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Psychoactive Drugs and Steroids. I. Drug Abuse. Any use of an illegal drug or misuse of any legal drug or psychoactive substance. II. Reasons people use drugs. Peer acceptance curiosity relaxation boredom depression escape. III. Gateway Drug.
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I. Drug Abuse • Any use of an illegal drug or misuse of any legal drug or psychoactive substance.
II. Reasons people use drugs. • Peer acceptance • curiosity • relaxation • boredom • depression • escape
III. Gateway Drug • Psychoactive substance that leads to the use of other drugs.
IV. Stages of Drug Abuse • Experimentation • Tolerance • Physical Dependence • Psychological Dependence
V. Stimulants • Drugs that stimulate, or speed up, nerve activity.
VI. Depressants • Drugs that depress, or slow down, nerve activity.
VII. Narcotics • Strong painkillers that produce a relaxed, dreamy state.
VIII. Hallucinogens • Drugs that distort users’ perceptions of their surroundings and their own bodies.
IX. Cannabis • Has some of the same physical and psychological effects as stimulants, depressants, and hallucinogens.
X. Inhalants • Psychoactive gasses that produce euphoria when they are inhaled.
XI. Designer Drugs • New chemical combinations created to imitate the effects of controlled drugs. • Most imitate stimulants, narcotics, and hallucinogens.
XII. Anabolic Steroids • Laboratory-made drugs that function like the male hormone testosterone to increase muscle mass.
XIII. Euphoria • A feeling of intense happiness and well-being.