Healthy Lifestyles 8 Health Hit 4

There are many good sources for accurate drug information.  The National Institute On Drug Abuse (NIDA) is one of my favorite websites that does a great job of showing current, accurate information.  Here is a sample page from the site.

http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugpages/drugsofabuse.html

Healthy Lifestyles 8 Health Hit 3

As we discussed yesterday, many drugs are marketed for medicinal purposes & eventually are outlawed.  Here is an interesting article I found that has a brief history of 10 current illegal drugs...

http://smashingtops.com/weird/10-illegal-drugs-that-used-to-be-legal/

Healthy Lifestyles 8 Health Hit 2

How tough is it to purchase illegal drugs?

http://www.startribune.com/local/129596073.html

This story is scary, & just shows you that drug dealers are resourceful & willing to say or do anything to make money!

Healthy Lifestyles 8 Health Hit 1

Our first unit of the trimester is illegal drugs.  Here are some basic tidbits of information concerning illegal drugs...

Drugs are divided into 3 main categories:

Stimulants - substances that speed up the processes of the body
Depressants - substances that slow down the processes of the body
Hallucinogens - substances that distort the sounds & images around you

Examples of drugs & the category they belong to:

Stimulants - Cocaine, Caffeine, Tobacco, Methamphetamine

Depressants - Alcohol, Heroin, Codeine, Oxycontin

Hallucinogens - PCP, LSD, Marijuana, Ecstasy

Question of the week:

This term means "to induce sleep".  Many people often use it to describe illegal drug use, without paying attention to the type of drug being used.  What is the name of the term?