Long-term effects of alcohol
alcohol alters brain cells and neurotransmitters, witch causes blackourts, memory loss, loss of control, slowed reflexes, poor vision and slurred speech. Also, Wernicke-Korsakoff's syndrome is due to deficiency of thiamine. This is what system.
What is the Nervous System
Amphetamines, Cocaine, Caffeine and Nicotine
What is Types of Central Nervous System Stimulants
Consumed through the mouth
What is Orally?
the branch of science that examines how psychoactive substances taken to alter bodily functions or enhance bodily functions interact with the brain and body
What is pharmacology
are a schedule IV psychoactive substances and are used primarily as anti-anxiety agents and sleeping aids.
What are Benzodiazepines?
oral lessions run risk of becoming cancerous
What is the Mouth
What are the short-term psychological effects
Snorting or inhaling the psychoactive substance through the nose, which is longer acting
What is Nasally?
Any drug that affects the central nervous system and alters consciousness and.or perceptions
What is psychoactive substances
previously referred to as tranquilizers, are derivatives of of barbituric acid and are primarily used to reduce anxiety and increase sedation
What is Barbiturates?
alcohol dependents have an increased risk of high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), which may eventually weaken the heart muscle walls. The heart cannot pump enough blood causing breathing difficulties and irregular rhythm of the heart, which can eventually be fatal. It is estimated that 30% of all high blood pressure is a esult of alcohol consumption
What is the circulatory system
is synthetic psychoactive substance that has a long history of medical use and illicit abuse. Used to treat medical conditions such as narcolepsy, weight loss, attention deficit disorder(ADD) and even respiratory problems.
What is Amphetamine
Interjecting the psychoactive substance into a muscle.
What is Intramuscularly (IM)
alterations in perception and/or judgment caused by a psychoactive substance
What is physiological effects
Schedule II psychoactive substance that is obtained from the coca bush, first developed 400 years ago.
What is cocaine?
Alcohol takes its greatest toll on what the
What is the liver?
Stroke, brain hemorrhage, seizures, aneurysm, disconnected thoughts and speech, to chronic psychotic illness and difficulty with decision-making due to brain damage to dopamine and serotonin neurons in the prefrontal cortex
hypertension, cardiac arrest
muscle tension, inability to stop moving
What are the long-term physiological and psychological effects
Injecting the psychoactive substance directly beneath the skin
What is Subcutaneous (SC)
physiological and psychological effects of two or more psychoactive substances that are administered simultaneously
What is chemical interactions?
is a poisonous, oily liquid that comes from Nicatiana Tabacum in large doses it is highly toxic and has previously been used as insecticide.
What is Nicotine?
Male-testicles may shrink; impotence
Female- ovaries may shrink
What is the Reproductive System
A mixture of cocaine water and baking soda that is made into a paste and dried; the hard mixture is broken up into "rocks" which are smoked
What is crack?
Dissolving the psychoactive substance under the tongue and absorbing it through the mouth tissue
What is Sublingually?
after repeated administration, a given dose of a psychoactive substance produces a decreased effect or, conversely, when increasingly larger doses must be administered to obtain the effect observed with the original dose
What is Tolerance?
A schedule I psychoactive substance most commonly used street narcotic
What is Heroin?