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?