Opioids and related substances
Opioid drugs of natural origin.
What are opiates?
Said to be 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine, and is potentially deadly.
What is Fentanyl?
Obvious visible symptom of opioid overdose.
What are "pinpoint pupils"?
Most “efficient” route of absorption of marijuana, has no first pass metabolism.
What is smoking/inhalation?
A terrific group of people!
What are the members of our class?
All opiate-like drugs (including synthetic and semi-synthetic)
What are Opioids?
Dopamine neurotoxin, induces Parkinson’s.
What is MTPT?
Amount of Fentanyl deemed to be lethal.
What is 2 mg?
Passes through the ________ and enters the brain within seconds.
What is the Blood Brain Barrier?
Opium comes from the ______ in the bud of the opium poppy.
What is the sap?
Brain area "rich" in opioid receptors; important in the perception of pain
What is the Periaqueductal Gray Matter?
Begins after 6-12 hours of cessation of opioids, can be "extremely uncomfortable" with multiple symptoms.
What are opioid withdrawal effects?
2 Types of Cannabinoid receptors, discovered in 1990. Both are metabotropic are natural receptors in this.
What is the Endocannabinoid System?
Opium can be processed further into these.
What are Morphine, Codeine, & Thebaine?
Part of limbic system that can be affected by opioids to reduce the aversive emotional aspect of pain.
What is the Amygdala?
113+ chemicals found in Cannabis.
What are Cannabinoids?
________ increase synthesis of NE, DA, 5HT, and GABA.
Cannabinoids
Rapidly reverses opioid overdose.
What is Naloxone?
High dose of opioids may cause sleepiness and a trancelike state called _____; may also cause "pipe dreams."
What is “Nod”?
Dried resin from the top of the "female plant" (pistil), can be smoked or baked.
What is Hashish?
Cannabis may affect the ability to retain and coordinate information for a purpose; similar to memory deficits in Korsakoff's Syndrome.
What is Temporal Disintegration?