Drugs Flashcards
– substances than can change the way your mind and body work
Drugs
PHARMACOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATIONS OF DRUGS
Stimulants
Depressants
Hallucinogens
Increases alertness, alleviates fatigue, reduce hunger and provides feeling of well-being
UPPERS
ex. nicotine
Stimulants
Any drug that decreases activity of any bodily function.
DOWNERS” or “BARBS”
ex sleeping pills
Depressants
Any natural or synthetic psychoactive drugs that produce marked distortion of senses and changes in perception.
Hallucinogens
Law that prohibits the use of drugs
-Comprehensive dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
RA 9165
WHY SHOULD WE AVOID DRUGS:
Illegal, Health, Psychosocial, Spiritual
act on the brain and nervous system to change (alter) feelings and behaviour of a person who uses it.
MIND-ALTERING DRUGS
COMMONLY ABUSED MIND-ALTERING DRUGS:
- NICOTINE
- ALCOHOL
- MARIJUANA
- COCAINE and SHABU 5.INHALANTS
Drugs in cigarettes
Nicotine
Can cause drunkeness
Alcohol
Poor memory, short attention span, inability to htink
Marijuana Cannabis sativa
ROCKS, Stimulant
Cocaine