Drug education
There are many different drugs circulating in the world today. They are both legal and illegal drugs. There is no legal definition of what a drug is, but they consist of legal and illegal substances, prescription medicines and over the counter medicines. A drug is in a sense a chemical substance other than a natural food, which when ingested it will effect the central nervous system. There are a variety of categories that drugs can be listed under. This category consists of arousal drugs, drugs that give the body a rush. These drugs stimulate your central nervous system.The central nervous system has to do with cognition (thinking), perception, emotions or mood, behaviors, and psychlogical (speed, strength, endurance, breathing, memory, reflexes, reaction time and accuracy). They include benzedrine (speed), nicotine, caffeine, dexedrine(speed), desoxyn (speed, crystal, methedrine), biphetamine (black beauties, speed), ritilan (stimulant to open focus), preludin and cocaine (coke, blow, toot, snow, lady). The effects of these drugs varies as well. They can cause more confidence in the user, a mood elevation, energy and alertness. There also more negative effects such as, less of an appetite, anx
As one can see from the list there are many legal and illegal drugs in our world. Almost all of them have extremely bad and possible death effects. The list continues to grow as more designer drugs are made. These drugs are the ones facing the future generations. We must be knowledgeable with these drugs to prevent and teach younger generations about. Designer drugs are when someone who knows chemistry can alter a chemical structure of a compound and produce a new drug that is psychoactive and legal. The effects of designer drugs usually mimic opium, morphine, and heroine. Three well known designer drugs are fentanyl, meperidine, and MDMA. Fentanyl is a synthetic narcotic developed for its anesthetic properties. People who use this drug either snort or smoke it. This drug depresses the respiratory system, decreases the heart rate and blood pressure, and causes constipation. It is a fatal drug. When used clinically, side effects include nausea, dizziness, delirium, decreased blood pressure, vomiting, blurred vision, and possible cardiac and respiratory arrest. The nickname of this drug is china white. Meperdine is a dangerous designer drug derived from demerol. It is highly toxic. Toxicity is marked by muscle twitching and convulsions. It causes Parkinson’s like conditions, that result in paralysis to the brain and nervous system. MDMA is also known as ecstacy, E, XTC, and Adam. It is a hallucinogen with amphetamine like properties. It was intended as an appetite suppressant. This drug creates a loving feeling. Side effect are nausea, headache, sleeplessness, depression, hangover, jaw clenching, teeth grinding and panic. It can cause heatstroke, seizures, collapse and coma.
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Chlorohydrocarbons Aerosol,
Hashish Hash,
System Stimulants,
MDMA Fentanyl,
LSD Cannabis,
XTC Adam,
Hallucinogens Hallucinogens,
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Hypnotics Narcotics,
withdrawal symptoms,
adverse overdose,
blood pressure,
central nervous,
nervous system,
designer drugs,
central nervous system,
overdose reactions,
overdose reaction,
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nitrous oxide,
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