When alcohol acts on the CNS, intoxication occurs, affecting emotional and sensory function, judgment, memory and learning ability. Smell and taste are dulled. The ability to withstand pain increases as the BAL rises. Different parts of the brain seem to be affected by alcohol at different rates, creating alternate periods of restlessness and stupor. Long-term effects of alcohol on the central nervous system include tolerance, dependency, and irreversible damage.
There are many more similarities and also differences between heroin and Substance D, and the aim of this paper is to find and research them in depth, focusing on the situation of these drugs in America. Section 2 deals with properties of heroin and Substance D, section 3 deals with positive and negative effects they have on addicts, section 4 focuses on overcoming the addiction, section 5 compares the two drugs and section 6 summarizes the paper. 2. Basic properties of heroin and Substance D 2.1 Heroin Heroin (diacetylmorphine, morphine diacetate or diamorphine hydrochloride), colloquially also known as Smack, Junk, Dope, H, Horse and Black is produced by processing raw opium, a natural substance found in oriental opium poppies. It can be either smoked or injected.
Benzodiazepines are drugs that is used to treat conditions like anxiety attacks, panic attacks, and insomnia. The benzodiazepines that are used to treat the condition insomnia can impair your motoring skills. Once your motoring skills are impaired your ability to move may be weakened or lose. With your motoring skills being impaired someone maybe able to take control of you and force you into unwanted sex or maybe even seriously injure you. Rohypnol which are commonly known as roofies are drugs that can prevent a victim from resisting sexual assault.
When compared to the opioids hydromorphone, fentanyl, oxycodone, and pethidine/meperidine, former addicts showed a strong preference for heroin and morphine, suggesting that heroin and morphine are particularly susceptible to abuse and addiction. Morphine and heroin were also much more likely to produce euphoria and other positive subjective effects when compared to these other
They pump your heart rate, breathing and blood pressure. They also cause sweating, headaches, blurred vision, dry mouth, hot flashes, and dizziness. Closing paragraph: You could have brain damage when taking drugs. You could also become unconscious and get into a coma, die or inhale vomit. You can crave drugs which another word for that being a “Drug addict.” Drugs can give you respiratory failure, and you can die from coughing to hard after taking them.
Heroin Addiction Treatment Options 1 Can Heroin Addiction be treated? Alternative Treatment Modalities for Heroin Dependence. Maritza Padilla Psychology – 230-1241 Professor B. Harrington November 3, 2012 Heroin Addiction Treatment Options 2 Heroin is a powerful narcotic derived from morphine, which is obtained from the opium poppy. Heroin impacts the brain and acts as a painkiller. It affects the brain's pleasure systems and interferes with the brain's ability to perceive pain by depressing nerve transmission in the sensory pathways of the spinal cord and brain that signal pain.
Energy drinks may seem to give you a jolt of energy, but that are in fact very harmful to your body. Consumed in large quantities, health experts say, the drinks can cause nervousness, irritability, increased blood pressure, insomnia and when mixed with alcohol, especially whisky, they could lead to strokes. The high levels of caffeine and sugar have negative effects which include sleep deprivation, heart attacks, elevated blood pressure , dehydration, diabetes, strokes , and seizures. Energy drinks are simple beverages that contain some form of vitamins and other chemicals which boosts your energy for very short span. These energy drinks have lots of sugar & caffeine which provides us with energy.
Changes in the activity of the dopamine system are associated with reduced motor skills and impaired verbal learning. Studies have also revealed that chronic use of methamphetamine causes severe structural and functional changes in those areas of the brain associated with emotion and memory, which could explain many of the
Short-term effects are increased alertness, paranoia, hallucinations, increased heart rate, convulsions, high body temperature, twitching, insomnia, itchy skin, rotting teeth, sores, and numbness. Long-term effects are kidney and lung disorders, brain damage, paranoid schizophrenia, permanent psychological problems, depression, weight loss, the user is more apt to catch illnesses, stroke and even death. (Stop meth) There are many effects on the mind. The users may show signs of disturbed sleep, excessive excitation, excessive talking, panic, anxiousness, nervousness, irritability, false sense of confidence, delusion leading to aggressive behavior, no interest in friends, food or sex and severe
This medication is used in the treatment for patients with a disorder known as mania. Patients with mania experience a frenzied mood, or an abnormally excited mood. The side effects for this medication are as follows, drowsiness, blank facial expression, shuffling walk, agitation, nervousness, difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, changes in skin color, widening or narrowing of the pupils, difficulty urinating, these are the less harmful side effects according to the National Institute of Mental Health (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/mental-health-medications). According to this same article the more severe side effects to this medication are as follows, fine worm like tongue movements, flu like symptoms, fast irregular heartbeat, sore throat chills or other signs of infection, neck cramps, difficulty breathing or swallowing,