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What 5 Popular Drugs Including Weed and Booze do to Your Body and Brain

posted by on Thursday March 09 2017, @10:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the whoa-dude dept.

mrpg writes:

A puff of this, and the world transforms into a colorful kaleidoscope of dancing patterns and waves of sound; a sip of that, and the muscles in your body relax like jello.

We know different drugs make us experience the world around us in very different ways — and their after-effects are often nowhere near as pleasant as the immediate results they produce.

So what exactly are these drugs doing to prompt these feelings?

[Ed. Note: the rest of this article is infographics.]

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Thursday March 09 2017, @06:22PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Thursday March 09 2017, @06:22PM (#477047) Journal

    and their after-effects are often nowhere near as pleasant as the immediate results they produce.

    The after-effect of my evening weed is a good night's sleep. Frankly, that's MORE pleasant than the immediate effect.

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