Depressants
What do depressants do?
What do stimulants do?
Make you more awake/extends your wakefulness
What do synthetic drugs do?
Mimic illicit drugs
What do opioids do?
What is blocking pain signals between the brain and the body, making them a kind of painkiller
What do hallucinogens do?
What is making a person see, feel, and hear things that aren't real, and distorting their interpretation of what's going on around them
This depressant is widely considered to be a stimulant, what is it?
Alcohol
What are the most common stimulants?
Nicotine, caffeine, and adderall.
What are some drugs with synthetic counterparts?
Marijuana, LSD, and cocaine.
What can opioids also be referred to as?
What are opiates, painkillers, or narcotics
What are some results of addiction to hallucinogens?
What is HPPD, also known as flashbacks, and happens when hallucinations or disturbances occur many days, months, or sometimes years after use.
What can depressants cauase?
Amnesia or memory problems
What should you do if you suspect someone might be have an overdose?
Call 911, and if there is any possibility opioids were involved, administer naloxne, and start rescue breathing.
What are synthetic drugs also called?
‘New psychoactive substances’ (NSPs).
What medication is used for opioid withdrawal?
What are some of the withdrawal effects of hallucinogens?
What are anxiety, restlessness, depression, confusion, or lack of motivation?
What are depressants sometimes referred to as?
Joy juice, idiot pills, and downie
Which stimulant drugs are most likely to cause psychosis?
Cocaine, meth, or cannabis/weed/Mary-Jane.
In states that legalized this drug, the synthetic version is banned, which drug is it?
Marijuana
Which opioid is often referred to as "smack?"
What is hydromorphone or heroin
What are some common hallucinogen bound plants?
What are coffee, tea, tobacco, peyote, or opium
what are the three CNS depressant categories?
Sedatives, hypnotics, and tranquilizers
What are common side-effects of overdose?
Dizziness, dilated pupils, and nausea or vomiting.
What can synthetic marijuana cause?
Hallucinations, elevated heart rate, and sometimes death
What can methadone be abbreviated to?
What is MTD
What are some of the trippiest hallucinogens?
What are LSD, acid, or saliva