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    This document categorizes drugs into 7 categories based on their effects on the human body: 1. Central nervous system (CNS) depressants like alcohol slow down brain and body functions. 2. CNS stimulants like cocaine accelerate heart rate and elevate blood pressure. 3. Hallucinogens like LSD cause users to perceive things differently than reality. 4. Dissociative anesthetics like PCP inhibit pain by disconnecting the brain's perception of pain. 5. Narcotic analgesics like opioids relieve pain and induce euphoria. 6. Inhalants include substances that produce mind-altering effects when breathed in, such as gasoline.

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    This document categorizes drugs into 7 categories based on their effects on the human body: 1. Central nervous system (CNS) depressants like alcohol slow down brain and body functions. 2. CNS stimulants like cocaine accelerate heart rate and elevate blood pressure. 3. Hallucinogens like LSD cause users to perceive things differently than reality. 4. Dissociative anesthetics like PCP inhibit pain by disconnecting the brain's perception of pain. 5. Narcotic analgesics like opioids relieve pain and induce euphoria. 6. Inhalants include substances that produce mind-altering effects when breathed in, such as gasoline.

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    This document categorizes drugs into 7 categories based on their effects on the human body: 1. Central nervous system (CNS) depressants like alcohol slow down brain and body functions. 2. CNS stimulants like cocaine accelerate heart rate and elevate blood pressure. 3. Hallucinogens like LSD cause users to perceive things differently than reality. 4. Dissociative anesthetics like PCP inhibit pain by disconnecting the brain's perception of pain. 5. Narcotic analgesics like opioids relieve pain and induce euphoria. 6. Inhalants include substances that produce mind-altering effects when breathed in, such as gasoline.

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    7 Drug Categories

    (3) Hallucinogens
    Physicians have long recognized that
    Hallucinogens cause the user to perceive
    different types of drugs affect people
    things differently than they actually are.
    differently. Nonetheless, drugs may be
    Examples include LSD, peyote, psilocybin
    categorized or classified according to
    and MDMA (Ecstasy).
    certain shared symptomatologies or
    effects. The DRE categorization process is (4) Dissociative Anesthetics
    premised on these long-standing,
    Dissociative anesthetics include drugs that
    medically accepted facts. DREs classify
    inhibit pain by cutting off or dissociating the
    drugs in one of seven categories: central
    brain's perception of the pain. PCP, its
    nervous system (CNS) depressants, CNS analogs, and dextromethoraphan are
    stimulants, hallucinogens, dissociative examples of dissociative anesthetics.
    anesthetics, narcotic analgesics, inhalants,
    and cannabis. Drugs from each of these (5) Narcotic Analgesics
    categories can affect a person's central Narcotic analgesics relieve pain, induce
    nervous system and impair a person's euphoria, and create mood changes in the
    normal faculties, including a person's user. Examples of narcotic analgesics include
    ability to safely operate a motor vehicle. opium, codeine, heroin, demerol, darvon,
    morphine, methadone, Vicodin, and
    (1) Central Nervous System (CNS) oxycontin.
    Depressants
    (6) Inhalants
    CNS depressants slow down the
    Inhalants include a wide variety of breathable
    operations of the brain and the body.
    substances that produce mind-altering results
    Examples of CNS depressants include
    and effects. Examples of inhalants include
    alcohol, barbiturates, anti-anxiety Toluene, plastic cement, paint, gasoline, paint
    tranquilizers (e.g., Valium, Librium, Xanax, thinners, hair sprays, and various anesthetic
    Prozac, and Thorazine), GHB (gamma gases.
    hydroxybutyrate), Rohypnol, and many
    other anti-depressants (e.g., Zoloft, Paxil).
    (7) Cannabis
    Cannabis is the scientific name for marijuana.
    (2) CNS Stimulants
    The active ingredient in cannabis is delta-9
    CNS stimulants accelerate the heart rate tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. This category
    and elevate the blood pressure and includes cannabinoids and synthetics like
    "speed-up," or over-stimulate, the body. Dronabinol.
    Examples of CNS stimulants include
    cocaine, "crack" cocaine, amphetamines,
    and methamphetamine ("crank").
    HOW DRUGS AFFECT
    YOUR BODY?

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