diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well-being."[3] Some of the commonly used drugs are: Caffeine Alcohol Nicotine Cannabis Cocaine Amphetamine Nitrites‚ poppers Cocaine Ecstasy LSD Magic mushrooms Solvents (aerosols‚ gases and glues) Minor tranquillizers (not prescribed) Heroin Crack cocaine Methamphetamine People use drugs for recreation‚ as a source of fun. It leads to many harmful symptoms like: hyperactivity‚ agitation‚ mood swings‚ irritability
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doctors during medical operations. The first criminal law at the Federal level that illegalized the non-medical use of drugs was the Harrison Act in 1914. This law applied to drugs such as morphine‚ opium‚ and the derivatives of the coca leaf like cocaine. There was no mention of drugs such as marijuana‚ amphetamines or any hallucinogenic drugs that are used today (Tackling). The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937 was created to prohibit the use of marijuana (Tackling). In 1956 the Daniel Act was
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them have a very short memory‚ and you can tell the drugs have made them a lot slower by how they talk‚ or answer questions. They have a very slow reaction to everything you ask them or talk to them about. Most people who use crystal meth or crack cocaine‚ or coke usually lose a substantial amount of weight loss they are so addicted to the drugs that they are on they forget about simple things like cleaning their house‚ taking care of their kids‚ and also watching them‚ they are so addicted to the
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either a cocaine addiction or bipolar disorder. I believe that his lyrics reveal his lack of pleasure in the music he once loved. The words “turn myself off” and “go on down‚ all the way down” are signs of severe depression or suicide. (Song‚ 2013) There is no mention of delusions of grandeur or uncontrollable rapidly changing thoughts which are symptoms of bipolar disorder according to the DSM-IV-TR (2000). Psychoactive substances‚ such as cocaine‚ mock symptoms of manic depression. Cocaine provides
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with drugs in her late teens. First it was marijuana‚ all of her friends and even family members were smoking the drug. By the time she reached her earl y 20’s Sarah started experimenting with cocaine which eventually lead to her addiction to crack cocaine. By the time Sarah was addicted to crack cocaine she was already married and a mother of 4‚ one boy and three girls. Her son was 8 years old and the girls were ages 6‚ 5‚ and 3 years old. Her husband was not nor ever was a drug user. He loved
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easiest way to group drugs and alcohol is by their similarities. Classifications and a few more common examples are as follows: central nervous system depressants (alcohol‚ sleeping pills‚ tranquilizers) ‚ central nervous system stimulants (nicotine‚ cocaine‚ amphetamines)‚ opioids (opium‚ codeine‚ heroin) hallucinogens (LSD‚ mushrooms‚ morning glory seeds‚ mescaline‚ pcp)‚ cannabinols (marijuana‚ hashish)‚ inhalants (industrial solvents or aerosols‚ gasoline‚ chloroform‚ airplane glue‚ metallic plants
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drug. Meth causes a huge increase in dopamine and other neurotransmitters in the brain. In addition‚ meth also blocks enzymes that work to break down dopamine in the brain‚ which causes the high to last much longer than a high from a stimulant like cocaine. Several methods are used to take this drug‚ but smoking it has recently become more popular. Smoking meth causes the body to absorb the drug quicker and leads to faster addiction. Meth destroys dopamine receptors‚ and after using it repeatedly‚ the
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Distribution and illicit trafficking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consumption of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Overview of opium/heroin and coca/cocaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part two: impact of drug abuse II. Social implications of drug abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 A. B. C. D. E. Family and community . . . . . . . .
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At 14‚ I was using marijuana about three times a day and I was using LSD at least once every two days. By the time I was 17‚ I was no longer using marijuana and LSD. I had moved on to harder and more destructive drugs. I was using amphetamines and cocaine on a daily basis by the age of 17 years of age. I was abusing drugs behind my family’s backs for years. I stayed clean for about eight and a half years‚ until one day I started using amphetamines once again and eventually started using crack‚ as well
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effects of cocaine?” it says that cocaine immediately affects after a single dose under minutes or hours. Little amounts of cocaine can make the user feel energetic‚ high alert. Also it can make the user feel hypersensitive to sight‚ sound‚ and touch. Short-term effects to physical health lead to constricted blood vessel‚ dilated pupils‚ and increase body temperature. Huge amounts of cocaine can make the the abuser high but also lead to bizarre‚ erratic‚ and violent behavior. Info from some cocaine users
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