Narcotics
Pain
What are medical narcotics meant to treat?
Caffeine
What is the most used stimulant?
sleep treatment, anxiety treatment, muscle spasms, and seizure prevention
How are depressants used medically?
psychedelics
What is another common term used for hallucinogens?
performance enhancing drugs
What type of drugs are steroids?
Poppy flowers
What plant is opium extracted from?
Nicotine
What stimulant is found in tobacco?
Fiorina, Pentothal, Seconal, or Nembutal
What are prescribed depressants?
plants and fungi
What are living organisms that are non-synthetic forms of hallucinogens?
different therapies, antidepressants, pharmacological/psychosocial treatments
What is one form of treatment for steroid misuse?
heroin, morphine, codeine, methadone, fentanyl and oxycodone
Speed up the messaging
What do stimulants do to the messaging between the brain and the body?
relaxation, euphoria, depression, and fatigue
What are emotional effects of depressants?
a trip (they can be “good” or “bad”)
What is a slang term for an experience with hallucinogens?
helps reduce redness and swelling, stop the body's immune system attacking itself
What are ways steroids are used medically?
slurred speech, drowsiness, confusion, nausea, constipation, euphoria, slowed breathing
What are common side effects of narcotic drug abuse?
confidence, alertness, energeticness, awakeness
When taken in low doses, what are some side effects of stimulant use?
cold or flu-like symptoms, headaches, difficulty sleeping, nausea, and mood swings
What are two withdrawal symptoms of depressants?
seratonin
What neuro-chemical is affected by the use of hallucinogens?
pills, creams, or injections
What are the forms steroids come in?
Opioids
What is another term for narcotic drugs?
psychoactive
What type of drug stimulants are?
benzodiazepines
What is the category of drugs that are dangerous to mix with depressants?
lysergic acid diethylamide
What does LSD stand for?
anabolic steroids
What type of steroids build up muscle tissue, making them bigger/stronger?