Name 3 " Uppers" or stimulant drugs.
Cocaine, methamphetamine, caffeine, coca, nicotine, ecstasy, adderall, ritalin.
Name 3 "downers" or depressant drugs.
Alcohol, opiates, sedative-hypnotics, heroin, morphine, fentanyl, vicodin, oxycontin, benzodiazepine, opium, barbiturates.
Name 3 "All-arounders."
Marijuana, psychedelics, magic mushrooms, LSD("acid"), DMT, peyote, mescaline, San Pedro, Salvia, toad venom.
How many people are incarcerated for drug related crimes and charges in the USA? (within 100,000 for a correct answer.)
The most lethal drug in the United States is?
Nicotine: tobacco derived addictive stimulant
Associated with 480,000 american deaths a year. 41, 000 of these are from secondhand smoke.
Nearly 90% Americans use this stimulant drug daily.
Caffeine: is the most widely used psychoactive chemical in the world.
Place these Opiate drugs in order of least to most powerful:
carfentanil, morphine, opium, heroin, fentanyl,
Opium-Morphine-Heroin-Fentanyl-Carfentanil
1 x100 x100 x100 x100
Which Psychedelic Drugs are notably non-addictive.
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide(LSD) Psilocybin, Peyote, DMT. Most of them.
What is an officer's burden of proof for a non-alcohol DUI charge?
Acknowledgment of consumption of any controlled substance in any amount, or a valid urine, breath, or blood test.
Impairment and proof of any ingestion of a substance.
Describe what "refinement" does to a drug. Pick an example of how humans have refined a drug.
Alcohol
Cocaine
Opium
Marijuana
Where does cocaine come from?
Cocaine comes from the coca plant which is native to the Andes Mountains of South America. Coca is traditionally chewed along with an extremely alkaline substance called Cal, which is made form a variety of plant and animal sources.
Name the most deadly depressant in america?
The Alcohol-Related Disease: 178,000 deaths (approximately 120,000 male deaths and 59,000 female deaths) attributable to excessive alcohol use , making alcohol one of the leading preventable causes of death in the United States, behind tobacco, poor diet
25-35% of hospital admissions are indirectly or directly related to alcohol. 15-25% of ER visits.
Name 3 cultures and what hallucinogenic drugs they have been working with for thousands of years.
Natives of Mexico- psilocybin mushrooms,
Druid Culture-Amanita mushrooms.
Amazonian Culture- Ayahuasca
Desert Southwest- Peyote
Hindu- Soma and cannabis
What is "Implied Consent" and what constitutional right does it involve?
Fourth Amendment: Illegal search and siezure.
Name at least 4 ways a drug can be administered into the body.
Transdermal
Buccural
Inhalation/Smoking
Subcutaneously/intramuscular
Intravenously
Original uses of amphetamine drugs.
Diet pills, narcolepsy, alertness during war time. Pervitin and the Nazis.
What is naloxone, or Narcan?
Opioid antagonist.
Marijuana Withdrawal symptoms include--- name 4.
Bonus 10 points: describe a new medical condition associated "refined" Cannabis use. Hyperemesis
Anger, aches, depression, inability to concentrate, sweating, craving, sleep disturbance, stomach pain.
Hyperemesis: uncontrolable vomitting and dry heaving.
Define schedule-I drug and schedule-II drugs.
I: Drugs with a high "abuse" potential and "no medical value."
II: Drugs with a high "abuse" potential, but have "some medical value." (may be prescribed)
Define "Cross Addiction" and give an example.
Addiction connected to another addiction.
What is the fabled origin of Coffee
Blame the goats!
Coffee's effects had such a profound cultural impact when made mainstream that it was considered the "gateway drug" that led people to try other drugs.
How does the body's reponse to pain change with opiate and alcohol use?
Pain tolerance goes down...
What is the drug legend of Santa Claus?
Amnitas, flying reindeers, Xmas trees. Beared wisemen.
Legalization Vs. Decriminalization
Legalization makes a drug free to poses and sell.
Decrim makes posessing a drug not a "crime." Here, the drug remains illegal. It is not open for sale in the economy. Posession is still a violation of the law.
A Founder of AA William Griffith Wilson, had a spiritual epiphany under the influence of what psychedelic drug causing him create Alcoholics Anonymous?
Belladonna, also known as deadly nightshade