Why Do So Many Stimulant Drugs Result in a Depressed

question 23

Multiple Choice

Why do so many stimulant drugs result in a depressed state after an initial high?

• A)These stimulant drugs are metabolized into compounds that block excitatory receptor sites.
• B)Many of these drugs are mixtures of both the drug and a second chemical that is the structural mirror image of the drug. After the effect of the drug has worn off, the effect of the mirror image begins to take over.
• C)The body of the user simply runs out of energy in trying to keep up with the artificially induced excited state.
• D)Blocking the re-uptake of excitatory neurotransmitters has the long term effect of decreasing the concentration of neurotransmitters within the synaptic cleft.

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