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  • mental health disorders. All psychoactive drugs fall into three classes: Hallucinogens, Stimulants, or Depressants. Some drugs fall into only one class,...
    5 KB (762 words) - 11:03, 26 January 2021
  • What is a drug? Why do people take drugs? What are the effects drugs have on the body? This book will serve to answer questions, give facts, and dispel...
    3 KB (417 words) - 13:14, 9 November 2019
  • of the excitatory psychoactive drugs nicotine, cocaine and amphetamines.--The behavioral effect of the excitatory psychoactive drug nicotine are said...
    20 KB (3,132 words) - 05:21, 3 May 2019
  • for respiratory drugs that can treat sinus and lung conditions. This route of administration is typically used for psychoactive drugs due to the faster...
    2 KB (257 words) - 13:59, 2 October 2018
  • It is highly psychoactive, giving users an intense rush of euphoria when ingested. Use of D-methamphetamine often leads to severe drug dependence and...
    5 KB (498 words) - 20:13, 30 October 2018
  • receptor-mediated effect, typical of many psychoactive drugs. Physical Dependence. The development of withdrawal symptoms once a drug is stopped. Withdrawal. A physiological...
    29 KB (4,343 words) - 04:26, 16 August 2017
  • active chemical - salvinorin A - is the strongest naturally occurring psychoactive known to date. It has been used by natives for thousands of years to...
    3 KB (445 words) - 14:11, 26 February 2020
  • through the skin as well as by ingestion. They were used as potent psychoactive drugs, causing paralysis of involuntary muscles, dizziness, sleep, hallucinations...
    3 KB (495 words) - 18:13, 9 January 2018
  • nausea, and death. Because users often combine cocaine with other psychoactive drugs, the risk of sudden death is greatly increased. Cocaine is often combined...
    7 KB (1,140 words) - 07:11, 19 July 2020
  • for medical usage[1]. Adderall is a stimulant meaning that it is a psychoactive drug that can improve mental and physical functions. It is also a relative...
    11 KB (1,658 words) - 20:21, 17 June 2022
  • Alcohol is a psychoactive drug/beverage. It is the second most used psychoactive drug. (Caffeine is rated as the first most used.) It is considered a depressant...
    13 KB (2,006 words) - 14:54, 18 September 2020
  • Alprazolam (also known as Xanax) is a psychoactive drug used to treat anxiety disorders along with panic disorders. It is in a class of medications called...
    7 KB (1,016 words) - 01:00, 26 December 2022
  • supported by studies done on alcohol addiction, it cannot explain why psychoactive drugs which do not have withdrawal effects can be highly addictive. An interdisciplinary...
    11 KB (1,583 words) - 14:59, 13 November 2020
  • outpatient stimulant abuse treatment: history and description. J. Psychoactive Drugs 32, 157-164. Project MATCH Research Group (1998a). Matching alcoholism...
    98 KB (13,669 words) - 04:04, 24 January 2023
  • Methamphetamine is often called meth, ice, crystal, or glass for short. It is a psychoactive drug that is highly addictive. Methamphetamine can be smoked, injected...
    7 KB (982 words) - 15:27, 5 January 2019
  • dependence (or addiction) and tolerance, might be created. Ethanol is a psychoactive drug, with a depressant effect, and many societies regulate or restrict...
    28 KB (3,936 words) - 20:54, 16 December 2023
  • this drug is through smoking. Nicotine is the main psychoactive ingredient in tobacco. Although it is most commonly used as a recreational drug, it has...
    8 KB (1,261 words) - 21:10, 15 September 2022
  • Marijuana is a psychoactive drug that is also known as cannabis or weed. It is classified as a sedative-hypnotic or a psychedelic drug which distorts...
    13 KB (2,115 words) - 09:16, 20 January 2017
  • institutions like the London Stock Exchange. Caffeine is the most used psychoactive drug in the world today, with nearly 90% of adults regularly consuming...
    13 KB (1,903 words) - 01:00, 11 December 2022
  • depending on the drug. Drugs can do anything from diminish pain, to preventing blood clots, to helping a depressed person. Different drugs work in different...
    77 KB (11,665 words) - 12:37, 4 October 2023
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