Topic Three - how do psychoactive drugs work?
1. When you go to the How do Psychoactive Drugs Work? page...
Take note of the basics of how neurones and receptors work and watch the Mouse Party video.
Watch Dr Duncan Raistrick’s slide show about how drugs work. There is more detail about receptors which are the core of this topic. Allow plenty of time for this and get a feel for how different drugs trigger different receptors. Check out that you are familiar with all the drug effects.
Reflect on your understanding of how drugs work. Does this help make sense of things that service users report about their substance use?
