Powerpoint on healthy decisions; cocaine

1. Tara Stevens
Planning-10
Period-A/E

2. What is cocaine?
• Cocaine is a drug.
• Cocaine is typically a white-ish powder with a
bitter, numbing taste. It is most often snorted,
though it can be injected and used orally.

3. Addiction.
• Many cocaine users do get addicted which will
cause long term and life threatening
consequences.

4. Street Names for Cocaine.
• Powdered cocaine; coke or blow dissolves in
water. Users can snort or inject powdered
cocaine.
• Crack cocaine; crack or rock is made at a form
where you are able to smoke it.

5. Financial Effects.
• Cocaine is high priced, and addictive.

6. Physical Effects.
• dilated pupils
• tachycardia
• sweating
• tremors
• increased blood pressure, body temperature
and respiration
• appetite suppression

7. Physiological Effects.
• alertness
• indifference to pain or fatigue
• restlessness
• excitement
• paranoia

8. Social Effects.
• Risk losing friendships/relationships.
• Some people will frown upon you.
• It is known to bring out your “bad side”.

9. How You Will Be Treated.
• You will lose a lot of people who you care
about because people that don’t do coke
don’t like associating with people who do.
• You will be treated very poorly.

10. Reason People May Start Using.
• People use it to block out personal worries.
• Curiosity.
If you have issues that you need to seek help for
than do that and don’t go looking for answers in
drugs or alcohol!

11. Rehab.
• A place where people who are addicted to
drugs go to seek help. It is live saving.

12. Why People Sell Cocaine.
• Drug dealers often sell cocaine because they
make huge profit off of it considering that
once they get the person addicted they will
keep on coming back for more and maybe
want to consider trying other drugs as well.

13. People that do cocaine will come into some bad
choices that can be life threatening.

14. Percent of People at Certain Ages That
Use.
• 14% of U.S. adults have tried cocaine. One in
40 adults has used it in the past year.
• Young men aged 18 to 25 are the biggest
cocaine users, with 8% using it in the previous
12 months.

15. What Organs Do Cocaine Effect.
• Cocaine effects the heart and the brain is
negative ways.

16. Who Should You Talk To.
• You should mention it to you’re family if they
don’t already know. Only the people closest to
you need to find out this information, then
you will seek professional help with the
support of family and friends you may choose.

17. Cocaine Abuse and Pregnancy
• Cocaine abuse during pregnancy can harm the
development of your baby and have lasting effects long
into childhood that include learning problems,
behavioral problems and ADHD. It’s important for
women who use cocaine during pregnancy to
understand that every time they use, their baby is
using as well. Toxins from cocaine will pass through
your placenta and into the baby, potentially creating
growth and birth defects in utero and painful
withdrawal symptoms after birth.
– http://www.casapalmera.com/articles/cocaine-abuse-and-
pregnancy/

18. Behavioral Addiction Symptoms
• Craving the certain drug to feel “normal”
• Not able to quit.
• Risky behaviors; stealing, violence.

19. Physical Addiction Symptoms
• Last of interest in appearance.
• Changes in relationships with family/friends.
• Depression.
• Irritability.
• Concentration difficulties.
• lack of appetite
• memory problems
• paranoia
• weight loss

20. Conclusion-
You should never do cocaine because:
-its illegal
-its harmful to your body
-causes financial problems
-physical problems
-behavioral problems