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Drugs
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What is a Drug?
• Is a substance which, when taken into the body, alters the body’s
function.
• Drugs may be legal (alcohol, caffeine and tobacco) or illegal (nicotine, LSD, cocaine and heroin).
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kind of Drugs• What is a psychoactive drug? Psychoactive drugs affect the central nervous system and alter a
person’s mood, thinking and behavior. Psychoactive drugs may be divided into four categories:
• Depressants: Drugs that decrease alertness by slowing down the activity of the central nervous system (heroin, alcohol and analgesics)
• Stimulants: Drugs that increase the body's state of arousal by increasing the activity of the brain (caffeine, nicotine and amphetamines).
• Hallucinogens: Drugs that alter perception and can cause hallucinations, such as seeing or hearing something that is not there (LSD and 'magic mushrooms').
• Other: Some drugs fall into the 'other' category, as they may have properties of more than one of the above categories (e.g. cannabis has depressive, hallucinogenic and some stimulant properties).
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Why do people use drugs?
People use drugs for a variety of reasons. Young people often use drugs for the same reasons that
adults do.