Hallucinogens
What are hallucinogens?
Hallucinogens are drugs that effect a person's perceptions, sensations, thinking, self-awareness and emotions.
What are depressants?
Depressants are substances that slow down the normal function of the central Nervous System.
What are opioides?
Opioides are drugs that produce the characteristics of opioid effects. Opioid effects can be:the combination of a dreamy/euphoric state while lessening the sensation of pain. They affect the neurotransmitters in the brain.
What are stimulants?
Stimulants are drugs that elevate mood, increase well being and increase energy & alertness. They speed up the messages between the brain and the body.
True or False? Heroin is pink and purple.
False, heroin is a white to dark brown powder.
What is are some examples of a hallucinogen?
A hallucinogen could be angel dust, acid and mushrooms.
What are some examples of Depressants?
Some depressants could be: alcohol, xanax, date rape drug, marijuana, and more.
What are examples of opioides?
Some examples of opioids can be: morphine, demerol, oxycontin, cough medicine, opium, codeine, heroin, and more.
What are some examples of stimulants?
Some examples of stimulants are: crack, nicotine, speed, meth, and caffeine.
True or False? Mushrooms look like dried mushrooms.
True.
What are the effects of hallucinogens?
The effects can be dilated pupils, memory loss, increased heart rate and blood pressure and anxiety.
What are effects of Depressants?
Some effects of depressants can be: slurred speech, slowed pulse, drowsiness, poor coordination, and more.
What are the effects of opioides?
The effects of opioides can be:decreased sensation of pain, slowed breathing, drownsiness and sometimes nausea and diarrhea.
What are some effects of stimulants?
Stimulants may make you feel: less stressed, false sense of confidence, hearing things, flushed skin, and headaches.
True or False? Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant.
True.
What are the methods of use for hallucinogens?
Methods of use could be through:pills, liquid, powder, injected, oral, sniffed or smoked.
What are methods of use with depressants?
Methods of depressants could be: pills, smoked, swallowed, injected, and snorting.
What are some methods of use for opioides?
Opioides can be used through:injecting, swallowed, snorted, smoked,put into a pill, turned to a liquid,and powder.
What are some methods of use for stimulants?
Stimulants can be: injected, swallowed, snorted and smoked. They can also be turned into liquids, powder, and pills.
True or False? Cocaine is a drug extracted from palm trees.
False. Cocaine is a drug extracted from the leaves of a cocoa plant.
Why are hallucinogens used?
Hallucinogens are used to dull physical or emotional pain to have out of body experiences.
Why do people use depressants?
People might use depressants to reduce anxiety, induce sleep, lower inhibitions, and to dull physical and emotional pain.
Why are opioides used?
Opioides might be used to relieve pain or to dull physical/emotional pain.
Why is stimulants used?
Stimulants may be used because: it makes people feel good, weight loss, stress reliever, suppress appetite, to stay awake for long periods of time and to induce temporary improvements in either a mental or physical function of a person.
True or False? Marijuana smoke contain some of the same cancer-causing compounds as tobacco.
True. Sometimes Marijuana is even higher in concentrations than tobacco.