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Drugs

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MARIJUANA

CLASSIFICATION

  • Marijuana is a crude drug made from the plant Cannabis Sativa
  • Depressant
  • Hallucinogen
  • The main mind-altering ingredient in marijuana is THC
Photo by c_ambler

SHORT TERM EFFECTS

  • Marijuana impairs or reduces short-term memory
  • Alters one's sense of time
  • Reduces the ability to do things which require concentration
  • Marijuana affects a wide range of skills needed for safe driving
  • These skills are impaired for a least 4-6 hours

LONG TERM EFFECTS

  • Marijuana is harmful to the entire respiratory system
  • Sinusitis
  • Bronchitis
  • Lung cancer
  • less able to cope with everyday challenges
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SLANG

  • Dope
  • Weed
  • Reefer
  • Herb
  • Grass

FACTS

  • Reduces masculenity
  • flattening of the breast and buttocks
  • Reduces femininity
  • Gateway Drug
  • 750,000 arrests occur annually due to weed

ORIGIN

  • Central/South Asia
Photo by Böltürük

PSILOCYBIN

MUSHROOMS
Photo by andres.thor

CLASSIFICATION

  • Hallucinogen
  • Contains psilocybin
  • A Psychedelic
  • Mushroom genus':
  • Copelandia, panaeolus, and amanita

SHORT TERM

  • Negatively Alters senses
  • Increases blood preasure
  • Increase heart rate
  • Nausea, numbness, and axiety
  • Overwhelming effects
Photo by real.heightz

LONG TERM

  • Psychosis
  • Paranoia
  • Schizophrenia
  • Birth defects from use when pregnant

SLANG

  • Mushies
  • Boomers
  • Caps
  • Sacred shrooms
  • Cubes
Photo by Kevandy

FACTS

  • Users have strong flashbacks
  • Tolorance develops in 3 days
  • Poisonous mushrooms resemble shrooms
  • Shrooms turn blue/green when bruised or cut
  • Users report spiritual trips thats can be good or bad
Photo by Skesis

ORIGIN

  • Central/South America
Photo by 3rdparty!

THANK YOU

  • Hughes, Justin, Day Day
  • Derricia, Abby, Kaylee
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