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Psychotropic drugs
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What are drugs?

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What is addicitions?
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When a person becomes dependent on a drug, so much so that he feels that he cannot live without it, then it is called addictions Addicition,consist of psychic dependence, tolerance and physical dependence

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PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
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drugs act on the brain and alter behavior ,consciousn ess and capacity of perceptions . Hence these are called 9/7/12 mood

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Hallucinogens
* Hallucinogens are a type of drug that cause you to have hallucinations. They effect the way you see and perceive things. The user may see or hear things that aren't really there, or what they see may be distorted in some way. Theeffects of hallucinogens vary greatly and it is impossible to predict how they may affect a particular person at a particular time.

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Cannabis sativa
May also be other species One type is actually very low in THC and

quite useful for cloth, rope, paper, etc.

Speaking of THC, it is the active ingredient in pot

Delta-9-Tetrahdrocannabinol Also Delta-8- Tetrahdrocannabinol

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Psychomotor stimulants They arepsychoactive drugswhich induce temporary

improvements in either mental or physical function or both. Heroin is a narcotic that is highly addictive; It is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seedpod of the Asian poppy plant

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Consequences of TobaccoUse:
Preventable Causes of Death
Smoking 400,000
Accidents 94,000 2nd Hand Smoke 38,000 Alcohol 45,000 HIV/AIDS 32,600 Suicide 31,000 Homicide 21,000 9/7/12 Drugs 14,200

Tobacco & Cancer

Healthy lungs

Small cell cancer in Smoker

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Cancerous tumor in the 10 lung

Opiates narcotics
the term opiate describes any of the narcotic opioid alkaloids found as natural products in the opium poppy plant

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What Are Opioids?

Opioids

are natural or synthetic substances that act on the brains opiate receptors.
Opioids

that

dull pain and relieve anxiety comes from thinking about pain.

People

abuse opioids because they provide a feeling of euphoria (a rush).

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Synthesis of heroin

It is synthesized form of morphine, derivative of opium poppy. Does not occur naturally but it is produced by acetylation of morphine which leads to 3 folds increase in its potency. Opium poppy morphine heroin

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Heroin

Heroin dealers often add substances such as sugar, starch, quinine, and powdered milk to heroin to increase profits, which increases the risk of overdose or death.

Very often, users are not aware of precisely what they are putting into their bodies

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Intoxi cant
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The drug that produce mirthful and comfortable feelings due to depression of the cortical inhibitory centers are called intoxicants for example alcohol. Because it is

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Effects of Alcohol Use

Bleeding Pancreas of an Alcoholic, hes now dead!

How do you think these people turned out?

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Physical Effects of Drug Use

1990 1995

Same user of Methamphetamines 5 years later

Infection from IV drug use

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Factor associated with a high risk of drugs abuse ?

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reference
BOOKS :

Brooks Biology-2

ICSE

URLs :
http://www.americanscience.com http://www.google.com
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http://www.bioschool.com

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