Cocaine
Cocaine belongs to this class of drugs, which speeds up activity in the brain and nervous system.
What is a stimulant?
Alcohol belongs to this general class of drugs that slows brain and nervous-system activity.
What is a depressant?
What plant does marijuana come from?
Cannabis
What are the psychological effects stimulant type drugs?
A stimulant increases behavior and mental activity.
Cocaine causes this organ to beat faster.
What is the heart?
True or false: Alcohol makes GABA more inhibitory.
True
THC mimics what naturally occurring chemical in the brain?
Anandamide
What are the psychological effects of depressant type drugs?
Depressants decrease behavior and mental activity.
This neurotransmitter is strongly involved in cocaine's effects on the brain's reward system.
What is dopamine?
True or false: Alcohol can affect coordination.
True
What is the main active chemical in marijuana?
THC
What are the psychological effects of Opioids?
Opioids reduce pain and bring pleasure.
Cocaine blocks dopamine transporters, causing dopamine to become trapped in this space between neurons.
What is the synapse?
Alcohol can slow this ability, making it harder to respond quickly to something happening around you.
What is reaction time?
THC affects what chemical associated with the brain's reward system?
Dopamine
What are the psychological effects of hallucinogens?
Hallucinogens change perceptions, thoughts and emotions.
Cocaine particularly affects this brain pathway associated with feelings of reward.
What is the reward pathway?
This inhibitory neurotransmitter is affected by alcohol and makes neurons less likely to fire.
What is GABA?
THC binds to what kind of receptors?
Cannabinoid receptors
Name 4 examples of a stimulant.
Cocaine, Caffeine, Nicotine, Marijuana