NARCOTICS INCLUDE HEROIN, CODEINE, MORPHINE, OPIUM, & METHADONE. EVERY NARCOTIC, LEGAL OR ILLEGAL, IS A POTENTIAL POISON. ALTHOUGH RARE, A SINGLE DOSE CAN BE FATAL.

STIMULANTS, ALSO CALLED UPPERS, INCLUDE NICOTINE, COCAINE, AMPHETAMINES, ICE, METH , AND CAFFEINE.

DESIGNER DRUGS ARE MADE IN LABORATORIES & HAVE MANY OF THE SAME PROPERTIES AS THE DRUGS THEY SIMULATE, SUCH AS PAIN RELIEVERS, ANESTHETICS, OR
AMPHETAMINES.

DRUGS THAT CAUSE THE USER TO HAVE HALLUCINATIONS ARE CALLED HALLUCINOGENS OR PSYCHEDELICS, SUCH AS LSD, PCP, & MARIJUANA.

MANY PEOPLE UNKNOWINGLY BECOME DRUG ABUSERS OR MISUSERS BY FAILING TO CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE PRESCRIPTION ON THEIR MEDICATIONS.

ACCIDENTAL MISUSE OF PRESCRIPTIONS & MEDICATIONS IS COMMON & DANGEROUS, SUCH AS OVERDOSING BECAUSE OF FORGETFULNESS (ELDERLY).

ANABOLIC STEROIDS ARE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT ARE BEING SOLD NOW ON THE BLACK MARKET & ARE BEING WIDELY MISUSED AND ABUSED.

WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT OR TRYING TO GET PREGNANT OR WHO ARE NURSING INFANTS CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HARM TO THE FETUS BY USING DRUGS.

DRUGS CAN REDUCE INHIBITIONS & INTERFERE WITH CLEAR THINKING ABOUT SEXUAL ACTIVITY.

THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDICTION DEPENDS ON ATTITUDE, EASE OF ACCESS, METHOD OF USE, PURPOSE OF USE, MENTAL STATE, & PHYSIOLOGICAL OR GENETIC SENSITIVITY. REMEMBER FOR SOME PEOPLE, THE FIRST TRIP IS THE ONE THAT STARTS THE ADDICTION. WITH SOME DRUGS, FOR SOME PEOPLE, THE FIRST TRIP IS THE LAST!

THE REASONS GIVEN FOR USING DRUGS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE REASONS GIVEN FOR USING ALCOHOL & TOBACCO:
PEER PRESSURE; TO FEEL GROWN UP; TO EXPERIMENT; TO HAVE FUN; TO FEEL GOOD; REBELLION; COPE WITH STRESS.
MUST OVERCOME DENIAL BEFORE RECOVERY CAN BEGIN