Uppers
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 dangerous (by death rate) drug in the united states is.
Nicotine: tobacco derived addictive stimulant
Associated with 480,000 american deaths a year. (40, 000 second hand smoke related)
Bonus 50 points!!!! Why isn't nicotine "scheduled" like other drugs?
Half of all 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
Which Psychedelic Drugs are notably non-addictive.
LSD and psilocybin.
What is an officer's burden of proof for a non-alcohol DUI charge?
Acknowledgment of consumption of any controlled substance in any amount.
Valid urine, blood test or an admittance of drug consumption.
Describe what "refinement" does to a drug. Pick an example of how humans have refined a drug.
Alcohol
Cocaine
Opium
Marijuana
What and 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 made form a variety of plant and animal sources.
Name the most deadly depressant in america?
Alcohol: 80,000 deaths related to disease and another 50,000 to alcohol related accidents and injuries.
25-35% of hospital admissions are indirectly or directly related to alcohol. 15-25% of ER visits.
Name 3 ancient cultures and what hallucinogenic drugs they incorporated in their culture.
Natives of Mexico- psilocybin mushrooms,
Druid Culture-Amanita mushrooms.
Amazonian Culture- Ayahuasca
Desert southwest- Peyote
Hindu- Soma
What is "Implied Consent" and what constitutional right does it involve?
Answer:
Name at least 4 ways a drug can be administered into the body.
50 bonus points: what is the quickest way to get a drug into your brain?
Transdermal
Buccural
Inhalation/Smoking
Subcutaneously/intramuscular/Intravenously
Original uses of amphetamine drugs.
Diet Pills, Narcolepsy, alertness during war time
What is naloxone, or Narcan
Opioid antagonist.
Marijuana Withdrawal symptoms include--- name 4.
Bonus 50 points: describe a new medical condition associated "refined" Cannabis use. Hyperemesis
Anger, aches, depression, inability to concentrate, sweating, craving, sleep disturbance, stomach pain.
Define schedule I drug and a schedule II drug?
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 as a result of 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 "gate way drug" that led people to try other drugs.
Why do we experience pain? and what do opiods do to our body's response to pain.
Answer:
What is the origin of santa claus.
Brace yourself for this one.
Name a progressive american diversion program that seeks to keep citizens out of jail by utilizing wrap-around support system.
Treatment Court
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