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Understanding Drug Abuse: Types, Effects, and Dangers

Explore the world of drug abuse, from psychoactive drugs to steroids. Learn about reasons people use drugs, stages of abuse, and categories like stimulants, depressants, narcotics, and hallucinogens.

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Understanding Drug Abuse: Types, Effects, and Dangers

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  1. PsychoactiveDrugsand Steroids

  2. I. Drug Abuse • Any use of an illegal drug or misuse of any legal drug or psychoactive substance.

  3. II. Reasons people use drugs. • Peer acceptance • curiosity • relaxation • boredom • depression • escape

  4. III. Gateway Drug • Psychoactive substance that leads to the use of other drugs.

  5. IV. Stages of Drug Abuse • Experimentation • Tolerance • Physical Dependence • Psychological Dependence

  6. V. Stimulants • Drugs that stimulate, or speed up, nerve activity.

  7. VI. Depressants • Drugs that depress, or slow down, nerve activity.

  8. VII. Narcotics • Strong painkillers that produce a relaxed, dreamy state.

  9. VIII. Hallucinogens • Drugs that distort users’ perceptions of their surroundings and their own bodies.

  10. IX. Cannabis • Has some of the same physical and psychological effects as stimulants, depressants, and hallucinogens.

  11. X. Inhalants • Psychoactive gasses that produce euphoria when they are inhaled.

  12. XI. Designer Drugs • New chemical combinations created to imitate the effects of controlled drugs. • Most imitate stimulants, narcotics, and hallucinogens.

  13. XII. Anabolic Steroids • Laboratory-made drugs that function like the male hormone testosterone to increase muscle mass.

  14. XIII. Euphoria • A feeling of intense happiness and well-being.

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