Stimulants
This drug is known for producing a short, intense high followed by a crash, and was once a common ingredient in tonics and medicines of the 1800s.
What is cocaine?
This is the neurotransmitter that transmits pain.
What is Substance P.
Snorting this drug delivers it to the brain in as little as 3 minutes, producing a short but intense high.
What is cocaine?
Sweating, watery eyes, runny nose, GI upset, cramping, restless leg syndrome, are all withdrawal symptoms of this substance.
What are opioids?
Euphoria, slowed breathing, pinpoint pupils, and drowsiness are classic signs of intoxication from this class of drugs.
What are opioids?
The feeling/sensation that there are “bugs" crawling around under or on the skin is caused by this substance.
What is methamphetamine?
Symptoms of withdrawal that are extended symptoms that can last for months after abstinence has begun.
What is protracted withdrawal?
The smokable, “freebase” form of cocaine — popular in the 1980s — is commonly known by this street name.
What is crack?
Extreme fatigue, depression, and intense drug cravings are hallmark withdrawal symptoms from this stimulant.
What is methamphetamine?
Users of this stimulant often experience bursts of energy, increased heart rate, and talkativeness — followed by irritability as the high fades.
What is cocaine?
Stimulant that creates the strongest dependence?
Nicotine
This drug is 10 times stronger than morphine and was originally marketed as a “non-addictive” alternative.
What is heroin?
Withdrawal from this substance can cause headache, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, depressed mood, and difficulty concentrating.
What is caffeine?
This medication binds to opioid receptors without producing a full high, reducing cravings and withdrawal symptoms.
What is buprenorphine (Suboxone)?
Grinding teeth, dilated pupils, restlessness, and hallucinations that feel like “bugs under the skin” are linked to intoxication from this powerful stimulant.
What is methamphetamine?
Chronic use of these drugs weakens blood vessels and increases the risk of stroke.
What are stimulants?
This medication is often called the “heroin antidote” because it blocks opioids from attaching to receptors in the brain.
What is naloxone (Narcan)?
DAILY Double:
All three of these stimulants — caffeine, cocaine, and methamphetamine — increase alertness and energy by affecting this same neurotransmitter system, but differ drastically in speed, strength, and duration of effect.
What is the dopamine system (or the central nervous system’s dopamine pathway)?
A pregnant woman struggling with heroin use begins a supervised medication program that prevents withdrawal and stabilizes the fetus. This evidence-based approach is known as what?
What is medication-assisted treatment (MAT)?
This stimulant can cause jitteriness, restlessness, and even panic attacks when consumed in high doses.
What is caffeine?
The use of this stimulant triggers a dopamine release so powerful it exceeds any naturally occurring reward the brain can produce.
What is methamphetamine?
Combining opioids with other depressant drugs greatly increases the risk of this fatal condition.
What is respiratory failure (or overdose)?
This stimulant is associated with the following medical uses: bronchodilator for asthma patients, treatment of headaches because it constricts blood vessels in the brain; counteracts any drops in blood pressure when using pain medications.
What if caffeine?
While there are FDA-approved medications to treat opioid dependence, there are currently no approved MAT options for this category of drugs — making behavioral therapies the main treatment approach.
What are stimulants (such as methamphetamine or cocaine)?
Daily Double:
Elevated heart rate, increased blood pressure, and heightened alertness are early signs of intoxication from this legal, yet highly addictive, stimulant.
What is nicotine?