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Drugs & Alcohol • depressants - slows down the function of the central nervous system. • hallucinogens - affect your senses and change the way you see, hear, taste, smell or feel things. • stimulants - speed up the function of the central nervous system. -Recreational drug- use is the use of one or more psychoactive drugs to induce an altered state of consciousness either for pleasure or for some other casual purpose or pastime. When a psychoactive drug enters the user's body, it induces an intoxicating effect. -medicinal drug- a substance or combination of substances that is intended to treat, prevent or diagnose a disease, or to restore, correct or modify physiological functions by exerting a pharmacological, immunological or metabolic action. -Illegal drugs are drugs which a person is not allowed to own or use by law. Too much alcohol can lead to high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, and digestive problems. Cancer of the breast, mouth, throat, esophagus, voice box, liver, colon, and rectum. Weakening of the immune system, increasing the chances of getting sick. Learning and memory problems, including dementia and poor school performance. Ethanol - Alcohol contains the drug ' Ethanol'. The drug is absorbed into your bloodstream and goes to the liver. The drug is broken down in the stomach Alcoholic -...
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Alternative transcript:
If people drink alcohol regularly they may need to drink more to feel the same effects. People who have an addiction to alcohol are called 'Alcoholics The amount of units of alcohol an over 18 should drink a day and week is half Alcohol has a short term effect on the brain and a long term effect on the liver Alcohol contains a drug called ethanol and is a depressant which slows down the function of the central nervous system. Alcohol is a recreational drug and the withdrawal symptoms are: Hand tremors ('the shakes') - Sweating - A pulse rate above 100 beats per minute - Nausea - Vomiting - Headaches - Loss of appetite Depression - Anxiety - Irritability - Restlessness - Insomnia (difficulty sleeping)