What is this drug?
Drug effect on the body.
100

What is the definition of a drug?

A DRUG IS ANY SUBSTANCE OTHER

THAN FOOD WHICH CHANGES THE

WAY THE BODY OR MIND FUNCTIONS.

100

What do drugs do to the body?

Change the way that it normally acts.

200

Name two illegal drugs in Australia.

Ice Heroin Cocaine Marijuana


200

What do stimulant drugs do to the body?

Speed up the brain and central nervous system.

300

Name the 3 main drug categories.

•Stimulants

•Depressants

•Hallucinogens

300

What do depressant drugs do to the body?

Slow down the brain and central nervous system.

400

What type of drug is alcohol?

Depressant

400

What do hallucinogens do to the body?

These drugs alter the user’s state of consciousness. (Distort auditory and visual sensations).

500

What two categories of drugs does Marijuana fit into.

Depressant and Hallucinogen.

500

Name two long term affects on the body if you are addicted to drugs.

  • harm to organs and systems in your body, such as your throat, stomach, lungs, liver, pancreas, heart, brain, nervous system
  • cancer (such as lung cancer from inhaling drugs)
  • infectious disease, from shared injecting equipment and increased incidence of risk-taking behaviours 
  • harm to your baby, if you are pregnant
  • acne, or skin lesions if the drug you are taking causes you to pick or scratch at your skin
  • needle marks and collapsed veins, if you inject regularly
  • baldness
  • male pattern hair growth in women, such as facial hair
  • jaw and teeth issues due to clenching and grinding your teeth; or bad breath, teeth cavities and gum disease
  • mood swings and erratic behaviour 
  • addiction 
  • psychosis (losing touch with reality)
  • accidental overdose
  • higher risk of mental illness, depression, suicide and death.
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