No matter what type of drugs someone uses, they will eventually affect the brain. Snorting, drinking, injecting, swallowing, or combining these ways will ultimately deliver drugs to the bloodstream, moving next to the brain. Since the brain has a role in managing all thoughts and functions, it makes sense that a particular drug would have …
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Crack cocaine and cocaine powder have similar effects. According to drugpolicy.org, these two are pharmacologically identical, meaning they are chemically nearly identical. Therefore, they have the same impact. Their only difference is the way we take them. A person uses powder cocaine by either swallowing, injecting, or snorting it; on the other hand, a user …
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Drug addiction is a chronic disease that involves compulsive drug seeking and using, despite its negative physical, emotional, and mental consequences in the body. We also consider drug addiction a brain disorder because it can rewire the brain’s functions and structure. Most drugs affect a person’s “reward system” causing euphoria and stimulating the brain’s dopamine …
Heroin is a drug made from morphine and categorized as a class of medicines called opioids. Heroin is a white or brown powder, or a black sticky substance called “black tar heroin.” It is a highly addictive substance and is used by injecting, sniffing, smoking, or snorting it. According to the National Institute on …
Steroids are synthetic medicines that induce specific hormones customarily made by a person’s adrenal glands. It comes in many forms and can be taken or used as tablets, syrups, liquids, inhalers, nasal sprays, creams, lotions, or gels. Sometimes steroids are injected into joints or muscles to take effect. What are the functions of steroids? Certain …
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