What are drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions?
100
What are stimulants?
What are drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions?
100
What are hallucinogens?
What are drugs that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input?
100
What is Marijuana?
What is leaves, stems, resin, and flowers from the hemp plant that, when smoked, lower inhibitions and produce feelings of relaxation and mild euphoria.
200
People tend to become dependent on alcohol, what is it called when the user is deprived of a drug they're dependent on?
What is, withdrawal?
200
Name one stimulant.
What is caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, and amphetamines.
200
Name one powerful hallucinogenic drug.
What is LSD or Ecstasy?
200
Give two names for Marijuana.
What is dope and weed?
300
Does alcohol impair memory?
Yes it does.
300
What is the most widely used psychoactive drug in the world that is also a stimulant?
What is caffeine?
300
What is ecstasy?
What is a drug that produces lowered inhibitions, pleasant feelings, and greater acceptance of others.
300
Why doesn't marijuana fit neatly into any of the categories discussed previously?
The reason is because marijuana possesses the effects of all the categories discussed.
400
How does alcohol affect men and women differently?
Women are more prone to experience liver and brain damage after drinking less extreme amounts than their male counterparts because men have 50% more enzymes that can metabolize alcohols.
400
Give one name for cocaine.
What is crack?
400
Name two long term consequences of utilizing ecstasy.
What is permanent brain damage or permanent memory loss.
400
What is marijuana's active ingredient?
What is THC?
500
If alcohol depresses the nervous system, why do so many people report feeling "enlivened" or stimulated after drinking?
This is because alcohol shuts down the parts of the brain responsible for controlling inhibitions and making judgements.
500
What is another name for methamphetamine?
What is crystal?
500
Who first discovered LSD?
What is Albert Hoffman?
500
Name one state in the USA that has legalized Marijuana.