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    Gateway drug theory suggests that use of certain drugs may increase the probability of using other drugs. Possible causes include biological and attitudinal factors. Scientific research on causes is important for health policy. Depressants lower neurotransmission in the brain and are referred to as "downers" as they reduce arousal, while stimulants increase mental and physical function and are referred to as "uppers". The 1961 Convention controls over 116 narcotic drugs including opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, methadone, and cannabis. Hallucinogens alter perceptions, thinking, time, and emotions through substances like LSD, magic mushrooms, and ketamine. Inhalants produce chemical vapors that induce psychoactive effects

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    Gateway drug theory suggests that use of certain drugs may increase the probability of using other drugs. Possible causes include biological and attitudinal factors. Scientific research on causes is important for health policy. Depressants lower neurotransmission in the brain and are referred to as "downers" as they reduce arousal, while stimulants increase mental and physical function and are referred to as "uppers". The 1961 Convention controls over 116 narcotic drugs including opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, methadone, and cannabis. Hallucinogens alter perceptions, thinking, time, and emotions through substances like LSD, magic mushrooms, and ketamine. Inhalants produce chemical vapors that induce psychoactive effects

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    Gateway drug theory suggests that use of certain drugs may increase the probability of using other drugs. Possible causes include biological and attitudinal factors. Scientific research on causes is important for health policy. Depressants lower neurotransmission in the brain and are referred to as "downers" as they reduce arousal, while stimulants increase mental and physical function and are referred to as "uppers". The 1961 Convention controls over 116 narcotic drugs including opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, methadone, and cannabis. Hallucinogens alter perceptions, thinking, time, and emotions through substances like LSD, magic mushrooms, and ketamine. Inhalants produce chemical vapors that induce psychoactive effects

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    Gateway drug theory suggests that use of certain drugs may increase the probability of using other drugs. Possible causes include biological and attitudinal factors. Scientific research on causes is important for health policy. Depressants lower neurotransmission in the brain and are referred to as "downers" as they reduce arousal, while stimulants increase mental and physical function and are referred to as "uppers". The 1961 Convention controls over 116 narcotic drugs including opium, morphine, codeine, heroin, methadone, and cannabis. Hallucinogens alter perceptions, thinking, time, and emotions through substances like LSD, magic mushrooms, and ketamine. Inhalants produce chemical vapors that induce psychoactive effects

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    The document discusses different classes of drugs including depressants, stimulants, narcotics, hallucinogens and inhalants.

    The main classes of drugs discussed are depressants, stimulants, narcotics, hallucinogens and inhalants.

    Some examples of stimulant drugs mentioned are caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, amphetamines, and methamphetamines.

    6 Classification of Drugs

    Gateway

    Gateway drug theory (alternatively, stepping-stone theory, escalation


    hypothesis, or progression hypothesis) is a comprehensive catchphrase for
    the medical theory that the use of a psychoactive drug can be coupled to an
    increased probability of the use of further drugs. Possible causes are
    biological alterations in the brain due to the earlier drug and similar
    attitudes of users across different drugs (common liability). Scientific
    investigation of the possible causes is considered important for health policy
    concerning education and law making.
    Depressant Drugs

    A depressant, or central depressant, is a drug that


    lowers neurotransmission levels, which is to depress or
    reduce arousal or stimulation, in various areas of the brain.[1] Depressants are
    also occasionally referred to as "downers" as they lower the level of arousal
    when taken. Stimulants or "uppers" increase mental and/or physical function,
    hence the opposite drug class of depressants is stimulants,
    not antidepressants. Depressants are widely used throughout the world
    as prescription medicines and as illicit substances.
    Stimulant Drugs

    Stimulants are drugs that speed up the activity of the central nervous system.
    Stimulants are useful in treating many medical conditions, including ADHD,
    narcolepsy, asthma, obesity, and depression. There are several types
    of stimulants, including caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, amphetamines, and
    methamphetamines.
    Narcotics

    The 1961 Convention exercises control over more than 116 narcotic drugs.
    They include mainly plant-based products such as opium and its derivatives
    morphine, codeine and heroin, but also synthetic narcotics such as
    methadone and pethidine, as well as cannabis, coca and cocaine.
    Hallucinogen

    Hallucinogenic drugs, also known as ‘psychedelics’, are drugs that change


    the way a person perceives the world. Hallucinogens affect all the senses,
    altering a person's thinking, sense of time and emotions.

    Some examples of hallucinogens include:

     LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide);


     PCP (phencyclidine);
     magic mushrooms (psilocybin);
     ketamine;
     mescaline (peyote cactus);
     morning glory seeds;
     datura.
    Inahalants

    Inhalants are volatile substances that produce chemical vapors that can be
    inhaled to induce a psychoactive, or mind-altering, effect. Although other
    abused substances can be inhaled, the term "inhalants" is used to describe a
    variety of substances whose main common characteristic is that they are
    rarely, if ever, taken by any route other than inhalation.

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