Alcohol and Drugs: The Effect on the Thermoregulatory System

The 7 Categories

1. Central Nervous System Depressants: 🧊

CNS depressants slow down the operations of the brain and the body. Examples of CNS depressants include alcohol, barbiturates, anti-anxiety tranquilizers (e.g., Valium, Librium, Xanax, Prozac, and Thorazine), GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate), Rohypnol, and many other anti-depressants (e.g., Zoloft, Paxil).

A. Decreased body temperature, breathing, heart rate, & blood pressure

2. Central Nervous System Stimulants: 🔥

Increased heart rate and blood pressure and "speed-up," or over-stimulate, the body. Examples of CNS stimulants include cocaine, "crack" cocaine, amphetamines, and methamphetamine ("crank").

A. Stimulants stimulate the sympathetic nervous system and increase heart rate, blood pressure, and respiration (dilation of the bronchioles in the lungs). They can cause a dangerously high body temperature, especially if paired with physical exertion.

3. Hallucinogens: 🔥

Hallucinogens cause the user to perceive things differently than they actually are. Examples include LSD, peyote, psilocybin and MDMA (Ecstasy).

A. Increased heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, perspiration, hyperthermia

4. Dissociative Anesthetics: 🔥

Dissociative anesthetics include drugs that inhibit pain by cutting off or dissociating the brain's perception of the pain. PCP, its analogs, and dextromethoraphan are examples of dissociative anesthetics.

A. Increase in heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and respiration

5. Narcotic Analgesics: 🧊
Narcotic analgesics relieve pain, induce euphoria, and create mood changes in the user. Examples of narcotic analgesics include opium, codeine, heroin, demerol, darvon, morphine, methadone, Vicodin, and oxycontin.

A. Lowered body temperature, possible hypothermia

6. Inhalants: 🔥🧊

Inhalants include a wide variety of breathable substances that produce mind-altering results and effects. Examples of inhalants include Toluene, plastic cement, paint, gasoline, paint thinners, hair sprays, and various anesthetic gases.

A. Depending on the inhalant are a variety of symptoms. Nitrates warm the body but is short term. Other inhalants lower heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature.

Cannabis: 

Cannabis is the scientific name for marijuana. The active ingredient in cannabis is delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC. This category includes cannabinoids and synthetics like Dronabinol.

A. Decreased body, but only short term

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