Meaning Definition / Understanding Drugs and Narcotics Group of Material Types - Narcotics and Psychotropic Knowledge Base

Narcotic is a drug or natural substance, synthetic or synthetic that may cause decline in awareness, eliminate or reduce the sense of loss or pain and changes in consciousness that led to substance ketergantungna continuously. Examples of well-known drugs such as marijuana is, eroin, cocaine, morphine, amphetamines, and others.

Understanding drugs according to the Law / Law No. 22 in 1997: Narcotics are substances or drugs derived from plant or not plant either synthetic or semi-synthetic that cause a decrease or change in consciousness, lost feeling, reduce to eliminate pain and can lead to dependence.

Group of narcotics based on material it is made:

1. Narcotics Natural

Substances and drugs which can directly be used as a narcotic without the need for a process of fermentation, isolation and other processes in advance because it can directly be used with a little simple process. Natural materials are generally not be used to direct therapies because it is too risky. Examples of natural drugs such as cannabis and coca leaf.

2. Narcotics Synthetic / Semi-Synthesis

This type of narcotics requires synthesis processes for medical and research purposes as pain relievers / analgesics. Examples of such amphetamines, methadone, dekstropropakasifen, deksamfetamin, and so on.

Synthetic narcotics Dapa following impact:
a. Depressant = makes the user fall asleep or unconscious.
b. Stimulants = make users excited about in berkativitas body of work and feel more refreshed.
c. Hallucinogens = the user can make a change so hallucinate feelings and thoughts.

3. Semi-synthesis Narcotics / Semi Synthetic

namely substance / drug that produced by isolation, extraction, and others such as heroin, morphine, codeine, and others.