Commonly Abused Drugs by Uyen Dang [Student FVHS] https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r Hecho con fortaleza en-us 2017-06-07 02:09:15 UTC 2017-06-07 02:40:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Depressant undang100 https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175486545 A depressant, or central depressant, is a drug that lowers neutral transmission levels, which is to depress or reduce arousal or stimulation, in various areas of the brain.
Street name: Benzos
Commonly used: Swallowed
Short-term effects: 
  • Slows normal brain functions 
  • Gives a drowsy feeling ,over time the effects fade as body builds tolerance. 
Long-term effects: 
  • Addiction can result, withdrawal can be painful.
  • the drug may cause seizures and death.


]]> 2017-06-07 02:14:05 UTC https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175486545 undang100 https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175486932 2017-06-07 02:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175486932 Hallcinogen undang100 https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175487483 Hallucinogen is a drug that makes you “dream” on the day_ A hallucinogen is a psychoactive agent which can cause hallucinations, perceptual anomalies, and other substantial subjective changes in thoughts, emotion, and consciousness. 
Street name: Black sunshine, Pink robot, Rainbow, Yin Yang, ...
Commonly used: Swallowed, snorted, injected or smoked.
Short-term effects:
  • High-blood pressure
  • Hallucinations; an individual may taste, smell or see things that are not there
  • Becoming out of touch with reality
  • Dilated pupils
  • Sleeplessness
Long-term effects:
  • Flashbacks
  • Delusional behaviors
  • Vision problems
  • Lack of motivation to participate in daily activities
  • Lack of enjoyment in things that once caused pleasure
  • Mood swings
  • Inability to communicate well with other.
]]> 2017-06-07 02:23:52 UTC https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175487483 Stimulant undang100 https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175487684 Stimulant is a drug that makes you feel better during using and leaves a bad consequence after that_ Stimulants is an overarching term that covers many drugs including those that increase activity of the body, drugs that are pleasurable and invigorating, or drugs that have sympathomimetic effects.
Street name: cocaine, methamphetamine
Commonly used: swallowed, injected in liquid form or crushed and snorted.
Stimulants.
Short-term effects: Alertness, focus, sleeplessness, loss of appetite, increased blood pressure and heart rate, high body temperature.
Long-term effects: Addiction, paranoia and long-term insomnia, extreme weight change.


]]> 2017-06-07 02:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175487684 undang100 https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175487935 2017-06-07 02:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175487935 Club Drugs undang100 https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175488020 Club Drugs are a common drug using in bar for fun_ A drug such as MDMA (Ecstasy), GHB, Rohypnol, ketamine, methamphetamine, and LSD that is used by young adults at all-night dance parties such as "raves" or "trances," dance clubs, and bars. 
Street name: raves, trances
Commonly used: Swallowed
Short-term effect: 
  • Impaired judgment
  • False sense of affection
  • Confusion
  • Depression
  • Sleep problems
  • Severe anxiety
Long-term effect: 
  • Long-lasting brain damage affecting thought and memory
  • Damage to portions of the brain that regulate critical functions such as learning, sleep and emotion
  • It is as if the brain switchboard was torn apart, then rewired backwards
  • Degenerated nerve branches and nerve endings
  • Depression, anxiety, memory loss
  • Kidney failure
  • Death
]]> 2017-06-07 02:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175488020 Marijuana undang100 https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175488201 Marijuana_ Cannabis also known as marijuana among several other names, is a preparation of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug or medicine, it can use to be medication or maybe use for fun because it makes your pain better but you will depend on it.
Street name: Fire It Up
Commonly used: Smoked, Swallowed
Short-term effect: 
  • Short-term memory problems
  • Severe anxiety, including fear that one is being watched or followed (paranoia)
  • Very strange behavior, seeing, hearing or smelling things that aren’t there, not being able to tell imagination from reality (psychosis)
  • Panic
  • Hallucinations
 Long-term effect:
  • Decline in IQ (up to 8 points if prolonged use started in adolescent age)
  • Poor school performance and higher chance of dropping out
  • Impaired thinking and ability to learn and perform complex tasks
  • Lower life satisfaction

]]> 2017-06-07 02:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175488201 How Drugs Effect the Brain undang100 https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175488424 One way the brain compensates is to reduce the number of dopamine receptors at the synapse. In addition, sending neurons increase their number of dopamine transporters, more quickly clearing dopamine from the synapse. These changes make the brain less responsive to the drug, but they also decrease the brain’s response to natural rewards.]]> 2017-06-07 02:36:30 UTC https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175488424 undang100 https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175488476 2017-06-07 02:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175488476 undang100 https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175488588 2017-06-07 02:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175488588 undang100 https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175488659 2017-06-07 02:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/undang100/q0njm7hf4i5r/wish/175488659