Drug Abuse Commonly Abused Drugs Commonly abused drugs: (1) Alcohol; (2) hallucinogenic (vision producing) drugs‚ such as LSD and mescaline; (3) marijuana; (4) nicotine‚ which is found in tobacco; (5) opiates‚ including most narcotics; (6) sedatives‚ including barbiturates and other kinds of sleeping pills; (7) stimulants‚ such as cocaine and amphetamines and other “pep pills.” Inhalants‚ which are fumes inhaled from such substance as cleaning fluids‚ gasoline‚ and model airplane glue‚ are
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How do drugs affect the brain? When drugs get into the bloodstream they are carried to all parts of the body and some reach the brain. The quicker the drug reaches the brain‚ the more intense the effects. The quickest way to get a drug into the brain - and also the most dangerous way of using any drug - is to inject it intravenously‚ or into the vein. Almost as quick is smoking a drug. followed by sniffing or snorting and then by mouth. Eating or drinking a drug is the slowest route‚ because the
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The effects of Sleep Deprivation What is Sleep Deprivation? Physiological Effects 2.1 Diabetes 2.2 Effects on the Brain 2.3 Effects on the healing process 2.4 Attention and working memory 2.5 Impairment of ability. 2.6 Microsleeps 2.7 Weight gain/loss Sleep apnea Mental illness School Counteracting the effects of sleep deprivation Longest period without sleep Main Body Discussion How does sleep deprivation affect Your Mental and Physical Health? How to Recover from missed
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state is sleep‚ it is critical to our health and daily functioning. With my roommate coming home at various hours of the night‚ my sleep is disrupted impacting my health and daily functioning. In a typical night’s sleep a person passes through five stages. These stages progress in a cycle from stage 1 to rapid eye movement‚ also known as REM. I will describe each of the five cycles and how they are critical to health and daily functioning. The first stage of sleep is a very light sleep and only
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to it” - Change blindness: your inability to detect when things change in your environment Sleep: body regulated function that happens on a circadian rhythm Circadian rhythm: occurs on a 24 hour cycle and include sleep and wakefulness. Termed our “biological clock”‚ and it can be altered by artificial light Melatonin: makes us sleep The older we get‚ the less melatonin we get‚ which makes us sleep less as we are older Released by pineal gland Light triggers the suprachiasmatic nucleus to
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Layla Farah The End of Drug Use It’s a wonder why out of all the topics I picked “The End of Drug Use” well I chose “The End of Drug Use” because drug use is becoming a big thing now days. Mostly drugs are the cause of many deaths like disease of the heart‚ Malignant Neoplasm‚ poisoning and overdose. Drugs are something that most people do because of depression‚ and stress or even when life is too hard to handle. Drugs have become a normal thing for many people these
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Drugs & Alcohol For several decades‚ drugs and alcohol have been a major problem in our society. Not only has the drug problem increased but drug related problems are on the rise. There is no crime that kills more people in the world then alcohol does. These substances affect the body in many ways‚ including the exchange of information within the brain‚ is slowed. Using drugs increases the risk of injury. Car crashes‚ falls‚ burns‚ drowning‚ and suicide are all linked to drug use. The usage
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drift off to in your sleep when everything goes just your way. Its that part of the day when everything is so pleasant and peaceful. Hello fellow classmates‚ and miss grubb today i’m here to talk about “ Dreams” There are many things that make dreams happen. for example being in a good mood not being angry and getting a good nights sleep can make it happen. You can dream during(REM) rapid eye movement. What is rapid eye movement. Rapid eye movement (REM) is the stage of sleep characterized by rapid
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During this time‚ they not only affect themselves for the worst‚ they affect the people around them; the people who care about them. There are many facets to drug addiction‚ most of them people just don’t understand. Addicts get sucked into a lifestyle that they don’t necessarily want. They go from day to day trying to get by; doing this by any means necessary. By living such a life an addict affects almost everyone he or she comes in contact with. With the drug problem in this country affecting
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relationship between REM sleep and memory. I will describe previous research and then investigate how REM and memory are associated in young people and in older people. In some ways‚ the sleep patterns of these two groups are very similar‚ but in some ways they are not. 1a. REM sleep normally happens in an hour after fall asleep and usually lasting about 30 minutes. People fall in the non-REM sleep in three stages which is the most time during the sleep. As the night goes on‚ the least deep sleep and deepest
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