DRUGS

=Welcome to mnemonics for DRUGS - a subcategory for STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS=

It makes FORMATTING more simple if one clicks on button called "INSERT HORIZONTAL RULE" __//before and after picture//__ (it's the button next to bullet points)
A"GO"NISTS vs. AN"TAG"ONISTS (keywords "GO" and //freeze// "TAG"; visual association); the parrot is a visual because like "agonist-drugs," it mimics! Penn Manor High School

PSYCHOACTIVE/PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS BREAK-THROUGH THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER (animals act as visual for drugs going from digestion/blood vessels into BRAIN!) Emily Roberts of Penn Manor HS



STIMULANTS - dopamine agonists; uppers - cocaine, meth, amphetamines, PMHS Sarah Giuffrida

DEPRESSANTS - GABA agonists like alcohol and sleeping pills PM student Lydia Selman

NARCOTICS/OPIATES poem "We rely on methadone because we can't quit heroin alone. Narcotics exist as endorphin agonists"
 * MORPHINE*HEROIN*CODEINE*OPIUM - painkillers

VISUAL for BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER - only Psychoactive/Psychotropic drugs break in! (Animals represent "drugs" getting into garden "barrier")