Following is a trick to remember the affects of drugs on humans:
Remember that all 3 drug mainly affect only 2 parts of your body.
Cardiovascular (Heart) | Central Nervous System (Brain) |
How to remember the function of the following drugs:
Drug Name | Body Part Affected | Trick |
Opioids | Central nervous System - Decrease Activity | Starts with letter 'O' which can be read as zero. So it makes your activity to zero. Which means it s a Depressant. Ironically an example name is just the opposite of zero i.e. Hero-ine . |
Cannabinoids | Cardiovascular System | Both starts with letter 'Ca'. Remember since you remember this related with heard then other 2 drugs will fall in the category of Brain. |
Coca alkaloid | Central nervous system - Increase Activity | Coca can be related with Coke - Coke ads always come up during games like Cricket. So it can be related with increased level of activity. |