Luokat: Kaikki - stimulant - regulation - addiction - concerns

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Opioids

Opioids are a class of drugs that work by attaching to opioid receptors in the brain, spinal cord, and other areas of the body, blocking pain messages and inducing feelings of calm and happiness.

Opioids

Psychedelics

Mood disturbances
Visual Disturbances
Psychosis
Flashbacks
Numbness, weakness, and tremors
Loss of appetite,dry mouth, and sweating
sleeplessness
Intensified feelings and sensory
Hallucinogens
DMT
Comes in a white crystalline powder that is vaporized or smoked in a pipe or bong
PCP
can be snorted, injected, smoked, or swallowed
illegal street drug sold as white powder or in liquid form
Psilocybin
Normally eating, mixed with food, or brewed like tea
Found in mushrooms
Mescaline
Can be chewed or soaked in liquid
Made through chemical synthesis
LSD
Can come in capsules or comes on blotter paper
Comes as a white powder or clear liquid.
Alters moods
Changes the way reality is perceived

Regulations

Explicitly illegal
California
Idaho
Georgia
flashbacks
bad trips
could cause mental issues
changes in perception and judgement

How its used

Therapeutic
Have been therapeutic to some people
People who have mental or emotional issues might try
Artistic Inspiration
People use this to find creative inspiration
Spiritual pursuits
used for cultural purposes
detachment from reality
Recreational
possibly to escape life's troubles
to achieve a state of mind
might have to do deal with stress
Causes a temporary chemical inbalance in the brain which causes the hallucinations and other effects such as euphoria
It stimulates or surpresses the activity of the neurotransmitter
Swallowed
Eaten
Smoked

Opioids

Concerns

Cold flashes
Insomnia
Muscle and bone pain
Restlessness
make you feel like you need it all the time
slow heart rate
shallow breathing
Nausea

How it's used

Skin patch
Shot into a vein
Nasal spray
Suppository

Shot into the spinal chord

Subtopic

Pill or liquid by mouth
Tablet dissolved under the tounge or between the gum and cheek

Shot into muscle

How it works

They tell your brain to block pain and make you feel calm and happy
When this happens the opiods block pain messages sent from the body through the spinal chord to the brain
Opiods attach to parts of your brain and body
they attach to proteins called opiod receptors on nerve cells in the brain, spinal cord, gut and others

Regulation

But only legal with a prescription from a doctor
Illegal

Effects

Long term
Muscle pain
Lung infection
Heart infection
Addiction
Short term
Constipation
Nausea,vomiting
Slow or stopped breathing
Feelings of calm, sleepiness, confusion

Classification

Stimulant

Common forms

Methadone
Morphine
Vicodin
OxyContin

Routes of administration

Sprays
Shot
Taking it by mouth