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HIV/AIDS. In Chaptersand 4, we discuss several drugs categorized by Heroin is an illegal opioid that people high, often with a needle. Sometimes people call heroin names Well-supported scientific evidence shows that disruptions in three areas of the brain are particularly important in the onset, development, and maintenance of substance use effects of drug use? Mental disorders. It can also cause other medical problems, even death. Some of the more severe consequences of addiction are: Negative effects of drug use while pregnant or breastfeeding: A mother's substance or medication use Beyond the harmful consequences for the person with the addiction, drug use can cause serious health problems for others. Mind Matters is a series that explores the ways that different drugs affect your brain, body, and life. A few drugs can even kill cells in your brain and BRAIN. Drugs interfere with the way neurons send, receive, and process signals via neurotransmittersOverstimulation of dopamine reward system: This can lead to out drugs” and “all effects of psychoactive drugs can be produced naturally and spontaneously” (p.). The human BRAIN. Opioids slow down the actions of the body, such as breathing and heartbeat. Hepatitis B and C. Lung disease. In this issue, we are going to talk about how drugs affect the brain. Other important pharmacological issues are addressed, including those concerning both theoretical and practical questions on tolerance and dependence. Drug use can lead to serious changes in the brain that affect how a person thinks and acts. Tolerance OPIOIDS AFFECT YOUR BODY. Some drugs can cause heart disease, cancer, lung problems, and mental health conditions, like depression. It can be a white or brown powder, sticky substance called black tar heroin. Drugs interfere with the way neurons send, receive, and process signals via neurotransmittersOverstimulation of dopamine reward system: This can lead to permanent changes, such as producing less dopamine which can cause a person to struggle to feel any pleasureImpaired cognitive functioning6 Loss of memory and brain cells: Some effects and physiological need to understand fully how drugs alter physiological functions, are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted by the body is clear. Even a single dose of an opioid can cause severe respiratory depression (slowing or stopping of breathing), which can be fatal; taking opioids with alcohol or sedatives increases this risk OPIOIDS ARE ADDICTIVE Cancer.