... people that are being affected. THE AUSTRALIAN GUIDE TO PERSCRIPTON AND ILLEGAL DRUGS This is a drug chart on the most common drugs taken by adolescents: DEPRESSANTS STIMULANTS HALLUCINOGENS (Slows body down) (Speeds body up) (Effects perception) Marijuana Speed Ecstasy Heroin Cocaine Magic Mushrooms L.S.D Illicit drugs are placed into certain groups according to the effects it gives CLUB DRUGS Club Drugs Ecstasy, ... time which is common during adolescents. RECREATIONAL USE This use occurs when a young person deliberately uses a drug to enhance a particular leisure activity. REGULAR US...

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... are various types of drugs that are used today to enhance the performance of an athlete. Along with these drugs are the effects that they have on the body and ways to prevent the use of drugs. "There's a saying that to be a great athlete today you need a great coach, a great chemist, ... who graduate out of high school. Out of the tens of thousands sixty-five percent of them become addicted without any plan of quitting. Steroid use starts when they are young or in other terms "healthy" and really don't even need them (Peck 5). Dr. Robert O. Voy says, "If you ... cuts fat to build musc...

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... addiction are just a few types. It is important to examine addiction and describe the problems it causes in all aspects of a person's life. The signs of addiction are obvious. Addiction starts with drug abuse, when a person makes the choice to use drugs, but addiction is not just "a lot of drug use." Recent scientific research shows that not only do "drugs interfere ... and alters the brain's biochemical structure (Bender 45). The substances do this using the brain's reward system, also known as the mesolimbic reward system. The mesolimbic reward system raises the body's dopamine level,...

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... the 1800's. It is a powerfully addictive drug of abuse. Individuals who have tried cocaine have described the experience as a powerful high that gave them a feeling of supremacy. However, once someone starts taking cocaine, one cannot predict or control the extent to which he or she will continue to use the drug. The major ways of taking cocaine are sniffing or snorting ... risk for acquiring or transmitting HIV infection/AIDS if needles or other injection equipment are shared. Physical effects of cocaine use include constricted peripheral blood vessels, dilated pupils, and increased bo...

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... trauma in their lifetimes. Some people who want to forget specific memories usually tend to find their own ways of doing so and, sometimes, in most cases, the memory slowly starts to fade away on its own. However, when a person is under the influence of drugs, these memories begin to turn up again through visual hallucinations. Visions such as people who ... telling them to harm themselves only because something is bothering them but it is actually the "voice of conscience" (2) and this "voice" is only the mind playing tricks on the body. People that are bothered by specific issues such...

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