Information+on+Drugs

This Page gives you information about different drugs, such as ;[|Cocaine], [|Crystal Meth], [|Marijuana], and [|Heroin].
 * If you decide to take drugs make sure you know what they can do to you.
 * Get the facts about drugs Make your own decision.
 * If you need help here are some Hotlines On[| Cocaine],[|Heroin], [|Marijuana] , [|Meth]


 * For most of Mindy’s 19 years of life, she was**** a “normal kid” who swam on the school swim team and looked forward to trips to the zoo with her mother. The youngest of four sisters, Mindy enjoyed art and French class, and her classmates at the high school she attended. Drugs and alcohol had never been a problem. “I didn’t drink, smoke pot or anything,” she says. But Mindy’s boyfriend was another story. **


 * “My boyfriend was into heroin,” she says. Though she was tempted to try it, she never did. And then in 2009, he jabbed her with a heroin-filled syringe as she walked by. Mindy was shocked – at first – then grew to need the drug.**
 * It wasn’t long before Mindy became addicted. “I’d use once every couple of weeks,” she says. “But then it progressed…and I was doing it every day.”**
 * She was also stealing money from her parents to buy drugs. The combination of lying, stealing and addiction led to a breakdown. “I was going through counseling and I told my therapist about all the lying and using behind my parents back,” she says. Mindy told her parents about her drug use and tried hard to quit. But she couldn’t.**
 * By March 2009, Mindy had returned to a daily habit, and along with an acquaintance, brought drugs and needles with her for a three-day senior retreat. But school staff discovered their plans, and called Mindy’s parents to come and pick her up. Just two months shy of graduating, Mindy was expelled from high school.**
 * She was given a job at her father’s business to keep her busy while her parents looked for ways to help their daughter. They found Hope Academy, the recovery high school at Fairbanks. By then Mindy had quit using again, and felt good about enrolling at Hope.**
 * “I immediately clicked with the staff,” she says. “But the expectations were different than what I was used to. They weren’t just focused on your grades. They were focused on your sobriety, too.”**
 * Still, Mindy continued to struggle with her addiction. “I relapsed during the school year,” she says. “Then the staff at Hope convinced me to take a tour of Fairbanks treatment center.” Mindy stayed in the adolescent unit at Fairbanks for the next six weeks.**
 * Throughout her time at Fairbanks and Hope Academy, Mindy experienced several relapses, the worst coming over the Christmas holiday. “Normally when I relapsed I would use once or twice,” Mindy says. This time she used every day for the entire break.**
 * Yet instead of hiding her relapse, Mindy told Hope staff about it. “I knew that was what I was supposed to do,” she says. “For once, it started to work out because I had done the right thing. And from that point on it became easier and easier for me to maintain my sobriety.”**
 * Mindy has been sober since January 1st. She credits her success in part to Hope staff and to lessons she received while she was at the school. “Dr. Z really helped me work through a lot of issues,” she says, referring to Hope Academy staff member, Dr. Sig Zielke. “I finally had someone to talk to who wasn't a therapist or my parents.”**
 * One of the most important lessons was making a commitment to honesty – with herself, and with others. “I learned I had to be honest with myself,” Mindy says. “I had been lying to myself.”**
 * Mindy graduated from Hope Academy on May 28th, 2010, and has enrolled at IVY Tech Community College. After she finishes at IVY Tech she wants to earn a degree in mortuary sciences, but is taking life one day at a time. “I live by that,” she says with a smile.**

http://www.fairbankscd.org/mindys-story
 * Medici ****nes Are Legal Drugs **
 * If you've ever been sick and had to take [|medicine], you already know about one kind of drugs. Medicines are legal drugs, meaning doctors are allowed to prescribe them for patients, stores can sell them, and people are allowed to buy them. But it's not legal, or safe, for people to use these medicines any way they want or to buy them from people who are selling them illegally.Be sure not to overdose on medicine because if you do it can cause you to get very sick . **

**Illegal Drugs **
=** When people talk about a "drug problem," they usually mean abusing legal drugs or using illegal drugs, such as [|marijuana], [|cocaine], crystal meth, and [|heroin]. (Marijuana is generally an illegal drug, but some states allow doctors to recommend it to adults for certain illnesses) **=

**If you would like to see a list of all the illegal drugs including [|marijuana, cocaine, heroin, meth,]**

What is Crystal meth?

**Crystal meth is short for crystal methamphetamine. It is just one form of the drug methamphetamine.**
 * Methamphetamine is a white crystalline drug that people take by snorting it (inhaling through the nose), smoking it or injecting it with a needle. Some even take it orally, but all develop a strong desire to continue using it because the drug creates a false sense of happiness and well-being—a rush (strong feeling) of confidence, hyperactiveness and energy. One also experiences decreased appetite. These drug effects generally last from six to eight hours, but can last up to twenty-four hours. **


 * The first experience might involve some pleasure, but from the start, methamphetamine begins to destroy the user’s life. **

If anyone offers you any of these things be sure to know what they are. This is meth. This drug is used to smoke, snorted, injected, or swallowed. Amphetamine was first made in 1887 in Germany and methamphetamine, more potent and easy to make, was developed in Japan in 1919. The crystalline powder was soluble in water, making it a perfect candidate for injection .

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Heroin is usually injected, snorted or smoked. It is highly addictive. Heroin enters the brain rapidly but makes people think and react slowly, impairing their decision-making ability. It causes difficulty in remembering things. Injecting the drug can create a risk of AIDS, hepatitis (liver disease) and other diseases caused by infected needles. These health problems can be passed on to sexual partners and newborns. Heroin is one of the three drugs most frequently involved in drug abuse deaths. Violence and crime are linked to its use. http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQjfrvusCWXwX5Fgk1lvnmHBIjD8O9MB-CJVBAHY PGQLAMEYUaXcA:www.talktofrank.com/sites/default/files/drugs/LARGE%2520PHOTOS_heroin.jpg http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/cocaine/effects-of-cocaine.html http://www.google.com/search?q=cocaine&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=x&ei=oonru_wznobaoatv1ygaaw&ved=0cayq_auoaq&biw=1015&bih=654&surl=1&safe=active&ssui=on

Cocaine has a powerful negative effects on the heart, brain , and emotions. It also causes intense high that is immediately followed by A intense depression, edginess. (Edginess is when you feel nervously irritable impatient or anxious) Another cause of cocaine is when a addict crave for more of the drug. People who use it often don’t eat or sleep properly. They usually experience increased of heart rate, muscle spasms and convulsions. The drug can make people feel paranoid, angry, and anxious even though when they aren't high Like most drug addicts do.

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