The Four Types of NPS May 22, 17 Drug Abuse,General,News New psychoactive substances (NPS), or as they were formally known, legal highs are mood-altering or stimulant substances made up of various chemical ingredients. NPS replicate a similar user experience of drugs such as cannabis, ecstasy...
Commonly Abused Drugs Alcohol Prescription and Over-the-Counter (OTC) Medicine Heroin 4 min read Substance abuse isn't something you should take lightly. It occurs when you use alcohol, prescription medicine, and other legal and illegal substances too much or in the wrong way. Substance abuse...
Substance abuse isn't something you should take lightly. It occurs when you usealcohol, prescription medicine, and other legal and illegal substances too much or in the wrong way. Substance abuse differs from addiction. Many people with substance abuse problems are able to quit or can change th...
of the cell that leads to the initiation or inhibition of electrical impulses. Such mechanisms are common forneurotransmittersthat act very rapidly. Examples include the receptors foracetylcholineand for other fast excitatory or inhibitory transmitter substances in thenervous system, such as glutamate and...
The types of substances used by psychiatric patients in Iraq and the Middle East vary from other areas of the world. In this region, patients mostly use prescribed drugs.#This study aimed to investigate the types of substance use disorder (SUD) and their correlates among psychiatric patients in...
There are 4 types of drug interactions include: interactions of drugs with other drugs (drug-drug interactions), as well as drugs with food (drug-food interactions) and other substances, such as supplements. Drugs also may interact with laboratory tests, changing the proper results of the ...
To mark Sunday's International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, local prosecutors have released white papers to show the results of their crackdown on drug-related crimes in the last year. New types of drugs ar...
(substances that block the actions of agonists). Although interest in these drugs had always been high because of their value in pain relief and because of problems of abuse and addiction, interest intensified in the 1970s and ’80s by discoveries about the naturally occurring morphinelike ...
What Are Types of Poisoning? Poisons include highly toxic chemicals not meant for human ingestion or contact, such as cyanide, paint thinners, or household cleaning products. Many poisons, however, are substances meant for humans to eat, including foods and medicines. ...
Nearly all drugs of abuse can also produce a phenomenon known as tolerance, in which one must use a larger amount of the drug to produce the same level of intoxication. Commonly abused drugs include the following: Inhalants: This group of substances includes solvents that emit vapors, causing...