Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Crack
Crack is normally smoked in a pipe, glass tube, plastic bottle or in foil and it gets its name from the cracking sound it makes when it is burned. Crack is a strong drug, it tends to make people feel more energetic or alert a small amount of the affects are: dry mouth, sweating, loss of appetite and increased heart and pulse rate. The effects of crack are almost immediate but they only last for a short time. For long time crack users who try to quit it will often be difficult because they will feel tired, panicky, exhausted and unable to sleep, often causing extreme emotional and physical distress. If an over dose occurs it could cause a massive temperature change, extreme agitation, convulsions and respiratory arrest. If you are taking large doses or doses one after the other affects could be extreme anxiety, outbursts of violence, paranoia and hallucinations, the risk of getting an over dose increases if the drug is mixed with something else like :heroin or alcohol.
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I am wondering what body system you are studying? You haven't mentioned it yet. May I suggest that you concentrate on the nervous system (that includes the brain). Many of the effects that you mention are on parts of the body associated with our nervous system.
ReplyDeleteYou should learn about how the brain normally sends messages along nerve cells and then how messages travel from one nerve cell to the next. The reason you should learn this is because many drugs interfere with these messages.
Mrs. K
I have been focusing mainly on the brain, but I have not been able to find specific information about how drugs affect your brain, but I have learned that almost all of the effects of the drugs are connected to the brain in one way or another. I do admit that I didn’t quite follow the criteria because I did not make it specific enough on what part of the body system I was working on.
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