DRUGS

Drugs

100

What is the most abused drug in the US?

Alcohol 

200

What are narcotics made from?

Poppy plant or Opium 

300

What do Stimulants do to your CNS?

Speeds up

400

Name 3 drugs that are stimulants 

Cocaine

Meth
Amphetamines 

500

Name a drug that is a depressant?

Barbiturates
Tranquilizers
Alcohol
Heroin 

Alcohol

100

What organ breaks down alcohol in the body?

Liver

200

What drug category would alcohol be considered in?

Depressants 

300

What is the legal limit of alcohol one can have in the state of CT?

.08

400

What does AA stand for?

Alcoholics Anonymous 

500

What does BAC stand for?

Blood Alcohol Content 

Drugs 2

100

Name a Narcotic? 

Codeine
Opium
Morphine
Heroin 

200

What do narcotics do in the brain? 

Block pain signals, create euphoria

300

Name a hallucinogen and tell what it does to the body? 

LSD
Mescaline
PCP
Molly 

400

What is a nickname for Amphetamines?  

Speed
Uppers 

500

What drug category would mushrooms fall under?

Hallucinogens 

Alcohol 2

100

What is cirrhosis of the liver? 

-Disease of the liver because of to much alcohol 

200

Give 2 long-term health effects of chronic alcohol consumption:

Liver damage

Brain damage/shrinking

Skin aging and spider veins

Heart disease

Cancer risk

300

What affects the rate of absorption of alcohol? 

-Food in the stomach

-Speed of drinking 

400

A shot (1 1/2 oz) of wiskey, 1 beer, or 4 oz of wine, which one would give you a higher blood alcohol content? 

They are all equal

500

What does FAS stand for?

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 

Drugs 2

100

Name a hallucinogen

LSD, psilocybin, mescaline, ketamine, salvia, ayahuasca

200

What does a dissociative do? 

Interrupts connection between brain and body, producing dream-like state and amnesia

300

What are the side effects of anabolic steroids? 

agression and mood changes

acne, insomnia, infertility

heart problems, kidney or liver damage

baldness

400

Name 3 negative effects of substance abuse on society

Disease

Crime

Violence

Family breakup

500

Name 2 forms of drugs made from the coca plant and 2 made from the poppy plant

cocaine and crack

fentanyl and heroin