have physical or mental effects or can impair a person's social abilities. The substances

which I will discuss consist of hallucinogens, stimulants, and depressants. These

drugs affect moods, emotions, feelings and thinking processes and they can be mind-

altering. Leavitt (1995) says that a person dependant on drugs usually carries three basic

characteristics that are indicators. The first characteristic is that the user continues to use

the drug for an extended period of time. The second characteristic is that the user has

problems in stopping the use of the drug. Leavitt (1995) says that these characteristics

may have adverse effects which may lead to one or more of the following results:

dropping out of school, trouble with the law, jail, losing a job, and family problems. The

final characteristic of a drug dependent could be mental distress or physical pain due to

withdrawal. Another reason why it's hard for drug abusers to stop is because they either

are unable to see the penalties of their drug use or reduce the severity of them in their

mind. Most consistent drug users develop cravings

Alcohol, being a legal depressant it is in fact a drug. Many people have abused

hallucinogenic that can be comparable to LSD is mescaline. Another word for mescaline

Mexico. The only ways to obtain the psychedelic effects are for it to be ingested orally.

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