The Brain
What is Homeostasis Bodies ability to adapt to your surroundings
Facts About the Brain The brain controls your behavior. The brain processes a huge amount of information. Different regions regulate different parts of the body Drugs affect the Reward System in the Brain
The Brain is the Bodies Regulator
What Happens When you Take a Drug
How Drugs Work Almost all drugs change the way the brain works by affecting BRAIN TRANSMITTERS or SIGNALS. If you ’ re taking medicine to get well it ’ s a good thing. If you take drugs without talking to your doctor it ’ s a bad thing.
How Your Brain Talks with your Body
The Central Nervous System
When you Abuse Drugs the Brain can Send the Wrong Signals
The Effects of Drugs Short Term Usage (Temporary) Changes Brain Chemistry, and behavior Long Term Usage (Permanent) Changes brain structure and behavior.
Remember if You Damage your Brain by Abusing Drugs it could be Permanent! ( NO SMARTER THAN YOUR DOG)