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Marijuana can act as a depressant, stimulant, or hallucinogen. It has a heavy impact on someone's overall health and can be deadly if combined with alcohol or another depressant. Marijuana is one of the most abused drug and can change the way information reaches the brain and alters the way how the brain reacts with it. Marijuana comes from the plant Cannabis sativa. Some street names for marijuana include weed, pot, dope, grass, and broccoli. The drug can be taken in through smoking it in a pipe called a joint or blunt and mixed with food and eaten. Some short term effects are increased heart rate, feelings of paranoia, distorted perceptions, and difficulties with thinking. Long term effects are memory issues, lung and heart issues, testicular cancer, and a decline in IQ.

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Ecstasy is a combined stimulant and hallucinogen that is extremely popular among younger people who prepare to go out to party. This drug alters a person's perception of reality and provides a sensation of joy or pleasure. However, this drug isn't just for people who go to party and is used for people who feel depressed. Ecstasy is commonly called XTC, X. Adam, Clarity, and Love Drug. Ecstasy can be taken through a liquid form, small tablet, or snorting a powder. Short term effects are increased heart rate, muscle tension, nausea, increased body temperature, and blurred vision. Long term effects are liver and kidney failure, severe anxiety, impaired memory, brain damage, and heart palpitations.

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PCP (Phencyclidine): What You Need To Know

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PCP is considered one of the most dangerous out of all drugs and was once used as a painkiller for large animals. The drug eliminates the feeling of pain and this can cause abusers to hurt or kill themselves in the process. Some users also have developed mental illnesses and its effects can remain for a long period of time after usage of it ends. Street names for PCP include angel dust, wack, Rocket fuel, Hot, Superweed, and ozone. The drug can be smoked with tobacco or marijuana, injected, sniffed, or eaten. Some short effects include numbness, slurred speech, erratic behavior, misperceptions of abilities, and problems concentrating. Long term effects include severe depression, extreme weight loss, impaired memory, and speech problems.

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20% of regular amphetamine users tested under the age of 30 have been found to have an 'abnormality of the brain'. At that age, it should be less than 1%.

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These are powerful stimulants that abuse the feelings of high energy and well being. The effects of this drug are powerful, but short, causing the abuser to feel "down" and causes them to continuously take amphetamines. This can easily lead to drug dependence. Street names for amphetamines include Super Jellies, Cartwheels, Get ups, Wake ups, Footballs, Oranges, Speed, and Bennies. Amphetamines can be injected, swallowed, smokes, or even snorted. Short term effects include rapid speech, blurred vision, and restlessness. Long term effects include irregular heart beat, paranoia, and liver damage.

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Barbiturates are drugs that act as central nervous system depressants, and can therefore produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to total anesthesia.They are also effective as anxiolytics, hypnotics, and anticonvulsants.Barbiturates also have analgesic effects; however, these effects are somewhat weak, preventing barbiturates from being used in surgery in the presence of other analgesics .Barbiturates have addiction potential, both physical and psychological.

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These are also known as sedative-hypnotics and are intended to relax a person in small, prescribed doses. However, high doses can induce sleep and are also known as hypnotics. Some street names for barbiturates yellow jackets, red birds, Barbs, Tooies, reds, yellows, and phennies. Barbiturates are taken in pill form, but can also be injected for experienced addicts. Some short term effects for barbiturates include slurred speech, poor coordination, and decreased alertness. Long term effects include sleepiness, irritability, and confusion.

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How do drugs affect the brain? - Sara Garofalo

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Simply put, drugs alter certain areas of the brain, causing effects to be felt throughout the entire body. Drugs can cause dependence and tolerance to occur, where the body is unable to function normally without the drug and the body needs larger portions of the drug in order to achieve the desired effect. These drugs can also cause the reward pathway to open up where a pathway of cells in the brain cause dopamine to be released and for a feeling of pleasure to arrive each time this reward pathway is opened up. When drugs are removed, drug abusers can go into withdrawal where many negative symptoms pop up as a result of the drug being removed from the body. Certain skills are also dampened and this results in the brain forgetting basic skills such as learning, remembering, and sleeping. After removing drugs from the system, drug abusers' brains may be permanently altered even if they're not addicted to the drug any longer.