Cocaine in its numerous forms is created from the coca plant which is from the high mountain ranges of South America. The coca leaves were used by natives of this region and acted upon the user as a stimulant. The stimulating effects of the drug increase breathing which increases oxygen intake. This...

Marijuana Marijuana is a preparation of dried, shredded leaves from the Indian hemp plant Cannabis sativa, which means "useful hemp". Preparations made from Cannabis include marijuana, the dried plant material; hashish, the dried resin from the flowers and associated leaves; and hash ...

Alcohol What are the street names/slang terms for it?Booze What is it?Alcohol is the most commonly used and widely abused psychoactive drug in the country. What does it look like?Alcohol is used in liquid form. How is it used?Alcohol is drunk. Types include beer, wine, and liquor. What are ...

Marijuana Is Illegal And Should Stay Illegal. Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). You may hear marijuana called by street names such as pot, herb, weed, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, or chronic. Marijuana has not been...

Despite the negative portrayal in mainstream media, justifications expressed by counterculture activists for further investigation, education and experimentation under government control of LSD are rational and valid arguments. LSD has roots going as far back as the 1960's, and even earlier if ...

Nic Lloyd English, 5th Should the Nation Try to Smoke the Pain Away? Marijuana (a.k.a. pot, weed, Mary Jane, bud, ganja, grass, smoke, dank, green) Marijuana has many bad effects on the body. Although a user cannot become physically addicted to marijuana, he/she may become psycholog...

Cocaine Cocaine has been around for thousands of years and in those years we are just beginning to understand the effects of the drug on our mind and body. We have developed many different routes of administration each works well in giving the user a feeling of euphoria. The long-ter...

PSY 2301 - MODULE 9: CLASSICAL CONDITIONING Learning - relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience Humans are most capable of all the species to change behavior through learning Helps organism to adapt to its environment Associative learning - learning through association of ...

Heroin In the past twenty years heroin use has grown dramatically. Psychoactive drugs have become the young person's largest problem to face. Drugs have become a part of even the most stereotypically normal family's life. No workplace, home, or school can be completely "drug pro...