Steroids
How are steroids used?
Orally, injected, applied through gel or cream.
What are Depressants?
They induce sleep, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and prevent seizures.
What do hallucinogens do?
They alter your consciousness, perception, mood, and thoughts by disrupting brain communication, causing vivid hallucinations, intense emotions and other parts of your life to be distorted.
What do stimulants do?
They increase activity in the central nervous system, which speeds up messages traveling between the brain and body.
A drug used by inhaling to slow down the nervous system.
Why are steroids misused?
They give a result that most people think they want but it effects some bodies in extreme ways.
How are Depressants abused?
People use them to experience euphoria and block out their other feelings.
How do hallucinogens affect the brain?
They cause hallucinations, which are profound distortions in a person's perception of reality
What do stimulants do to your mood?
They can alter your alertness or self-confidence, make people aggressive, anxious or paranoid, or lose their appetite and feel depressed or in a low mood mainly with withdrawal.
What are the most common inhalants?
The most common inhalants are everyday household, industrial, and medical products whose chemical vapors or fumes are intentionally inhaled to produce a high.
What are the risks of steroids in teens?
It affects brain development and other hormonal systems.
When are Depressants used?
When someone wants to slow down their brain activity and their central nervous system.
What organs do hallucinogens affect?
It affects serotonin receptors in the brain.
Who should definitely not take stimulants?
People with underlying heart problems or severe anxiety, tension, agitation, or nervousness.
Why do people use inhalants?
To give the user an immediate rush, or high.
What can be done to prevent steroid misuse?
By teaching about the risks in steroids and discouraging it.
What are the most common Depressants?
Alcohol, Benzodiazepines, Barbiturates, and Opioids
Are hallucinogens legal?
Generally, some are, but this is changing in some states and countries.
What are two common reasons people use stimulants?
They use them for performance enhancement, medical benefits, and recreational purposes.
What can happen if you use inhalants?
You can develop brain damage or sudden death due to the toxic nature of the substances.
How does steroid use affect behavior?
People can become aggressive, use other drugs, and develop a psychiatric disorder.
Can people injure themselves from using depressants?
Yes, they could overdose, receive long-term health complications, and physical and cognitive impairments.
How long do hallucinogens last?
Up to 12 hours.
What is the most common stimulant used today?
Caffeine
Who most commonly uses inhalants?
Young adolescents