Depressants
Scarring on the liver due to heavy drinking is known as what medical condition?
What is Cirrhosis
What are barbiturates commonly used for medically?
What part of the body does caffeine stimulate?
What is the central nervous system
What does the term narcotic mean?
What is sleep-inducing
What was LSD originally synthesized from?
What is a fungus that grows on plants
How much more likely is it that close relative of an alcoholic will also become an alcoholic themselves?
What is 4 times more likely
Withdrawals from barbiturates can cause symptoms similar to what other drug?
What is heroine
Amphetamine drugs are similar to what hormone?
What is insulin
What was heroine synthesized from?
What is morphine.
Mescaline is a synthetic version of what?
Peyote
What age range is heavy drinking most likely in women?
What is ages 31-50
What can abrupt withdrawals from barbiturates cause?
What are fatal convulsions
What is cocaine derived from?
What were opiates originally derived from?
What is the opium poppy
Tobacco is estimated to contribute to how many deaths a year?
What is 400,000
Heavy drinking is more common in which religious sectors?
What is Episcopalians and Catholics
When were the first barbiturates first synthesized?
What is the early 1900s
What is the legal use for amphetamines?
What is hyperactivity
What year was heroine first synthesized?
What is 1874
What was the original medical use for PCP?
What is an anesthetic
When are the effects of alcohol observable?
What is when the blood alcohol reaches 1/10 of a percent
How many different barbiturates available today?
What is more than 2,500
Extended use of cocaine can result in what?
What is hallucinations and delusions
What is the principal effect of narcotics?
What is a feeling of euphoria
Anabolic steroids produce 100 times more of what steroid than the body produces naturally?