Everyone knows the street name of drugs. “Coke, weed, molly”. Many times that's the most information someone has about a drug. This week I was finally able to gain a deeper understanding on all the effects these drugs have on the brain. I searched through many different topics before I was finally struck with this one. Through my research I discovered the three main categories drugs fall into. Stimulants, depressants and hallucinogens. It was so intriguing to finally learn how all these illegal drugs affected your brain and the different effects that followed with them. My most impact full research was looking at all the side by side photos. For example, there would be an image of a healthy brain next to an image of a brain on cocaine. The huge difference was extremely shocking! At first all I understood was that there was a big variety of colors so I did some research and found out what all these different colors mean on the brain. It shows the different activity levels. Another huge fact that surprised me was when I learned that 23.5 million Americans are addicted to drugs and alcohol. I was even more shocked when I read that only 11 percent of those with an addiction receive the correct treatment. That roughly translates to only 2,585,000 who find specialized help. Of course I am still nowhere near done with my research but my biggest curiosity right now is to explore the common saying, “Once a drug addict, always a drug addict”. I have often heard it is a common misconception and look forward to learning a little bit more about the effects of drugs on someone who in rehabilitation.
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April 2017
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