Australia is a drug-using society. The most common drugs used are alcohol‚ coffee‚ nicotine and various medications. Less commonly used are illegal drugs such as cannabis (marijuana)‚ ecstasy‚ heroin and amphetamines (speed). What is a drug? A drug is any substance‚ solid‚ liquid or gas‚ that brings about physical and/or psychological changes. The drugs of most concern in the community are those that affect the central nervous system. They act on the brain and can change the way a person thinks
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you most likely will go to jail. There are three main categories that these drugs fall under; Stimulant‚ Depressant and Hallucinogens. Some drugs can be a mix of any of these categories because they produce different effects for everybody. --------------- Stimulant Drugs make you feel more alert and awake. They increase the speed of the messages being sent to and from your brain. Taking a stimulant drug can increase your heart rate as well as making your body temperature go up and gives you high
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otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being."[3] Drugs may be prescribed for a limited duration‚ or on a regular basis for chronic disorders.[4] Recreational drugs are chemical substances that affect the central nervous system‚ such as opioids or hallucinogens. They may be used for perceived beneficial effects on perception‚ consciousness‚ personality‚ and behavior. Some drugs can cause addiction and/or habituation. Drugs are usually distinguished from endogenous biochemicals by being introduced from
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As you meet the daily activities of life‚ these stimuli that impinge on your sense organs and your experience of stimuli. Sensation – is receiving the stimulation through our sense organs. Perception – is becoming aware and interpreting the stimulation. Perception Refers to the actual experience of the world. It is the process by which the brain interprets and organizes the information received by sense organs. The Perceptual field The most fundamental fact about our perceptual
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effects and actions on the mind and body. Example: Depressants‚ Hallucinogens‚ opiates and stimulants. Depressants (sometimes called downers) are a class of drugs that slow normal brain function. It acts on the central nervous system because of this effect on GABA activity that produces a drowsy or calming effect. GABA works to decrease brain activity. Depressants also carry high addictive potential. The withdrawal effects from long-term depressant use can be life- threatening and produce some of
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years of age. The easiest way to group drugs and alcohol is by their similarities. Classifications and a few more common examples are as follows: central nervous system depressants (alcohol‚ sleeping pills‚ tranquilizers) ‚ central nervous system stimulants (nicotine‚ cocaine‚ amphetamines)‚ opioids (opium‚ codeine‚ heroin) hallucinogens (LSD‚ mushrooms‚ morning glory seeds‚ mescaline‚ pcp)‚ cannabinols (marijuana‚ hashish)‚ inhalants (industrial solvents or aerosols‚ gasoline‚ chloroform‚ airplane glue
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Caution: Dangerous Chemicals Word Bank Inhalants Hallucinogens Stimulants Narcotics Depressants Psychoactive Over-the-Counter (OTC) Use the word bank to fill in the blanks: inhalants are substances that produce chemical vapors that can be inhaled to produce a mind-altering effect. Hallucinogens can disrupt the nervous system in your body‚ causing changes in the way you sense the world around you. Narcotics are used to treat pain and induce anesthesia. Drugs that are
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nicotine‚ which is found in tobacco; (5) opiates‚ including most narcotics; (6) sedatives‚ including barbiturates and other kinds of sleeping pills; (7) stimulants‚ such as cocaine and amphetamines and other “pep pills.” Inhalants‚ which are fumes inhaled from such substance as cleaning fluids‚ gasoline‚ and model airplane glue‚ are sometimes classified as abused drugs. Alcohol‚ like the sedatives‚ is a central nervous system depressant. The major psychoactive ingredient in wine‚ beer‚ and distilled
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The term drug abuse most often refers to the use of a drug with such frequency that it causes physical or mental harm to the user or impairs social functioning. Although the term seems to imply that users abuse the drugs they take‚ in fact‚ it is themselves or others they abuse by using drugs. Traditionally‚ the term drug abuse referred to the use of any drug prohibited by law‚ regardless of whether it was actually harmful or not. This meant that any use of marijuana‚ for example‚ even if it occurred
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drugs there being Narcotics ‚Hallucinogens ‚Depressants ‚Stimulants ‚Illicit drugs ‚Cannabis ‚Paints and Glues bringing into focus the clear fact that mood-altering and psychoactive substances are not the only types of drugs abused. To further understand the issue of substance abuse‚ an in-depth knowledge of the various characteristics of a few of the drug classes listed above would be important as is clearly seen below. Narcotics to begin with are derived from the word narcotic which is believed
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