE DRUGS, NO MEDICAL USE RECOGNIZED, CAUSE LACK OF SAFETY

HEROIN LSD MDMA METHAQUALONE

SCHEDULE 2
HIGH ABUSE DRUGS, MEDICAL USE RECOGNIZED, HIGH DEPENDENCY RISK

OPIUM MORPHINE COCA COCAINE METHADONE METHAMPHETAMINE

SCHEDULE 3
LOWER ABUSE DRUGS, MEDICAL USE, MODERATE DEPENDENCY RISK

MARIJUANA AMPHETAMINE BARBITURATE VALIUM XANAX ANABOLIC STERIODS CODEINE

SCHEDULE 4
LIMITED ABUSE DRUGS, HIGH MEDICAL UTILITY, LIMITED DEPENDENCY RISK

CHORAL HYDRATE MEPROBAMATE PARALDEHYDE PHENOBARBITAL

SCHEDULE 5
MINOR PROBLEMS

TYPICALLY INCLUDES DOSES OF THE PREVIOUS DRUGS IN LIMITED AMOUNTS

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*statistics from 1998 based on humans 12+*

Stimulants Sedatives Tranquilizers Analgesics

Alcohol Cigarettes

SOURCE: National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, 1998 public use dataset, 2000a.

Age and Gender

Age Group Sex 35+
3.3 2.5 0.5 53.1 4.2 25.1

4.4 2.1 3.5 5.3 81.3 69.7

9,614 4,640 7,726 11,595 177,512 152,313

0.3 0.1 0.3 0.8 51.7 27.7

633 210 655 1,709 112,850 60,406

Table 7. Estimated Prevalence of Past-Month Drug Use in the United States, by Age and Sex (by percent): 1998
All Ages, Both Sexes
6.2 5.0 0.8 51.7 5.7 27.7

Drug
Any illegal drug Marijuana Cocaine Alcohol Heavy alcohol Cigarettes

1217
9.9 8.3 0.8 19.1 2.9 18.2

1825
16.1 13.8 2.0 60.0 13.4 41.6

2634
7.0 5.5 1.2 60.9 6.9 32.5

Male
8.1 6.7 1.1 58.7 9.3 29.7

Female
4.5 3.5 0.5 45.1 2.3 25.7

NOTE: Heavy alcohol use has been defined as 5 or more drinks on the same occasion on at least 5 or more days in the month prior to assessment, in accord with the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse specifications on pp. 99 and 102 of source materials. SOURCE: National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, 1998 public use dataset, 2000a.

*statistics from 1998 based on humans 12+*

Table 8. Estimated Prevalence of Past-Month Drug Use in the United States, by Age, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity (by percent): 1998
Age Group Sex Female
4.5 5.2 5.4 1.8 4.5 3.6 3.8 5.0 1.8 3.2 0.5 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.8 49.7 32.3 29.2 29.2 33.6 2.5 1.8 3.7 0.1 2.0 26.9 25.9 29.0 15.1 20.0

Drug Any illicit drug

White, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic

Specific
1217
10.3 9.9 16.3 5.2 9.9 8.7 8.3 10.3 3.7 7.6 0.9 * 2.0 * 1.4 20.9 13.1 32.1 10.5 18.9 3.4 0.7 5.2 1.7 2.4 20.5 13.7 24.7 8.7 15.1

Drug Use in the General Population

1825
17.6 17.1 24.9 7.3 11.1 14.9 15.2 23.3 7.3 9.0 2.2 0.6 2.3 0.3 2.7 65.0 50.3 67.4 44.0 50.8 16.7 6.3 12.3 4.2 10.5 46.9 30.7 54.5 27.1 31.5

2634
7.1 9.4 15.5 2.8 5.4 5.7 7.4 12.9 2.8 3.2 1.0 2.7 0.3 * 1.1 65.2 54.8 50.7 37.5 53.1 7.1 7.8 16.0 4.8 7.7 34.1 31.5 46.1 30.7 25.4

35+
3.2 4.8 6.0 0.7 3.5 2.5 3.3 5.4 0.7 2.4 0.3 1.3 1.5 * 0.9

Male
7.7 12.0 16.6 3.7 7.7 6.5 9.9 13.5 3.3 5.7 0.9 1.7 3.7 0.1 1.8 61.2 49.0 69.1 39.9 56.8 9.3 8.3 31.9 5.8 10.3 28.9 33.8 35.2 30.1 31.4

All Ages, Both Sexes

6.1 8.2 9.3 2.8 6.1 5.0 6.6 8.0 2.6 4.5 0.7 1.3 1.4 0.0 1.3 55.3 39.8 43.3 34.5 45.4 6.0 4.9 13.7 2.9 6.5 27.9 29.4 31.2 22.5 25.8

Marijuana
White, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic

Cocaine
White, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic

Alcohol
White, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic 56.2 38.3 40.9 36.7 47.7 4.2 4.6 14.3 2.1 5.8 24.1 32.2 26.8 21.6 27.0

Heavy alcohol**
White, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic

Tobacco cigarettes
White, non-Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native Asian/Pacific Islander Hispanic

parents guide on controlling drug use

model

the behavior you seek resolve personal or family issues know what is going on teach the science of drugs and alcohol know the law create a drinking and drug contract get educated about substance abuse find alternative options look outside the family for mentoring help one on one time

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