PS268 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 - Biopsychosocial Determinants of Drug Use
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Some psychoactive drugs energize people, others mellow people out, and yet others take people on voyages to strange fantastical places in their mind. Some people choose to use these drugs, and others choose not to. Chapter begins what i think you"ll agree is a fascinating journey into the world of drugs and. A drug is any chemical, that when taken into the body, causes a change in physiology changes in mood, changes in cognition, changes in level of consciousness, changes in behaviour, etc. Sometimes the definition specifies that drugs must be chemicals that are not naturally found in the body, and in most cases (ethanol, cannabinoids, nicotine, mdma, and most others) this is true. However, dimethyltryptamine (dmt), gamma - hydroxy butyrate (ghb) and testosterone can all be considered drugs", yet all are made by the human. , of course, changes one"s physiology, but it is not considered a drug and adding a body.
