How Psychoactive Drugs Influence the Central Nervous System
Psychoactive Drugs Are Drugs That Affect the Central Nervous System, Altering Its Regular Activity. They Cause Changes in a Person’s Mood, Behavior, and...
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).
How psychoactive drugs affect the central nervous system?
Like neurotransmitters, drugs can speed up (CNS stimulants) or slow down (CNS depressants) the transfer of electro-chemical messages between neurons in the brain. Messages between neurons can also be distorted when hallucinogenic drugs are taken.
What is the impact of psychoactive drugs?
Some of the dangers of psychoactive drugs include: Short-term physical effects include higher blood pressure, rapid heartbeat, problems with sleeping and eating, nausea and vomiting, shakiness, or dizziness. Long-term effects such as cardiovascular illness, respiratory difficulties, kidney or liver damage.
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