Question

Addictive Substances

1- State the names of some addictive substances
2- Describe the difference between ‘stimulants’ and ‘depressants’.
3- Explain how addictive drugs use the brain’s ‘reward system’.

Answer 1

Answer:

1.Nicotine, Barbiturates, cocaine, alcohol, heroin are the most addictive substances

2.Stimulants, often called “uppers,” are the kinds of drug that make people feel supercharged with energy and focus, even to the point of feeling invincible AND Depressants come in several different categories, including legal and socially approved intoxicants, highly illegal street drugs, and different types of prescription anxiety medications and painkillers.