Self Defense Magazine Semester 2 Self Defense Magazine on Drugs | Page 6

How to Administer Drugs

Drugs can be:

Chewed

Swallowed

Injected

Inhaled

Sniffed

Applied to skin

Chewed drugs are useful because the chemicals are immediately used.

Swallowed drugs release medicines slowly. If it released to fast it could be harmful.

Injected drugs are fast. It releases the medicine very quickly.

Inhaled or sniffed drugs go in through the nasal cavity and then spread throughout the body.

Drugs applied to your skin can harm you if it gets inside you.