* Depressants slow down the central nervous system and can reduce anxiety or emotional distress., examples include cannabis and barbiturates. * Opiates provide pain relief, induce euphoria, sedation and can lead to coma, examples include heroin, opium, methadone and morphine. * Hallucinogens induce an altered state of consciousness and effect perception of reality, examples include LSD and mushrooms. Prescription drugs containing opoids, benzodiazipines (which are depressants of the central nervous system) or stimulants can be misused when taken for reasons other than those they were prescribed for. Prescription drugs can cause sedation, altered state of consciousness, depressed respiration and changes in blood pressure.
– Effects: lower heart rate, shallow breathing, stoned feeling, gouging, low blood sugar level, extreme relaxation. Stimulants/party drugs – this includes ecstasy, MDMA, cocaine and new designer drugs. These are most commonly consumed orally via pill form or nasally in powdered form. Effects: High state of consciousness, increased heart rate, sweating, increased thirst, lots of energy, big crashes, etc. Psychoactive – cannabis is usually smoked in a roll-up or pipe.
This is why people become addicted. They enjoy the feeling the dopamine brings to them and once it is over they crave more. Some short term effects of taking Meth include a decrease in fatigue and an increase in attention, activity, and respiration. It also can cause hyperthermia and euphoria.
This drugs effects are similar to but more rapid than those of amphetamines. Additionally the effects of cocaine are short-lived, which may help explain why this drug is especially addictive both psychologically and physiologically. Dopamine transporters are responsible for removing dopamine molecules from the synaptic cleft after they have done their job. Cocaine blocks thee transporters, leaving dopamine trapped in the synaptic cleft. As a result, dopamine binds again and again to the receptors overstimulation the cell.
Is methadone effective? Methadone is an opioid pain reliever – similar to the pain killer morphine. Taken orally once a day, as well as relieving pain methadone also suppresses narcotic drug withdrawal such as crack-cocaine and heroin for between 24 and 36 hours. Methadone reduces the cravings associated with heroin use and consequently blocks the high you receive from heroin, but it does not provide the euphoric rush. Ultimately, the patient remains physically dependent on the opioid methadone, but is freed from the uncontrolled, compulsive, and disruptive behaviour seen in heroin addicts.
(Bonander). Numerous studies have established that cannabinoids actually help reduce pain and other distressing symptoms (Zablock, Aidala, Hansell, and Raskin White 65-79). Evidence has been found linking medical marijuana to the treatment of appetite loss, glaucoma, nausea, vomiting, spasticity, and weight loss. Marijuana has also been used for treating arthritis, dystonia, insomnia, seizures, and Tourette’s syndrome (Earleywine). Some chemotherapy regimens are notorious for causing terrible bouts of nausea and vomiting.
This group of drugs includes cocaine, methamphetamine, as well s nicotine. Though amphetamine does have some positive effects, including, a stimulation of cognitive activity and control of impulses, the greater effects are much ore detrimental. Due to is relative simplicity of manufacturing and overwhelming abundance; methamphetamine use is a plague on America. I personally have seen people deteriorate before my eyes due to methamphetamine use. Cocaine is another stimulant that often leads to dependence in users.
Unlike natural marijuana, spice is sprayed with chemicals that can be toxic to the human body. Such toxicity, can produce dangerous side effects like tachycardia, which is an unusually fast resting heart rate (Camp, RN). Other reports have shown additional side effects include excessive sweating, agitation, inability to speak, aggression, and restlessness. These side effects are not the norm when natural marijuana is used (Gupta). Patients treated by medical professionals say that patients experienced short-term loss of consciousness, paranoia, hallucinations, tremors, and even seizures.
Alcohol is one of the most commonly abused depressant drugs that are available on the market. Although most people do not consider it a drug, alcohol has many qualities of the drug, being both addictive and giving the effect of relaxation. There are many types of alcohol, including ethyl, methyl, isopropyl, gelled, and denatured alcohol. Methyl alcohol, also known as methanol or wood alcohol, is used for fuel in alcohol burners. Environmentalists also have developed ways to use methanol and small amounts of gasoline in automobiles in order to reduce fossil fuel use and emissions.
This similarity in structure “fools” receptors and allows the drugs to lock onto and activate the nerve cells. The research of the benefits of medical marijuana has verified its efficiency when applied to a variety of medical conditions. The medicinal use marijuana is well known to be of benefit in the treatment of nausea and other side effects of chemotherapy. It also helps improve the diminished appetite that patients undergoing cancer treatment experience. It lowers intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients, decrease spasticity and other neurologic symptoms in multiple sclerosis, and there is evidence that it is useful in a variety of additional medical