Drinking
Social Situations
Celebrations
Holidays
Sterilization
Cleaning Products (Home)
Wound Care
Fire Starter/Burning
Dissolved in daily products
Cosmetics
Hair Products
Vanilla Extracts
Oral Intake
Depressant
Legal Drinking Age of 21
Legal Purchasing age of 21
Beer
2-6% Alcohol
Wine
8-20% Alcohol
Liquor
40-50% Alcohol
Short Term
Binge Drinking
Driving accidents
Long Term
Addiction
Dependence
Increased incarceration
Increased Aggression
Loss of Coordination
Depression
Addiction
Damage to brain and liver
When alcohol enters the system, your liver begins to break down the alcohol, creating a chemical called "acetaldehyde". This is what produces intoxication.
Medicinal
Pain Management
Chemo Treatment Help
Seizure Management
Anxiety Help
Recreation
Social Gatherings
Celebrations
Vaporizing
Smoking
Hallucinogen
Stimulant
Dependence
Brain Damage
Learning Impairments
Increased Aggression
Loose Leaf
Liquid
Concentrates
Weight Gain
Paranoia
Anxiety
Vomiting
Problems with Memory
Poor school/work performance
Impaired thinking
Slowed Reaction Time
Legal Use age of 21
Must Use in Home
THC enters the brain rapidly and overwhelms the Endocannaboid system making it difficult to send and receive signals.
Increased risk of Cancer
Mouth Cancer
Throat Cancer
Lung Cancer
Addiction
Gateway to Other Drugs
Smokeless
Cigars
Cigarettes
Inhalation
Chewing
Socially
Stress Reliever
Stimulant
Stimulant
Head Rush
Relaxation
Addiction
The nicotine in tobacco stimulates the
brain to produce epinephrine giving you
a high, light feeling.
There are no regulations to caffeine.
Energy
Inability to sleep
Dependency
Tolerance
Socially
In the morning for energy
In sodas, teas, energy drinks
Orally, Drinking it
Caffeine enters the blood stream
and goes to the brain. It blocks the
receptors that pick up the sleep signal
making you feel less tired.
Increase in blood pressure
Dependancey
Coffee
Sodas
Teas
Energy drinks
Powder
Liquid
Meth works by forcing
neurotransmitters to
release norepinephrine giving you
a high feeling
High feeling
Addiction
Methamphetamines are illegal in the US
Smoking
Injesting
Injecting
Snorting
Extremely addictive
Increase risk of risky behavior
Recreational Drug
Inhaling
Kills brain cells
Addiction
The use of inhalants is illegal
Commonly called "bagging"
inhalants are put into bag which
covers mouth and nose then breathed in.
Effects are similar to alcohol
Slurred speech
Lack of Coordination
euphoria
Affects the CNS and slow
the activity of the brain
Solvents
Aerosol Cans
Household Cleaning Products
Gases
Depressants
Oral Administration
Subcutaneous
Stimulant
To get high
Recreationally
Illegal in the U.S.
Addiction
Dependency
Pills
Powder
Feeling of Euphoria
High
Gets into blood stream
and binds to receptors
in brain.
Halucinigenic
Oral Intake
Recreationally
Acid
Pills
Liquid
They activate specific receptors in the
brain that normally uptake serotonin.
Hallucinations
Euphoria
Highness
Addiction
Risky behaviors