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Psychedelics

Mood disturbances

Visual Disturbances

Psychosis

Flashbacks

Numbness, weakness, and tremors

Loss of appetite,dry mouth, and sweating

sleeplessness

Intensified feelings and sensory

Hallucinogens

DMT

Comes in a white crystalline powder that is vaporized or smoked in a pipe or bong

PCP

can be snorted, injected, smoked, or swallowed

illegal street drug sold as white powder or in liquid form

Psilocybin

Normally eating, mixed with food, or brewed like tea

Found in mushrooms

Mescaline

Can be chewed or soaked in liquid

Made through chemical synthesis

LSD

Can come in capsules or comes on blotter paper

Comes as a white powder or clear liquid.

Alters moods

Changes the way reality is perceived

Regulations

Explicitly illegal

California

Idaho

Georgia

flashbacks

bad trips

could cause mental issues

changes in perception and judgement

How its used

Therapeutic

Have been therapeutic to some people

People who have mental or emotional issues might try

Artistic Inspiration

People use this to find creative inspiration

Spiritual pursuits

used for cultural purposes

detachment from reality

Recreational

possibly to escape life's troubles

to achieve a state of mind

might have to do deal with stress

Causes a temporary chemical inbalance in the brain which causes the hallucinations and other effects such as euphoria

It stimulates or surpresses the activity of the neurotransmitter

Swallowed

Eaten

Smoked

Opioids

Concerns

Cold flashes

Insomnia

Muscle and bone pain

Restlessness

make you feel like you need it all the time

slow heart rate

shallow breathing

Nausea

How it's used

Skin patch

Shot into a vein

Nasal spray

Suppository

Shot into the spinal chord

Subtopic

Pill or liquid by mouth

Tablet dissolved under the tounge or between the gum and cheek

Shot into muscle

How it works

They tell your brain to block pain and make you feel calm and happy

When this happens the opiods block pain messages sent from the body through the spinal chord to the brain

Opiods attach to parts of your brain and body

they attach to proteins called opiod receptors on nerve cells in the brain, spinal cord, gut and others

Regulation

But only legal with a prescription from a doctor

Illegal

Effects

Long term

Muscle pain

Lung infection

Heart infection

Addiction

Short term

Constipation

Nausea,vomiting

Slow or stopped breathing

Feelings of calm, sleepiness, confusion

Classification

Stimulant

Common forms

Methadone

Morphine

Vicodin

OxyContin

Routes of administration

Sprays

Shot

Taking it by mouth