PSYC1024 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Drug Prohibition Law, Samurai Shodown, Anxiolytic
2 Jan 2019
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Lecture 12- what are the negative impacts of drugs. A drug is a substance which may have medicinal, intoxicating or performance enhancin organism. There is no single, precise definition, as there are different meanings in drug control law use. For the purposes of our interest we will consider drugs as chemical substances that aff psychoactive effect on the body. Drugs influence the brain at a neuronal level. They influence how the structures in the brain function and how they communicate w. These are the drugs which depress activity of the central nervous system. These are the drugs which increase activity of the central nervous system. These drugs have the effect of reducing pain and inducing sleep. Based on the responses, 38% of australians aged 14 years and over had used an used any illicit drug at least once. Marijuana/cannabis was the most common illicit drug used, with one in three pe.
