The Types Of Drugs.

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The Types Of Drugs

A sedative drug is used to make the user calm down or to make them sleep, or even worse according to which type of sedative drug is used.

A stimulant drug is used to make the body work faster which increases the heart rate.

A pain killer drug is used to reduce pain, also entitled as an analgesic.

A Solvent drug can be used illegally by inhaling the vapour from glue and other substances, to experience pleasant sensations.

 

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Tobacco

Tobacco is a stimulant drug which contains carbon monoxide, nicotine and tar, which are very harmful to the body and the organs in it. Nicotine is a drug that is very addictive in tobacco, tar can cause cancers and bronchial disorders, and carbon monoxide causes heart disease. Nicotine causes the heart to work harder. Carbon Monoxide reduces the usual amount of oxygen you take in which makes it harder for you to breathe. Among the chemicals in cigarette smoke are acids, glycerol, glycol, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, phenols, and such corrosive gases as hydrogen cyanide and nitrogen oxide. Heart and circulatory disease, lung and other cancers, and emphysema and chronic bronchitis are all related to some of these substances.

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Alcohol

Alcohol is a sedative drug. If you drink alcohol not too much then is not harmful, but heavy drinking is and it affects the central nervous system.

In low doses, alcohol's effects produce:

  • a relaxing effect
  • reduces tension
  • lowers inhibitions
  • impairs concentration
  • slows reflexes
  • impairs reaction time
  • reduces coordination

In medium doses, alcohol's effects produce:

  • slur speech
  • cause drowsiness
  • alter emotions

In high doses, alcohol's effects produce:

  • vomiting
  • breathing difficulties
  • unconsciousness
  • coma
  • death

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