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.-. Bo You Know What Your Child Is Doing NOW?

IT IS POSSIBLE to save a user of drugs from a life of horror if detected early. There are not enough doctors in this world to examine each and every suspected drug user, but there are

enough parents.

This chart is prepared to alert parents to the various symptoms that drugs produce. Observe your children for unusual changes in normal

behavior.

IF YOU SUSPECT your child is using drugs, medical advice should be sought immediately.

Any information obtained should

as to where drugs are being be forwarded to your local

Police Department.

DRUG USED

Glue Sniffing Airplane glue, plastic cement, paint thinners, ether, nail polish re-

mover, gasoline, lighter fluid.

Morphine Heroin

Opium Codeine

Marihuana, pot, grass, tea weed, hashish, hash, T.H.C.

L.S.D., D.M.T., D.E.T., mescaline, Peyote but- tons, S.T.P., peace pill, Morning Glory sceds, psilocybin

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PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS & BEHAVIOUR PATTERN

Enlarged eye pupils, dreamy or blank stare, double vision, -irritations around nose and mouth, sneezing, coughing, violence, anger, drowsiness, drunk appearance, chest pains, loss of weight, unconsciousness, Oral secretions.

Pinpoint eye pupils, water eyes, run- ning nose, chills, sweating, loss of appetite and weight, drowsiness, stu- por, dull mental attitude, desire for sweets or fruit

Reddening of eyes, dry mouth and throat, coughing spells, hallucinations, exaggerated sensory preceptions, dis- turbance of time and distance iudge- ment, talkative, laughter, sleepiness, day dreaming, excessive appetite.

Dilated pupils, cold hands and feet, goose pimples, nausea and vomiting, trembling, incoherent speech, severe hallucinations, panic reactions, scream- ing, yelling, crying, laughing, impulsive actions.

Amphcetamines,pep pills, | Enlarged eye pupils, dry nose, lips,

UPS, Methadrine, spced crystal Cocaine (narcotic)

mouth, bad breath, rapid speech, ex- treme fatigue, nervousness, restless- ness, sleeplessness, no appetite, con- fused thinking, aggressive behavior.

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Symptoms Common to Drug Users

1. Changes in behaviour patterns.

Lack of interest in school work and related

Rejection of old friends for new companions

Disappearance of money and articles from

Spefding unusual amounts of time by

Unusual odors on clothing and about the

Unusual equipment: Hookah pipes, roll-

your-own cigarette papers, unusual small

Burning of incense; (use of marihuana and

2. activities. aE: 4, home. 5. themselves in the home. 6. Unusual craving for sweets and fruits. 7. home. 8. pipes; (use of marihuana and hashish). 9. hashish). Look For

Glue tubes, glue smears, paper or plastic bags, handkerchiefs, stained cloth, various volatile products, lighter fluid tins. An extremely strong smell on the breath of the substance inhaled.

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Hypodermic needles, eye droppers, needle marks on arms, legs, abdomen, burnt bottle caps or spoons, small

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Bizarre mental effects, anti-social acts, dangerous acts due to false sense of safety, possible damage to brain, heart, lung, kidney, liver, physical and mental suffering, death from choking or suffocation.

Physical deterioration, anti-social atti- tudes, physical dependence, painful withdrawal symptoms, death from

empty capsules, empty cough medicine j overdose.

bottles. ‘

Crushed leaves, greenish brown plant material, small round seeds, burning of incense, small light to dark brown squares, hookah pipes, odor of burnt leaves, roll-your-own cigarettes, butt holders, squares of silver paper, plastic baggies, etc.

Bizarre reactions, dangerous acts, vic- lent behaviour, suicide attempts, small unmarked pills of various colors and mixed colors, capsules of various colored material, hypodermics, clear liquid, impregnated blotter material, small dried mushrooms and plant-like buttons.

Pills of varying colors, capsules of varying colors, chain-smoking, -hypo- dermic needles, burnt bottle caps or spoons, empty capsules, needle marks on arms.

|high tolerance

May hinder physical and mental func- tions, affects judgement, introduces user to persons using and selling more dangerous drugs, interferes with pain threshold, chronic use may affect mind and organs.

psychotic reaction, mental effects, dangerous acts and invulnerability, possible brain and chromosome damage, potential birth defects in children, re-occurring trips without further dosage, permanent mental damage.

Panic reaction,

Aggressive and anti-social behavior, acute exhaustion, malnutrition, delu- sions and deliriums, high blood pres- sure, long periods of depression after stimulation, potential brain damage, level, progession to heroin use, paranoid tendencies, death

| from overdose.

Barbiturates, Bombers,

Downers, Sleeping pills,

Goof balls, Red devils, Yellow Jackets

Incoherency, depression, drowsiness, dullness, constricted pupils, uncon- sciousness, all symptoms of a drunk with no alcohol odor,

Pills and capsules of varying colors .

KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE AND WITH WHOM THEY ARE ASSOCIATING

High potential for physical depen- dence, physical deterioration, painful

Jand dangerous withdrawal symptoms, ¥coma with convulsions — _ possible | death. DANGEROUS with alcohol even jin small quantity.