The Effects of Drugs on The Brain

The Effects of Drugs on The Brain

The danger of drugs is no doubt. Unfortunately, abuse of illegal drugs is increasingly prevalent in various countries around the world, including Indonesia. Head of the National Narcotics Agency ,Commissioner General Anang Iskandar state the number of people who died due to drug abuse reached 200 million per year. The use of narcotics, psychotropic substances and other addictive ingredients can affect the work of the brain which functions as the center of the body's control. The effects of drugs on the brain that you must be aware of such as manipulating the mood, excessive brain work, and hallucinations.

The first one is manipulating the mood. Since drugs affect the brain's work, drugs can change the atmosphere of the mood, ways of thinking, awareness and behavior. That is why narcotics are called psychoactive substances. There are several kinds of effects of drugs on the brain, such as inhibiting the work of the brain, called depressants, this will reduce consciousness so that drowsiness arises. Narcotics also affect the part of the brain responsible for the 'life' feeling, called the limbus system. The hypothalamus as a pleasure center in the brain is part of the limbus system.

Next, narcotics can also stimulate the work of the brain or often called stimulants, so that a sense of freshness and enthusiasm arises, increased self-confidence, and relationships with other people become familiar. However, this can cause you to not be able to sleep, anxiety, faster heart beat and increased blood pressure. Examples are amphetamine, ecstasy, meth, cocaine, and nicotine contained in tobacco.

Drugs also cause delusions, or often called hallucinogens. For example LSD. In addition to LSD, there is marijuana that causes various influences, such as changing perceptions of time and space, and increasing imaginary power, so that marijuana can be classified as hallucinogenic. In brain cells there are various chemicals called neurotransmitters. These chemicals work on the connection of one nerve cell to another nerve cell (synapse). A number of neurotransmitters are similar to some types of drugs.

In conclusion, drug abuse is also dangerous to the human brain and causes some negative effects such as manipulating the mood and feelings, excessive brain work, and triggering hallucinations. Brain is one of the important organs in humans that regulates the body's system. If it is damaged, it can cause permanent and difficult disability to repair. You don't want to be not disabled just because of drugs, do you?

Writer : Devi Faizatun