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Opiates are described as any drug that has "originally derived from the Poppy plant" (casapalmera.com). There are different types of opiates, and some are even found in medicines and hospitals. These consist of, "fentanyl, coedine, and morphine," just to name a few. (casapalmera.com). However, there are also illegal forms of opiates which include heroin. These types of drugs are depressants, meaning that they "slow body functions by decreasing heart and breathing rates and lowering blood pressure" (Pruitt 440).

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There are multiple street names for different types of opiates. Some street names for heroin include "dope," "smack," and black tar" (opiaterehabtreatment.com). Some street names for opium include "Big O," "Black Stuff," and "Dover's powder"(opiaterehabtreatment.com). Another opiate with a street name is codeine, and when used in cough medicine and mixed with sprite it is called "lean," "dirty sprite," or "sizzurp" (drugabuse.com)

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Opiates are used in a variety of ways substances like heroin and morphine are are taken by "injection" (opiate.com) and substances like methadone can be taken by "oral consumption" (opiate.com). Also, another way people can use opiates is if they mix excessive amounts of cough medicine (which includes codeine, an opiate) with sprite, which produces an intoxicating substance called lean and users drink it.

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Short term effects/side effects of opiates include "nausea, vomiting, decreased alertness, drowsiness," and "depressed respiration" (Pruitt 441)

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According to the textbook, long term effects of opiates include "constipation, " and "infections associated with injecting" (Pruitt 441). In fact, one of these injecting related infections is HIV, which heroin users, for example, can get from sharing/using dirty needles.

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Cocaine gets it name because it is "made from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America" (drugabuse.gov). It is usually in a powder form and is "a powerful but short-acting stimulant" (Pruitt 443). Being a stimulant, these types of drugs "increase heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate and alertness" (Pruitt 442).  The way that this drug produces it's powerful effect is that it "increases levels of the natural chemical messenger dopamine in brain circuits controlling pleasure and movement" (drugabuse.gov). Eventually this flooding of dopamine produces the high that cocaine gives (drugabuse.gov).

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According to americanaddictioncenters.org, some street names for cocaine include "coke," "blow," and "snow" (americanaddictioncenters.org).

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Cocaine can be used in a variety of ways, but according to the textbook, "cocaine abusers sniff the druf into the nose, smoke it, or inject it directly into their blood stream" (443).

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According to projectknow.com, short term effects of cocaine include "seizures," "racing heartbeats or palpitations," "trouble breathing," and "increased blood pressure" (projectknow.com).

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Long term effects of cocaine include "depression, paranoia, irritability, weight loss, irregular heartbeat, seizures, respiratory failure, cardiovascular failure," and "live damage" (Pruitt 443).

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Before we get into what LSD is, we have to first know what a hallucinogen is. A hallucinogen is a type of a drug that "[overloads] the brain with sensory information, causing a distorted sense of reality" (Pruitt 443). Unlike some of the types of drugs on this Padlet, "hallucinogens are illegal and have no medical use" (Pruitt 443).  Now what is LSD? Also known as "lysergic acid diethylamide" LSD is a  powerful hallucinogen, "manufactured from lysgeric acid, which is found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains" (drugs.com). It has some pretty nasty, and sometimes unpredictable effects. According to the textbook,  "abusers experience hallucinations in which they may see colorful visions and mistakenly feel they have superhuman powers" (Pruitt 444)

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Street names of LSD include "acid," "blaze," "blotter," and "dots" (psychedelics.com). LSD gets it's street names usually by the way it looks, like most drugs.

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LSD can come in a multitude of ways, but is generally used through oral consumption. Whether it be licked or swallowed (kidshealth.org)

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Short term effects of LSD include "high blood pressure," "hallucinations; an individual may taste, smell, or see things that are not there," "dilated pupils," "sleeplessness," "increased heart rate," "dry mouth," "loss of appetite," "sweating," "tremors," and "paranoia" (projectknow.com)

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One of the most significant long term effects of LSD are flashbacks. According to the textbook, "a flashback is an unexpected reoccurrence of a bad trip, sometimes years after LSD was taken" (Pruitt 444). It really does follow you. Other long term effects include "drug tolerance," "delusional behavior," "vision problems," "psychosis," "panic attacks," "suicidal thoughts and tendencies," "violent behaviors," and "schizophrenia" (projectknow.com).

