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I’m here to explain How Drugs Are Classified

and How They Affect the Body.

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 How Drugs Are
Classified and How They
Affect the Body
 What Is Drug?
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• A medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect
when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.

• A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an

organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are
typically distinguished from food and substances that provide
nutritional support.
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Drugs Affects On Behavior
•Paranoia.
•Aggressiveness.
•Hallucinations.
•Addiction.
•Impaired Judgment.
•Impulsiveness.
•Loss of Self-Control.

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What is the main part of the body that is affected by Psychoative
Drugs?
•Psychoactive drugs are drugs that affect the Central Nervous System,
altering its regular activity. They cause changes in a person's mood,
behavior, and awareness (like time and space).
What the body does to Drug?
•Pharmacokinetics, sometimes described as what the body does to a
drug, refers to the movement of drug into, through, and out of the body
—the time course of its absorption.
 What are the side effects of the Drugs?
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Common Minor side effects of FDA Serious adverse events include
prescription drugs. •Death
•Diarrhea.
•A life-threatening condition
•Dizziness.
•Hospitalization
•Drowsiness.
•Congenital anomaly – any affect
•Fatigue.
from prior to conception through
•Heart issues (palpitations, irregular pregnancy that may have an adverse
heartbeats)
outcome on the fetus or child
•Hives.
•Intervention required to prevent
•Nausea and vomiting. permanent impairment or damage
•Rash.
 How can drugs affect you life?
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• Studies show that drug use increases your risk of mental
health issues such as anxiety, depression and psychosis.
People with mental health issue also have a higher rate of
drug use problems.
 How do drugs affect you social health
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•Long-term drug or alcohol use and addiction also can
affect your ability to socialize. Someone who is doing
drugs likely has relationship that are suffering because of
it, hurting most of the people who love them.
 What is the main effect of Drug?
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•Some alter your perceptions and can cause hallucinations.
Others may make you feel numb. Long-term use and
larger doses have negative effects that can seriously harm
your health, even cause death, including disease risks from
sharing needles, and permanent damage to the brain and
other organs.
 Drugs can be classified in many ways. For example, they can be
classified according to:
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uses (medicinal or recreational)
effect on the body (the specific effect on the central nervous system).
source of the substance (synthetic or plant)
legal status (legal/illegal)
legal status (legal/illegal)
• One of the most common and useful ways of classifying a drug is by the effect that it has
on a person's central nervous system. The brain is the major part of the central nervous
system, and this is where psycho-active drugs have their main effect.
• The below sub-section summarise the major classifications of drugs including stimulants,
depressants and hallucinogens. The group 'others' includes those psycho-active drugs that
do not fit neatly in any other category. Some drugs can be classified in a number of
categories, e.g. cannabis and ecstasy.
 Classifying drugs by their effect on CNS
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Stimulants
Tend to 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.
Example Include.
•Amphetamines
•Cocaine
•Pseudoephidrine (found in medications such as Sudafed, Codral Cold and Flu)
•Nicotine
•CaffeineTop
 Depressants (also known as relaxants)
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Tend to slow down the activity of the CNS, which often results in the user feeling less pain,
more relaxed and sleepy. These symptoms may be noticeable when a drug is taken in large
amounts. It is important to note that the term 'depressant' is used to describe the effect on
the CNS, not mood. CNS depressants are more likely to result in euphoria than depression,
especially in moderate use.
Example Include.
•Alcohol
•Major tranquillisers
•Benzodiazepines (e.g. Valium, Temazepam) Opioids (heroin, morphine)
•Volatile substances (can also be classified as 'other' (glue, petrol, and paint).
 Hallucinogens
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Have the ability to alter a user's sensory perceptions by distorting the messages
carried in the CNS. A common example is LSD (trips).
Hallucinogens alter one's perceptions and states of consciousness.
Example Include.
•LSD
•Psilocybin (magic mushrooms)
•Mescaline (peyote cactus)
Includes psycho-active drugs that do not fit neatly into one of the other categories, but
which are clearly psycho-active, such as antidepressants (e.g. Zoloft) and mood stabilisers
(e.g. Lithium).
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•MDMA (ecstasy)*
•Cannabis*
•Volatile substances (petrol, glue, paint)

Both ecstasy and cannabis can produce hallucinations, especially in cases of

heavy use, or inexperienced users. However they are usually considered primarily
as CNS stimulants and depressants respectively, as these effects are almost always
present.