By KazAndAxel
Types of drugs
The 4 main classes of drugs are stimulants, depressants, opioids, hallucenigellents. What do these do to you Prescription stimulants increase alertness, attention, and energy. Their misuse, including overdose, can also lead to psychosis, anger, paranoia, heart, nerve, and stomach problems
depressants act on the brain by increasing activity of GABA, a chemical that slows brain activity. People who start taking prescription CNS depressants usually feel sleepy and uncoordinated at first.They can also have poor concentration, confusion, lowered blood pressure, and slowed breathing.
Opioids can be used as medication from some doctors are they are a form of painkillers which can be made from simple things like poppies opioid medications travel through your blood and attach to opioid receptors in your brain cells, the cells release signals that muffle your perception of pain and boost your feelings of pleasure.
hallucinogen, substance that produces psychological effects that tend to be associated with phenomena such as dreams or religious exaltation or with mental disorders such as schizophrenia. Hallucinogens have also been investigated as therapeutic agents to treat diseases associated with perceptual distortions, such as schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, and dementia.
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Side effects
Cocaine
How you might feel
● Excited
● confident and/or anxious ● happy
● panicky
● Risk-taking
Effects on your body
● Faster heart rate ● raised body temperature ● feel sick and/or want to ● go to the toilet
How long it will last
Ketamine
How you might feel
● Detached ● happy ● chilled and/or anxious ● Confused ● ‘tripped out’
Effects on your body
● Memory loss, ● nausea, ● depression, ● numb so you can’t feel pain
How long it will last 30 ~ 1hour
Heroin
How you might feel
● Happy
● relaxed
● Sleepy in a ‘rush’ of effects
Effects on your body
● Feel sick and vomit
● Drowsy,
● dry mouth,
● heart rate and breathing slow down.
How long it will last
● 30 ~ 1hour
Consequences of dealing/taking drugs
The police will probably charge you if they suspect you of supplying drugs. The amount of drugs found and whether you have a criminal record will affect your penalty.The consequences of dealing/taking drugs is up to 7 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both. Your consequences of dealing/taking drugs depend on the class and quantity of drug, where you and the drugs were found, your personal history (previous crimes, including any previous drug offences) and other factors If you want to know more https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R23 KUZvjg4A
Adrug dealer
How long you could be in jail for
ClassA
Crack cocaine, cocaine, ecstasy (MDMA), heroin, LSD, magic mushrooms, methadone, methamphetamine (crystal meth)
Up to 7 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both Up to life in prison, an unlimited fine or both
Class B
Amphetamines, barbiturates, cannabis, codeine, ketamine, methylphenidate (Ritalin), synthetic cannabinoids, synthetic cathinones (for example mephedrone, methoxetamine)
Up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both
Class C
Anabolic steroids, benzodiazepines (diazepam), gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), piperazines (BZP), khat
Up to 2 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both (except anabolic steroids - it’s not an offence to possess them for personal use)
Up to 14 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both
Temporary class drugs*
Some methylphenidate substances (ethylphenidate, 3,4-dichloromethylphenidate (3,4-DCMP), methylnaphthidate (HDMP-28), isopropylphenidate (IPPor IPPD), 4-methylmethylphenidate, ethylnaphthidate, propylphenidate) and their simple derivatives
None, but police can take away a suspected temporary class drug
Up to 14 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both
Up to 14 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both
The risks of taking drugs
Some of the long term health harms are you can get blood borne viruses from injecting with a needle Hepatitis C is the virus most frequently caught, but there is also a risk of catching hepatitis B and HIV/AIDS. Even when clean injecting equipment is used, bacterial and fungal infections can occur. Injecting can also cause damage to your veins because it has been used by someone else.
Or is dirty so this increases chance of blood disease and cancer. Some drugs like heroin are even mixed with tar so it looks like there is more but you don’t know this so it is damaging to your body and you also may not know how powerful the drug is so you might think you are taking a little bit but are actually taking loads.
Why drugs are not worth taking
Taking drugs are illegal in the UK and many places around the world. It can change your life forever and also kill you. People take drugs for many reasons for example, out of curiosity, to make your self feel better or even because your friends are taking it. When you start taking drugs, it is almost impossible to stop taking drugs. People get addicted to drugs because they enjoy the feeling after taking it or to cope with stress. Drug use can affect short- and long-term health , including physical and mental health.You may loose your memory, have unprotected sex, aggressive to others, impact on speeling, reduced appetite, weak immune system, liver, kidney and heart problems or cancer.
Is alcohol a type of drug?
Alcohol is a depressant drug. Depressants slow down the messages travelling between the brain and body.Taking too much alcohol can lead to many probelms around your body. Organs known to be damaged by long-term alcohol misuse include the brain and nervous system, heart, liver and pancreas..
You are considered an alcoholic if you consume more than 4 drinks on any day or more than 14 drinks per week (for men). For women, consuming more than 3 drinks on any day or more than 7 drinks per week. Heavy drinking can also increase your blood pressure and blood cholesterol levels, both of which are major risk factors for heart attacks and strokes
