1. Stimulants: Nicotine, Cocaine, Meth (please google faces of meth!)
• Excite, arousal, increase alertness, elevate mood. Speed up signals to the brain. (Some newer drugs (Prozac) work mainly as mood elevators and do not (supposedly) produce the other effects). |
2. Depressants: Nicotine, alcohol
Analgesics: relieve pain (block signals?) • Narcotics: Opiates and Opioids • Non-narcotics: Aspirin, etc. Sedative Hypnotics: relax, induce sleep • Alcohol (ETOH) • Anti-anxiety agents, tranquilizers • Non-Barbiturates: Qualude, Halcion • Long acting Barbiturates: Phenobarbital • Short acting Barbiturates: Seconal |