PSY 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3.2: Active Ingredient, Diazepam, Methadone
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Stimulants: drugs that increase energy, alertness, and activity. The behavioral effects of stimulants depend on the dosage: Low levels enhance attention: amphetamine sold as adderall to treat attention deficit disorder. Higher levels lead to confusion, impaired attention and impulsiveness. Higher heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature. Risk of convulsions, lung damage and heart attack. Derived from mushrooms or plants, other are manufactured such as lsd or mdma. Peyote, used in religious ceremonies of native americans. Drug may give you a high amount of energy but as they wear off people may feel depressed and lethargic. Alcohol: a class of molecules that includes methanol, ethanol, propyl alcohol, and others: ethanol is the kind people drink. Anxiolytics/tranquilizers: help people relax: valium, xanax. Decreases fears and inhibitions that limit poor choices. Narcotics: drugs that produce drowsiness, insensitivity to pain, and decrease responsiveness. Opiates: natural drugs derived from the opium poppy or synthetic drugs with a chemical structure resembling natural opiates.