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Before we jump into what what ecstasy is, we need to know what a club drug is. Club drug is technically not a specific type of drug like a depressant or stimulant that has it's own distinct effects, rather, club drugs are a collection of different types of drugs that "got their name from the fact that they first gained popularity at dance clubs and raves" (Pruitt 446). However, rohypnols are more infamous than they are popular. It is known as the date rape drug, where "a small dose can impair a user for up to 12 hours," (Pruitt 446). This leads to sexual offenders taking advantage of people how have mistakenly taken rohypnol. They can also be used to boost the effects of other drugs like alcohol, heroin, and cocaine (drugs.com).

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Rohypnol has several street names including "roofies, rophies," and "forget-me pill" (Pruitt 446).

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The drug is usually in pill form and perpetrators use it by slipping it "into someone's drink without his or her knowledge" (Pruitt 446). Other ways that people abuse this drug are by taking it orally, "crushing tablets and snorting the powder, or by dissolving prior to injection" (drugs.com).

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Short term effects of rohypnol include "sedation," "rapid mood swings," "violent temper outbursts," "vomiting," "headaches," and "impaired memory" (rohypnolabusetreatment.com)

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According to rohypnolabusetreatment.com, some long term effects of rohypnol include, "physical dependence," "psychological dependence," "cardiovascular collapse," and death" (rohypnolabusetreatment.com). Don't forget that some people who havebeen the victim of rohypnol may have the psychological trauma of their experience.

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Marijuana comes from the "Cannabis sativa" plant, and "may act as a depressant, stimulant, or hallucinogen" (Pruitt 445). It's main ingredient if called THC, and can be put in foods, e-cigs, etc., to give the same effects of smoking marijuana. It really doesn't have a category because it can present the effects of multiple drug categories. Also, it "is one of the most frequently abused psychoactive drugs" (Pruitt 445).

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Marijuana has a number of street names including '"pot, "dope," "weed," or grass"' (Pruitt 445).

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Marijuana is usually wrapped in a special kind of paper and is smoked. This way of using marijuana is referred to as a '"joint" or "blunt"' (Pruitt 445). It can also be smoked from a device called a bong, and the substance THC from marijuana can be put in foods and they are called "edibles" which give the same effect of smoking marijuana.

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Short term effects of marijuana include "distorted perceptions- sights, sounds, time and touch," "difficulties with thinking and problem solving," "loss of motor coordination," "increased heart rate," and "feelings of anxiety or paranoia" (Pruitt 445).

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Long term effects of marijuana includes damage to the brain, like how "users may damage their short term memory" (Pruitt 445). Also, marijuana acts as a gateway drug, making users curious about other drugs and are even more tempted to try "harder" stuff. These harder drugs can lead to a life altering effects over someone's life time, and it all stems back to marijuana.

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The drugs that are talked about in this padlet are called psychoactive drugs, also known as "a mood-altering drug" and a psychoactive drug "is a chemical that affects brain activity" (Pruitt 428). Now how exactly do these types of drugs affect the brain. Well, "many psychoactive drugs trigger activity along a pathway of cells in the brain called the '"reward pathway"' (Pruitt 428). To understand the effects, we need to know what dopamine is, which is a chemical that releases when an individual experiences nice sensations "such as eating a delicious dessert or cuddling a puppy" (Pruitt 428). However, when drugs come into play, the body releases extra dopamine, which makes drugs feel very pleasurable and the body ignores "the harmful effects of the drug" (Pruitt 428). Then this leads to users wanting to feel hat extra dopamine rush constantly, and leads to drug cravings (Pruitt 428). If the person proceeds to keep on using drugs, then their brain gets used to that dopamine rush and craves more dopamine, so "the user no longer feels pleasure from normal activities" (Pruitt 428). This goes to show how dangerous and addictive drugs are.

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