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Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by designer drugs aspirin [Woman with aspirin drug for face walking down cat walk]

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by Prada is really in this season here's today's question alcohol is an example

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of which class of drug and here are the potential answers.....

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yep alright well the class you're in is AP Psych but which class is alcohol in [Alcoholic drink sitting in a classroom]

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well what are the effects of alcohol consumption [Man drinking alcoholic drink]

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aside from drunk dials, table dancing and crying that is common effects include

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decreased inhibitions hence the table dancing, fatigue decreased brain activity

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mellowness, mild euphoria and relaxation slurred speech and impairment among many [Examples of effects of alcohol]

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others now let's compare these back to our answers and see what we find.. Well

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stimulants are best known as drugs that will stimulate your mind or your body

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stimulant drugs are uppers like Ritalin, cocaine, caffeine and nicotine which all

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serve to stimulate and temporarily improve mental focus or physical [Man running around a track]

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functions in one way or another and all that sounds more or less like

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the opposite of what happens to weird Uncle Jack after his fourth beer... Opiates

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or psychoactive drugs derived from or designed to mimic the effects of a

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compound found in the opium poppy plant well these drugs include morphine and

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codeine they're regularly used as painkillers since they create a feeling [Doctor gives man opiate drugs]

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of intense euphoria and relaxation while releasing endorphins but it's not all

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fun and games this high becomes harder and harder to achieve as the user can

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quickly build a tolerance to the drug becoming dependent on it while alcohol [Man crying while taking opiates]

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and opiates can definitely both be addictive alcohol doesn't produce the

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sort of high described here so C is not our guy psychedelics are probably the

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easiest to eliminate as their most typically known as drugs like LSD that

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produce hallucinations and alter the users perception of the surroundings so

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unless we're talking about some pretty heavy-duty form of absinthe these [Woman with wings]

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effects definitely don't sound very boozy so cross out D.. moving on to E

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designer drugs well the term designer drug refers to a chemically engineered

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drug made to reproduce mimic or enhance the effects of a pre-existing drug so

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while powdered alcohol might technically qualify a designer drug the terms too

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broad to refer to any specific drug effects which means that our

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answer is depressant or downers the exact opposite of uppers these are best [Man drinking a pint of beer]

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known for inhibiting brain and central nervous system activity, altering moods,

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lowering inhibitions and making you burp a lot

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alcohol is most certainly a depressant so A is our answer of the day, as for us

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we'll stick to aspirin by Prada or maybe Tylenol by Chanel do you think [Aspirin and Tylenol on a catwalk]

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