PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Drug Tolerance, Limbic System, Inhalant
8 Dec 2015
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Psychoactive drugs: modify mental, emotional, or behavioural. Recreational drug use: pleasurable alterations in consciousness. The 6 categories of drugs listed on the slide are frequently used functioning recreationally. Psychoactive drugs: narcotics, sedatives, alcohol, stimulants, hallucinogens, cannabis, designer drugs. Narcotics include heroin, morphine, codeine, demerol, and methadone high doses produce an overwhelming sense of euphoria a who cares quality. Sedatives include barbiturates downers used in higher doses than are prescribed for medical purposes. Stimulants include mild drugs such as caffeine and nicotine, as well as much stronger drugs such as cocaine and amphetamines. Cocaine and amphetamines have similar effects, except amphetamines last longer. The euphoria created by these drugs is very different from a. Who cares, very relaxed state - more like an i can conquer the world, very alert state of being. Hallucinogens such as lsd, mescaline, and psilocybin have similar effects including producing euphoria, increasing sensory awareness and a distorting sense of time.
