Psychoactive Drugs
Vocab
- Psychoactive Drugs-A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that changes brain function and results in alterations in perception, mood, or consciousness.
- Stimulants- a substance that raises levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body.
- Depressants- a substance that lowers levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body
- Opiates-Opiates are analgesic alkaloid compounds found naturally in the opium poppy plant Papaver somniferum. The psychoactive compounds found in the opium plant include morphine, codeine, and thebaine.
- Psychedelic Drugs-A psychedelic substance is a psychoactive drug whose primary action is to alter cognition and perception, typically by agonising serotonin receptors.
- tolerance- the amount of a drug you need to take to make you feel high
- withdrawal- when someone stops taking drugs they go through a period of the drug and crave for the drug leaving their body
- addiction- when someone cant stop taking something
- dependence- when you feel you need the drug to stay alive
Psychoactive drugs
1. cocaine2. crack cocaine3. methylphenidate (Ritalin)4. ephedrine5. MDMA (Ecstasy - lavender pill with smile)6. mescaline (green dried cactus flesh)7. LSD (2x2 blotter in tiny baggie)8. psilocybin (dried Psilocybe cubensis mushroom)9. Salvia divinorum (10X extract in small baggie)10. diphenhydramine (Benadryl - pink pill)11. Amanita muscaria (red dried mushroom cap piece)12. Tylenol 3 (contains codeine)13. codeine containing muscle relaxant14. pipe tobacco (top)15. bupropion (Zyban - brownish-purple pill)16. cannabis (green bud center)
17. hashish (brown rectangle)
Stimulant
Caffeine is one of the many stimulants.
Depressants
Alcohol and nicotine are two examples of depressants
Opiates
Heroin and Morphene and opiam are all examples of opiate psychoactive drugs.
Psychedelic Drugs
This is a form of LSD. Which usually is soaked into paper that will dissolve.
Facts
1.People use tobacco, crack, alcohol, etc., because these substances make them feel good, get them high, and/or help them relax and forget their problems.
2.A psychoactive drug or psychotropic substance is a chemical substance that acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it alters brain function, resulting in temporary changes in perception, mood, consciousness and behavior.
3.Mood altering drugs are also called 'psychoactive drugs'. They can affect the way a person thinks, feels and acts. These drugs usually have physical effects as well, but what sets them apart from other drugs is that they work on the mind and the senses.