How Drugs Affect the Brain :

How do drugs affect the brain

Drugs either therapeutic or psychoactive affect the brain system . This discussion limits itself to the effects of psychoactive drugs in the various cognitive and motor functions of the brain and how it influence the biological and psychological make up of a person . This is in response to the different presentations of how drugs affect the brain in NIDA website

In The Brain : Understanding Neurobiology of Lesson 4 drug abuse and addiction , the long term effects of drugs on the brain were explained through use of

visual and audio players . Diagrams and drawings of the brain and its parts were also provided . There was absolutely no text explanation (NIDA 2000

In Drugs , brains , and behavior- The science of addiction , an abstract presentation was first provided . This gives little explanation on how drugs affect the brain . However , there was a provision at the side for access on its PDF format . It relays drugs as a chronic , relapsing brain disease . The reason it qualifies as a disease because of the change it does to the brain . It was comprehensive in its explanation as to why people takes drugs and its related effects on the brain and behavior forever explaining scientific terms of brain system , limbic and cortex A list of drugs was also provided with its corresponding effects on the body including treatment and recovery (NIDA 2007

In Mind over matter : teaching guide , effects of drugs abuse on the brain , an abstract was also provided with little explanation regarding the subject . However , a pdf was also provided for access at the side of the web page . The pdf has a kind of comic effect with drawings on teenagers and of the head and of the brain . A list of the different drugs was also made with its corresponding effects . A crossword puzzle , question and answer portion and word puzzle was provided for them to answer . The layout is also different and it suits fairly the age of the target reader (NIDA 2006

The three web pages are similar in context but differ in presentation Everything was based on information on how drugs affect the brain , how the brain system works , and the harmful effects of drugs . There are listing of the different drugs with its related effects and is already monotonous . The idea is the same and it uses the same scientific approach and terminology . The approach might prove very relevant to the subject and on the target group of readers but I insist that it is still not clear . It is like we have to learn everything again in a manner like we are sitting in a science class . How the drugs affect the brain behavior and health of a person is evident and I prefer listening to a person giving stories as samples of the effects rather than letting me hear and read neurological processes of the brain unless it will be presented in a different manner quite acceptable to an ordinary reader...