All students are encouraged to attend and attendance is noted in the academic file. Students who wish further information should contact the Dean of Students. Community referrals are available. Every drug is a potential poison which can cause disability and death if it is taken incorrectly into the body, consumed in the wrong amounts or mixed indiscriminately with other drugs. The common types of abused drugs can be divided into 7 categories.
Downers belong to a group of drugs used to relax or sedate the central nervous system.
The fast acting barbiturates, such as Seconal and Nembutol, are the most dangerous of the downers. They can cause overdose death by paralyzing the portion of the brain controlling respiration. Depressed breathing, cyanosis, heart failure, and respiratory arrest are signs of severe downer overdose. Cyanosis Consumption of downers may cause a deficient oxygenation of blood. Deoxygenation of blood may cause a noticeable bluish or purplish discoloration of the skin.