The Seven Main Type of Drugs when teens wish to enhance depressants for anxiety,

performance in school or insomnia, obsessive-

Stimulants
1.Stimulants (or “uppers”)
impact the body’s central
nervous system (CNS), causing
the user to feel as if they are
“speeding up.” These drugs
increase the user’s level of
alertness, pumping up heart
rate, blood pressure,
breathing and blood glucose
levels.
sports.
Stimulants often come in pill
form but are also consumed
via snorting or even as food
and drink. For example,
caffeine is found in many
beverages, and cocaine is a
powder that is snorted.
Depressants
compulsive disorder and
other medical issues that
prevent the sufferer from fully
relaxing. These drugs often
offer a sedative experience to
users, making them a
tempting choice for teens
who wish to escape everyday
stresses.
Hallucinogens

Doctors primarily prescribe

stimulants for ADHD,
narcolepsy and asthma
(because the drugs can open
up breathing passages). The
drugs can also help aid weight
loss, as they can decrease
appetite in users. Stimulant
abuseoccurs in high school
2.Like stimulants, depressants
also impact the body’s CNS,
but with the opposite effect,
making users feel as if things
are “slowing down.” Thus,
they are often called
“downers” on the
street.Doctors prescribe some
3.Hallucinogens work by
disrupting communication
within the brain. Users report
intense, rapidly shifting
emotions and perceptions of
things that aren’t really there.
For example, a hallucinogen
user might believe that they
see a person speaking to them
— when that person does not
even exist.
Dissociatives
4.Dissociatives distort the
user’s perception of reality,
and cause users to
“dissociate,” or feel as if they
are watching themselves from
outside their own bodies.
They may gain a false sense of
invincibility, then engage in
risky behavior such as driving
under the influence or unsafe even causing addiction in as
sex.These drugs work by little as three days.Opioids
interfering with the brain’s can be smoked, eaten, drank,
receptors for the chemical injected or taken as pills.
glutamate, which plays a
significant role in cognition, Inhalant
emotionality and pain
perception. Dissociatives can
be taken as liquids, powders,
solids or gases.
Opioids
6.Mostly made up of everyday
household items, these drugs
cause brief feelings of
euphoria. As the name
suggests, inhalants are always
inhaled as gases or fumes. The
5.Opioids are powerful
“highs” slightly differ from
painkillers that produce a
inhalant to inhalant, but most
sense of euphoria in users.
abusers are willing to huff
Derived from the poppy plant,
whatever inhalant they can
opioids are often prescribed
acquire.
by doctors to patients who
are suffering from intense Cannabis
pain. They are extremely
habit-forming, sometimes

7.Most commonly recognized
as marijuana, cannabis acts
like a hallucinogen, but also
produces depressant-like
effects. It is a Schedule I
drug (i.e. it has a high
potential for addiction) but
has increasing medicinal uses
in the United States. Still,
marijuana is often abused by
those who do not medically
require it.Cannabis can be
smoked, vaporized, and even
eaten, if the THC is first
rendered from the plant
matter.
Addiction is a disease that
affects your brain and
behavior. When you’re
addicted to drugs, you can’t
resist the urge to use them,
no matter how much harm
the drugs may cause.
Drug addiction isn’t about
just heroin, cocaine, or
other illegal drugs. You can
get addicted to alcohol,
nicotine, opioid, painkillers,
and other legal substances.
At first, you may choose to
take a drug because you like
the way it makes you feel. You
may think you can control
how much and how often you
use it. But over time, drugs
change how your brain works.
These physical changes can
last a long time. They make
you lose self-control and can
lead you to damaging
behaviors.
Addiction is when you can’t
stop. Not when it puts your
health in danger. Not when it
causes financial, emotional,
and other problems for you or
your loved ones. That urge to
get and use drugs can fill up
every minute of the day, even
if you want to quit.
Jared Kent C. Benitez
Maria Theresa Teano
Cyra Karina Gagarin

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