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Depressants
Hallucinogens
Marijuana & Smoking
Alcohol
Overview
100

Like alcohol, depressants ______things down. .

Slow

100

Short-term, hallucinagens cause you to have________, cause excitement, sometimes cause euphoria, and sometimes cause paranoia.

hallucinations

100
_________ is found in tobacco
Nicotine
100
Alcohol works by entering your _______ & traveling to your brain.
bloodstream
100

A condition in which the body must have a drug to avoid physical and psychological symptoms.

addiction

200

Name one example of a depressant that was discussed

Benzos (Xanax and other anxiety meds), Opiates like heroin and prescription painkillers, and tranquilizers.

200
Name 1 example of a hallucinogenic
LSD and Psilocybin are hallucinogens.
200
_________is found in marijuana
THC
200
Alcohol is a _______; it slows things down in your body.
depressant
200

Name some symptoms of abuse

Use of substance or behavior to alleviate negative feelings. Use of substance or behavior despite negative consequences and dangers. Repeated of substance or behavior to alleviate negative feelings. Repeated use of substance or behavior despite significant negative consequences and dangers. ect

300

Name 3 things that can happen as a result of short term abuse of depressants.

they cause a feeling of contentment (a high), decrease blood pressure, impair your decision-making, cause confusion, damage your coordination, and may cause you to stop breathing, fall into a coma, or commit suicide.

300
Name 2 dangerous side effects hallucinations caused by LSO or mushrooms can cause
produce anxiety, violent behavior, self-harm, and accidental death.
300
Nicotine and THC are ___________
mood-altering chemicals
300
Name 3 things a low dosage of alcohol may cause
relaxes you, (2) lowers inhibitions, (3) takes away your ability to focus, (4) slows reaction time and reflexes, (5) reduces coordination.
300

If you experience the use of a substance to to avoid withdrawal you may have an__________

addiction

400

The opioid epidemic is now experiencing a sharp increase in deaths due to what drug hat is often produced in Mexico and China?

Fentanyl 

400
You may develop a ______ disorder after using hallucinogens
psychotic
400

Short-term, nicotine _______ you, and increases ________ and blood pressure

relaxes;heart rate

400
In medium doses alcohol changes your _________
emotions
400

Important social, occupational, or recreational _______ are given up or reduced because of the addiction.

activities

500
You might take legal depressants as prescribed by a doctor to calm anxiety, stop muscle spasms, or to _________.
decrease pain
500
A nickname for some LSD that was discussed
They are also called acid, windowpanes, mushrooms,
500
Name some long term effects of THC that were discussed
(1) increases your risk of lung disease (we don’t know if it causes lung cancer yet), and (2) increases your risk of heart attack if you have heart problems.
500
In high doses alcohol causes vomiting and _________difficulty, and can kill you.
breathing
500

Name two reasons why GHB is sometimes called the 'date-rape drug'?

Causes a loss of memory and oftentimes loss of functionality of body and motor control