DRUG

EDUCATION
DRUG
ANY NATURAL OR ARTIFICIALLY
MADE CHEMICAL THAT IS TAKEN
FOR PLEASURE, TO IMPROVE
SOMEONE’S PERFORMANCE TO A
CERTAIN ACTIVITY, OR BECAUSE
A PERSON CANNOT STOP USING
IT -CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY
CLASSIFICATIONS OF
DRUGS ACCORDING
TO THEIR EFFECT ON
THE CENTRAL
NERVOUS SYSTEM
(CNS)
CLASSIFICATIONS OF DRUGS

STIMULANTS
DEPRESSANTS (RELAXANTS)
HALLUCINOGENS
STIMULANTS
SPEED UP THE ACTIVITY OF A
PERSON’S CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM (CNS) INCLUDING THE
BRAIN.
THESE DRUGS OFTEN RESULT IN THE
USER FEELING MORE ALERT AND
MORE ENERGETIC.
STIMULANTS
COCAINE

METHAMPHETA
MINE

CAFFEINE AND
DEPRESSANTS (RELAXANTS)
SLOW DOWN THE ACTIVITY OF A
PERSON’S CENTRAL NERVOUS
SYSTEM (CNS), OFTEN RESULTING IN
THE USER FEELING LESS PAIN, MORE
RELAXED AND SLEEPY.
RESULTS IN EUPHORIA THAN
DEPRESSION, ESPECIALLY IN
MODERATE USE.
DEPRESSANTS (RELAXANTS)

HEROIN MORPHIN
E E
HALLUCINOGENS
ALTERS THE USER’S SENSORY
PERCEPTION BY DISTORTING THE
MESSAGES CARRIED IN THE CNS.

ALTERS ONE’S PERCEPTION AND

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS.
HALLUCINOGENS

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