Share with your family - kids need to know what goes on around them among their peers or others they may encounter throughout young adulthood. Knowing if a person is on drugs may help deal with risky situations. It's never too early to talk.
Signs that indicate a person is intoxicated or "high" on a drug depends on the substance with which he or she is intoxicated and include:
Tobacco products: frequent smell of tobacco, irritability, discolored fingertips, lips or teeth, cigarette butts at curbside;
Cannabinoids: reddened whites of eyes, sleepiness, excessive hunger, lack of motivation, excessive happiness, paranoia;
Cold medications: sleepiness, rapid or slowed heart rate;
Inhalants: runny nose, smell of gasoline or other solvent, confusion or irritability;
Depressants: sleepiness, lowered inhibitions, poor coordination, slowed heart rate or blood pressure, dizziness, coma, death in overdose;
Stimulants: rapid heart rate or blood pressure, irritability, excessive happiness, less need for sleep, paranoia, seizures;
Narcotics: less experiencing of pain, excessive happiness, sleepiness, slowed or stopped breathing, coma, death in overdose;
Hallucinogens: trouble sleeping, blurred perceptions, paranoia;
Dissociative anesthetics: higher blood pressure and heart rate, memory loss, nausea and vomiting, irritability, aggressiveness;
Club drugs (for example, Ecstasy): feverish teen that does not sweat, finding multiple lollipops or other hard candies, the teen seeming to love everyone and/or have an excessively happy mood (euphoria);
Others (for example, anabolic steroids): increased irritability or aggressiveness, rapid increase in muscle definition, thinning or loss of head hair, marked increase in acne over a short period of time, finding needles.
The physical symptoms of withdrawal from these drugs are often nearly the opposite of the effects of intoxication.
Signs that indicate a person is intoxicated or "high" on a drug depends on the substance with which he or she is intoxicated and include:
Tobacco products: frequent smell of tobacco, irritability, discolored fingertips, lips or teeth, cigarette butts at curbside;
Cannabinoids: reddened whites of eyes, sleepiness, excessive hunger, lack of motivation, excessive happiness, paranoia;
Cold medications: sleepiness, rapid or slowed heart rate;
Inhalants: runny nose, smell of gasoline or other solvent, confusion or irritability;
Depressants: sleepiness, lowered inhibitions, poor coordination, slowed heart rate or blood pressure, dizziness, coma, death in overdose;
Stimulants: rapid heart rate or blood pressure, irritability, excessive happiness, less need for sleep, paranoia, seizures;
Narcotics: less experiencing of pain, excessive happiness, sleepiness, slowed or stopped breathing, coma, death in overdose;
Hallucinogens: trouble sleeping, blurred perceptions, paranoia;
Dissociative anesthetics: higher blood pressure and heart rate, memory loss, nausea and vomiting, irritability, aggressiveness;
Club drugs (for example, Ecstasy): feverish teen that does not sweat, finding multiple lollipops or other hard candies, the teen seeming to love everyone and/or have an excessively happy mood (euphoria);
Others (for example, anabolic steroids): increased irritability or aggressiveness, rapid increase in muscle definition, thinning or loss of head hair, marked increase in acne over a short period of time, finding needles.
The physical symptoms of withdrawal from these drugs are often nearly the opposite of the effects of intoxication.
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