8th Grade - Drug Unit Review

Addiction & Drugs

100

List the 4 stages of addiction.

Experimenter, Regular user, Preoccupied user, Addict

200

Name a drug that comes from a plant.

Cocaine & Heroin

300

Define: Tolerance (related to drugs & addiction)

Built up resistance; the body needs more and more to get the same high

400

What are the 3 MAIN ways drugs are used?

Snorted, smoked & injected

500

Stimulants make the user fell "up" and awake.  Give an example of a drug that is a stimulant.

Cocaine & Crystal Meth

Heroin

100

List 2 street names.

Dope, Dog food, H, Horse

200

Is Heroin a STIMULANT or a DEPRESSANT?

DEPRESSANT

300

List 2 negative side effects of using Heroin.

Decreased heart rate, decreased breathing, heart problems, etc.

400

What are TRACK MARKS? (veins)

Veins collapse over time, and leave permanent bruises/scars from injection site

500

Heroin USED to be used as a medicine, and is a form of an opioid.  List one example of a modern opioid that is used today by doctors. 

Painkillers, oxycodone, methadone, fentynal, etc.

Cocaine

100

List 2 street names.

White girl, blow, flakes, Shirley, etc.

200

Is Cocaine a STIMULANT or a DEPRESSANT?

STIMULANT

300

List 2 negative side effects of using Cocaine.

Increased breathing, increased risk of heart attacks, lung problems, etc.

400

Why would a cocaine user have a hole in the septum (middle) of their nose?

Snorting cocaine over time may lead to blood vessel damage in the nose, and cocaine may "eat away" at the tissue leaving a hole

500

Cocaine is from the coca plant in South America.  What kinds of products USED to have cocaine in them?

Coca-Cola, headache medicine, toothache medicine, etc.

Crystal Meth

100

List 2 street names for Crystal Meth.

Meth, glass, ice, etc.

200

Is Crystal Meth a STIMULANT or a DEPRESSANT?

STIMULANT

300

Describe "meth mouth" for a crystal meth user.

Meth mouth is SEVERE tooth decay, gum disease, dry mouth and tooth loss.

400

Describe "crank bugs" for a crystal meth user.

Crank bugs refer to the hallucinations that some meth users get. The user feels like bugs crawling on or under the skin. Crank bugs cause meth users to pick at or cut their skin, creating infection-prone sores.

500

Crystal Meth is an illegal drug... BUT What IS legal about it?

The ingredients used to MAKE Crystal Meth - It can be bought at ANY store

Steroids

100

List 2 street names for Steroids.

Halo, juice, gym candy, etc.

200

Why are steroids commonly misused among athletes?

Bigger muscles, faster, stronger in their sport

300

List one positive use of steroids.

Premature babies, cancer patients, asthma, etc.

400

List 2 NEGATIVE side effects of steroids.

Various - development of breasts in men, development of facial hair in females, etc.

500

The technical name for steroids in - Anabolic Androgenic Steroids.

What does the term "Androgenic" mean?

Changing genders... Male -> Female & Female -> Male