https://padlet.com/addisonwaldrop/vbtia5rln1nt By: Addie, Eve, and Lauren en-us 2016-10-11 15:10:53 UTC 2016-10-11 15:23:45 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ninja.png addisonwaldrop https://padlet.com/addisonwaldrop/vbtia5rln1nt/wish/129845822 > Slow down the activity of the brain and Nervous System.
> For medical purposes, they can calm nerves, relax muscles, and are useful for sleeping disorders like insomnia.
---Some depressants are:
Alcohol
Heroin
Morphine
Cannabis
> Depressants are both psychologicaly and physically addictive.
> Most everyone takes some type of depressant, whether it's alcohol (legal) or heroine (illegal).

]]> 2016-10-11 15:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/addisonwaldrop/vbtia5rln1nt/wish/129845822 evegilreath https://padlet.com/addisonwaldrop/vbtia5rln1nt/wish/129846284 >Psychoactive drugs 
>Induce temporary improvements 
>Examples: enhanced alertness, wakefulness and locomotion
>Stimulants: caffeine, nicotine,amphetamines and cocaine
> speed up body functions, nickname "speed" 
> side effects: 
-lose of appetite
-increased heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature
-nausea   
> Most people use stimulants because caffeine is in most people diet 
> they act similarly to monoamines in the brain ]]> 2016-10-11 15:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/addisonwaldrop/vbtia5rln1nt/wish/129846284 laurenroemer https://padlet.com/addisonwaldrop/vbtia5rln1nt/wish/129849559 >Also called psychedelics
>Distort perceptions and evoke vivid images in the absence of sensory input
>Examples
     -LSD
     -Marijuana
     -"magic mushrooms"
>Side effects: euphoria, detachment, panic and a euphoric high. It effects the neurotransmitter called serotonin.
>In 2014, 1.2 million people reported using hallucinogens in the past month
>These drugs are psychologically addictive]]> 2016-10-11 15:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/addisonwaldrop/vbtia5rln1nt/wish/129849559