SOCL 3501 Chapter : 11 15 12
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Different drugs have different levels of use among different classes. Some are more commonly used among the poor or the affluent. But they all use drugs: look at marijuana most commonly used illegal drug in us, relationship between ses and marijuana use: as ses goes up, Major categories of drugs: to say it is completely safe. Depressants: drugs that reduce (depress) the activity of the cns, relaxes muscles; relieves anxiety; alleviates pain; can boost mood and create sense of euphoria; lowers blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration, examples: heroin, opiods, pcp, alcohol, morphine, aspirin. Nicotine there are certain drugs that are more likely to produce aggression in: usually naturally: fight or flight feeling lasts a few minutes. But about term we would use for this description: fight or flight mode. Think on these drugs people"s bodies are like this for days or hours: drugs that disturb the cns, altering the user"s perception of reality;
