1. Amphetamines

2. • Synthetic psychoactive drugs
• Stimulants to the nervous system
• Two distinct compounds
• Pure dextroamphetmine
• Pure levoamphteamine

3. • Lid poppers
• Billy
• Eye-openers
• Pep pills
• wake-ups
• white crosses
• whiz

4. • Swallow
• Injected
• Sniff

5. • Medications for :
•Obesity
• Narcolepsy
• Attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder
• Adderall
• Concerta
• Ritalin
• Parkinson’s disease

6. • Short term Effects
•Dry mouth
•Release social inhibitions
•Increase blood pressure
•Heightened alertness/energy
•Altered sexual behavior
•Decreased appetite
•The pupil in your eyes look wider

7. • Prolong abuse or abuse in high doses:
• Mental illness
• Difficulty breathing
• Cardiac arrhythmias
• You may become violent
• Powerful cravings
• Physiological and behavioral disorders

8. • Has a more profound effect on the CNS
• Concentrated form
• Ice glass
• Crystal
• Also called
• speed
• crank
• Chalk
• cristy
• crystal meth

9. • Most dangerous street drug
• Highly addictive
• Cheap
• Has no social boundaries
• Once addictive to methamphetamine
• Use and take more
• Increase doses
• Brain damage is the long term effect