Depressant & Inhalants
Agitation
Depression
Insomnia
Impaired learning
Sluggishness
Within seconds, the chemicals reach the brain and give the brain messages to other parts of your body that make you high or drunk
When inhaled, the chemicals go into your lungs
Then it gives you the symptoms given
Then affects your neurons in the CNS
Goes into your body and first hits your central nervous system
Glading: inhaling air freshner
Dustin: spraying an aerosol into the nose or mouth
Snorting: inhaling directly from mouth
Ballooning: inhaling a gas from a balloon
Sniffing: inhaling substance directly through nose
Bagging: inhaling substance after it has been sprayed out
Huffing: inhaling from a rag soaked with substance
Regulation
some have restrictions to minors knowing that people abuse it so much for certain things
legal
Subtopic
Some are illegal some are legal
Irritability
Hearing loss
Memory impairment
Muscle weakness
Disorientation
Bone marrow damage
Impaired judgement
Inability to coordinate movement
Death from suffocation
Severe headaches
Hostility
Visual disturbances
addiction
fever
Slurred speech
Dizziness
Fatigue
Confusion
Poor concentration
Low blood pressure
Slow pulse and breathing
Slow brain function
high blood pressure
panic
aniexty
sleep problems
breathing problems
Chronic fatigue
Solvents
Nitrites
Gases
Aerosols
Ethanol
Benzodiazepines
Barbiturates
Depressant drugs
Inhalants
Spray
Fumes
Inhaling
Depressants
Pills
Smoke
Drink
Meth
Concerns
Violent behavior
Severe dental problems
Weight loss
Memory loss
Increased distractibility
Deficits in thinking and motor skills
Changes in brain structure and function
Psychosis
Hallucinations
Addiction
Hyperthermia
Rapid/irregular heartbeat
Increased respiration
Euphoria and rush
Decrease in appetite
Decreased fatigue
Increased attention
How it works
Then stops the transmitting neurons from recycling excess dopamine
raises dopamine levels by more than 10 times
Forcing neurons to release noradrenaline and most of their stored dopamine
How it's used
Pill or ingestion
This was the original way meth was developed
Snorting
You use your nose to snort
Is done by powdered form too
Injecting
injected into bloodstream
powdered form
Smoking
Small glass pipe called a "flute"
Regulations
illegal everywhere and for everyone
possession of meth can cause you to get a felony
Effects
Long term
disordered thinking
paranoia
lethargy
corroded teeth and gums
extreme mood swings
Short term
increases blood pressure
hallucinations
decreases appetite
anxiety
Dry mouth
aggression
Common forms
Crank
to any form (chunks or fine or coarse powder)
Desoxyn
Ice
crystalized smokeable chunk of meth
Crystal
Classification
Stimulant
Elevated mood
Paranoia
Increase/irregular heart beat
Increased alertness
Routes of administration
snorting
smoking
eating/swallowing
injecting
