Stimulant Drugs
Most commonly used legal stimulant
Caffeine
This substance can distort the senses in a number of ways and can produce powerful hallucinations.
Psychedelic drugs
What are depressants.
Brain chemical called Serotonin is also known as a
What is a Neurotransmitter
A period of negative feelings that occurs when the use of a substance is stopped
Withdrawal
When a drug enters the body through the lungs, what happens to the body?
more of it reaches the brain and it gets there more rapidly than if it were snorted or even injected.
These drugs primarily affect the user's thinking and senses. These drugs temporarily change the way people understand and experience the world around them. These effects can be unpredictable, and the same person will have different experiences with the same drug and dosage.
What are Psychedelic and hallucinogenic drugs.
Two primary groups of depressants
What are the Opioids and Sedative-hypnotics
What is the CAGE questionaire
This screener was developed by Dr. John Ewing to provide a quick and easy way to see whether you might have a problem with alcohol.
CAGE stands for
C-cut down; A annoyed; G guilty; E eye-opener.
Addictive drugs that can change a person's mood or feelings
What is psychoactive or mood-altering
At very high doses, Stimulants can effect the person by
What is very tense, agitated, extreme nervousness, feeling on edge, could become violent, and feel suspicious or even paranoid. Racing thoughts, fast speech which can be confusing, can also result in overdose and even death.
What is PCP
These symptoms often feel like a bad flu, for most people these include, runny nose and eyes, goose bumps, sweating, diarrhea, yawning, fever, and insomnia. Nervousness, racing heart, feeling restless, irritable and weak.
Opioid withdrawal
Alcohol is a this type of drug
A sedative
This substance can change the users mood, thinking, and behavior by affecting the level of neurotransmitters in the brain
Stimulants
At higher doses of stimulants have a stronger effect on the mind and body.
Heart beats faster, muscles are energized, people may feel elated, have more energy, become nervous, or anxious.
What is LSD (DMT and Shrooms)
This type of drug typically help people fall asleep faster, partly by reducing sensory stimulation.
Hypnotic
When people use high doses of such powerful stimulants as amphetamines or cocaine over a long period of time, they may have
7 Common stimulant drugs are
1. Cocaine
2. amphetamines
3. methamphetamine (Meth)
4. Amphetamine-related prescription pills (Ritalin, Adderall, some diet pills)
5. over the counter stimulants pills
6. Caffeine
7. Nicotine
This substance refers to a wide variety of herbal mixtures that are inaccurately marketed as related to marijuana. These products contain dried, shredded plant material sprayed with chemical additives that are responsible for their psychoactive (mind-altering) effect.
What is Synthetic Cannabinoids or K2, Spice, incense
Give an example of a sedative-hypnotic drug
Alcohol (Wine, beer, liquor), GHB, (Gamma Hydroxybutyrate), GHB + Rohypnol also known as Roofies are colorless, tasteless, and odorless.
A sedative is a drug that makes a person calmer, reduces anxiety, and lowers stimulation from the senses. What are some examples of this type of substance?
Valium, Xanax