Commonly Abused Drugs by Cassidy Tran [Student FVHS] https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki Marijuana en-us 2015-01-10 05:40:41 UTC 2025-10-24 05:38:48 UTC hello@padlet.com http://d262le4z25sx36.cloudfront.net/portraits/announcement.jpg How do drugs affect your brain? cptran105 https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45701840 A drug is any chemical substance that changes one's body or behavior when taken. All over the United States (and the world), drugs are misused and abused. However, psychoactive drugs, the ones that affect your brain activity, are the ones mainly abused throughout drug users. As a result of the alter in brain activity, these types of drugs cause its users to have an addictive pleasurable feel. Triggers from the drug activity go off along a pathway of cells called the "reward pathway." Even without the influence of drugs, a chemical called dopamine is normally released along this pathway and travels between brain cells, causing a pleasurable feeling (can be from cuddling a puppy or doing something that makes you happy). When taking a drug, extra dopamine is released which causes a stronger feeling of pleasure. Eventually, the extra doses of dopamine will cause the user to ignore the harmful effects of the drug, crave the drug when it is not available, and dull the brain's reactions to natural levels dopamine (no longer feel pleasure from normal activities). The misuse and abuse of drugs then cause the person to feel dependent and gain tolerance of the it, leading into a dangerous cycle of addiction.

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-weed

-grass

-pot

-Mary Jane

-hash

-kush

-reefer

-ganja

]]> 2015-01-10 06:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45701922 Marijuana... cptran105 https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45701937 Marijuana is commonly known as the "gateway drug." This drug comes from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. Known as the most commonly abused drug, marijuana changes the way the brain receives and acts upon information.

]]> 2015-01-10 06:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45701937 Usage cptran105 https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45701960 -rolling and smoking a joint

-smoking from a bong

--smoking from a pipe

-eating food with marijuana cooked inside

]]> 2015-01-10 06:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45701960 Documentary: (National Geographic) Effects of Marijuana cptran105 https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45701972 2015-01-10 06:10:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45701972 What are the long term effects of weed? cptran105 https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45702020 2015-01-10 06:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45702020 Your Brian on Drugs: Marijuana cptran105 https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45702034 2015-01-10 06:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45702034 cptran105 https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45702052 2015-01-10 06:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45702052 Short Term Effects: cptran105 https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45702057 -hallucinations

-sensory distortion

-panic

-anxiety

-lowered reaction time (affects driving)

-sleepy

-depressed

-poor coordination/movement

-increased heart rate

]]> 2015-01-10 06:20:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45702057 Long Term Effects: cptran105 https://padlet.com/cptran105/tw8bb44obvki/wish/45702058 -growth disorders

-reduced resistance from common illnesses

-reduction of male sex hormones

-personality and mood changes

-inability to understand things clearly

-injuries to brain

-lack of motivation

-increased heart problems

-rapid destruction of lung fibers

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