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What 5 Popular Drugs Including Weed And Booze Do To Your Body And Brain

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clock-iconPUBLISHEDFebruary 27, 2017

What 5 Popular Drugs Including Weed And Booze Do To Your Body And Brain

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Erin Brodwin and Samantha Lee

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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.

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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?

Marijuana

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Magic mushrooms

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Opioids

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Cocaine

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Alcohol

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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHEDFebruary 27, 2017

Written by Katy Evans

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