StimulantsDiscusses various types of legal and illegal stimulants and their effects on one's health. Caffeine; Prescription medicines; Over-the-counter or nonprescription drugs; Amphetamines; Cocaine and crack.Current Health
including dry mouth, abdominal pain, headache, and insomnia. Additionally, some people who take stimulants for ADHD are unaware of the dangers of this type of drug. They might misidentify their symptoms as symptoms of ADHD. They may also mask other symptoms of the disorder, such as fatigue....
Life Lessons: Drugs and Alcohol Types of Drugs and their effects. Amphetamine Michelle Lubrano Teaching Concepts of Health Education I Drug Investigation Assignment Spring 2010. 7.3 Drugs and Consciousness Psychoactive Drugs: chemicals that affect the nervous system and result in altered consciousness. W...
Although many students and professionals abuse prescription stimulants to improve their performance, long-term abuse of these drugs can actually have the opposite effect. Once a person is no longer able to get prescription stimulants, he or she may also begin abusing illegal stimulants like cocaine...
Because they directly affect the CNS, stimulants can also interact with other substances, further complicating their impact on mental and physical health.What are the effects of stimulants? The effects of stimulants can vary depending on the type of drug, the quantity taken, the method of inges...
Drugs interfere with the way neurons send, receive, and process signals via neurotransmitters. Some drugs, such as marijuana and heroin, can activate neurons because their chemical structure mimics that of a natural neurotransmitter in the body. This allows the drugs to attach onto and activate the...
Secondly, different drug categories types will be covered including: stimulants, depressants, narcotics, hallucinogens, and cannabis. Each of these categories has different addiction potentials and effect levels including withdrawal symptoms. Finally, the abuse of prescription drugs and their effects will ...
Amphetamine was discovered as a drug in the late 1920s, and its pharmacological effects on attention and cognition, emotions, and appetite were explored thoroughly in the 1930s and 1940s. By the late 1940s, it had achieved medical and market success as an antidepressant and was quickly gaining...
"It seems that the awareness of the effects of various types of natural preparations on the human body entailed knowledge of their occurrence, methods of application and the desire to consciously use this wealth for medicinal and ritual purposes," Professor Kokowski stated. ...
Sources of Microorganisms and Their Characterization As used herein, the term “hydrocarbon-bearing formation” refers to any hydrocarbon source from which methane can be produced, including, but not limited to, coal, peat, lignite, oil shale, oil formation, traditional black oil, viscous oil, oil...