Effects on Brain
What area of the brain do hallucinogens affect?
Prefrontal Cortex
What common drug overdose symptom can happen if you overdose on hallucinogens?
Loss of Muscle Control
How can hallucinogen abuse affect family members?
It can ruin relationships and make a family members feel sad if they had died and didn't know.
Most common reason to care when someone is on drugs?
They could die.
What do they affect?
Seretonin Receptors
What symptom that may happen to others due to neuron damage can happen when you overdose on hallucinogens?
High pain tolerance
What muscle symptom tends to happen on hallucinogen abuse?
Muscle Spasms
It ruins relationships and doesn't give you time to hang out with others.
True or False: People can die of hallucinogen abuse?
True
How do they affect it?
Overstimulate receptors in the cerebral cortex and other regions.
What heart rate symptom that may also happen during stress or dehydration happens during an overdose of hallucinogens?
Tachycardia
What are some side effects mentally that someone abusing hallucinogens may have?
poor focus, amnesia, agitation, dissociation, and paranoia.
It can affect athletes by making them lose their muscle control if they are abusing hallucinogens.
How many people die of hallucinogen abuse and it goes unreported?
8.9%