Drug use can affect long-term memory in a negative way.
Read more »If you drink a lot of alcohol in one sitting, you may experience a blackout. This is a temporary memory disorder in which there is a disruption in information transfer […]
Read more »Drug use can negatively affect sensory perception.
Read more »Drug use can negatively affect the coordination of your body parts.
Read more »Some drugs cause your blood vessels to dilate (widen).
Read more »Some drugs cause your blood vessels to dilate (widen).
Read more »Inhibitions that you might normally experience in social contact may be less present. For example, while drinking alcohol at a party, it may be easier to approach someone or connect […]
Read more »You feel energetic and comfortable in your own skin. This is often accompanied by cheerfulness and happiness.
Read more »In response to the increased stimulation and changes in body temperature, the skin will start to secrete sweat to cool the body temperature back to normal levels.
Read more »An uneasy and tense feeling in the abdomen, which may cause discomfort. Nausea often precedes vomiting.
Read more »Fast back and forth moving eyes. This often makes it difficult for you to read.
Read more »After using stimulants or psychedelics it can be difficult to sleep. For more information on sleeping check here.
Read more »Increased muscle tension can cause the jaws to clench together. As a result, the teeth are firmly pressed together and it is possible to bite your tongue and/or cheeks.
Read more »Tense muscles and jaws (biting your tongue or cheek)
Read more »Due to an increased noradrenaline level in the body after taking certain drugs, the pupils become larger. The pupil size is influenced by many different processes. Increase in noradrenaline plays […]
Read more »Stimulation of sympathetic pathways decrease saliva production, this causes the mouth to feel dry.
Read more »Stimulants cause increased activity in muscles, and increase the “base temperature” of the body. This causes the body temperature to increase.
Read more »Due to increased cardiac stimulation, heart rate and blood pressure rise.
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