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AP Psychology 3.5 States of Consciousness. Drugs that are man-made and commonly used in clubs for their long-lasting euphoric effects are what?

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Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by designer drugs we hear

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Chanel is releasing her new tylenol any day now right well here's question drugs [Chanel holding a large capsule]

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that are man-made and commonly used in clubs for their long-lasting euphoric

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effects are what? and here are potential answers.... All right, well we

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wouldn't blame you if you gravitated towards A at first, after all when most [Wine glass filling with wine]

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people think of depressants they think of alcohol which is more or less a

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reigning champ of bad decisions inappropriate text messages and [Man drunk texting his Mom in a club]

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nightclubs everywhere however depressants like alcohol aren't exactly

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known for their euphoric effects but instead the way in which they slow down [Brain slowing down next to a bottle of wine]

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brain function conversely stimulants are considered to be uppers aka the exact

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opposite of the aforementioned downers unfortunately they don't fit our answer

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because they're not exclusively man-made caffeine and cocaine are both considered [Caffeine and cocaine on a table and a man's head shakes rapidly]

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uppers and both come naturally from plants opiates meanwhile are drugs that

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contain opium which produces compounds like morphine and codeine often used as

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painkillers not really suitable for most nightclub settings... D might actually be a

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pretty nightclub appropriate answer for some people for all the introverts that [Person stood inside a box]

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only dance alone in their living room anxiolytics or anti-anxiety medication

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would be a good choice but it's not quite what we're looking for so that

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leaves us with E. Designer drugs like MDMA aka ecstasy are man-made [An MDMA tablet]

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psychedelics that increase feelings of affection and they're commonly abused on

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the nightclub scene. Since designer drugs are man-made the chemical structure can

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be altered to mimic illegal recreational drugs and honed to do a variety of [Man dancing weirdly with a dog]

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different things many of which are dangerous none of them will make you a

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better dancer though [Person in a box dancing in a club]

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