What does drugs do to people?

Answer 1

Physiologically, drugs change the way chemicals and cells in the brain interact with each other either by disrupting data being transferred from cell to cell, or reacting with chemicals in the brain. This produces changes in the way people think, the way people experience their senses, and the way people behave. Stimulants (Cocaine, Amphetamine, etc) usually increase concentration, increase heartrate, and heighten the senses. Depressents (Heroin, Alcohol, Benzodiazepines) usually do the opposite. And Hallucinogens (LSD, Psylocibe mushrooms, cannabis) interrupt the flow of information from the senses to your brain, which distorts your version of reality. Causing hallucinations and what can only be described as strange distortions of objects, sounds, and feelings.

Psychologically, drugs can make the user feel and behave differently depending on the type. Stimulants usually make the user feel focused, sometimes confident (Particularly with cocaine) and euphoric. Depressents can make the user feel happy, care free, they can stop the feeling of pain to a degree. Hallucinogens can make people feel connected with others, connected with their environment and can make them feel very introspective. These feelings have a flipside. Depending on the environment people take certain drugs in, and their feelings before dosing, these psychological effects can be very different. Stimulants can induce paranoia, being focused on the thought people have evil intentions towards you. Depressents can do the same, but can also make people very emotional and sensitive to negative feelings (Particularly alcohol). And hallucinogens can cause feelings of dread, the sensation that you're going to die or bad things are going to happen. Or simply fear of varying degrees.

Socially, drugs can strengthen relationships and change a person's personality. Stimulants can cause people to become confident socially. Depressents can lower inhibitions. And hallucinogens can make people introspective, making them look at themselves, or even their surrounding environment and other people in very different ways. Another flipside. Stimulants can make people uncontrollable, too confident, or wreckless or to view others negatively they once thought positively of. Depressents can cause awquard social situations. And hallucinogens can cause people to become very scared of certain things if things go the wrong way.

Can't think of many other ways I can answer your question, I'll improve when I can. And I hope I answered it in at least one way you wanted to know.

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Answer 2

It depends what drug it is and on the person because they affect different people in different ways. Some drugs make some people happy, some make other people sad. Some make some people dizzy, some make some people see things that aren't really there (hallucinations). Some drugs make some people not hungry, others make them not feel any physical or emotional pain. Some drugs make people do things they wouldn't normally do (lose their inhibitions)