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Types of Drugs
Overview
Classification of Drugs
Slang Terms
Recovery Terms
100
Afghanistan largest producer/grower of opium Mexican Black Tar & Brown and Columbian White
What is Heroin
100
Marked by unpleasant effects that follow the cessation of drug use as the body attempts to restore its chemical balance
What is withdrawal
100
Increases Heart rate Blood pressure Respiration
What are stimulants
100
PCP
What is Angel Dust, Wet
100
The act of refraining from the use of alcohol and any other drug. It also refers to stopping addictive behaviors, such as overeating and gambling.
What is abstinence
200
Stimulant Grown in South America: Columbia, Peru & Bolivia
What is Cocaine
200
The ability of the body to process, use and inactivate drugs or food
What is metabolism
200
Opiates/opioids, sedative-hypnotics, alcohol
What are depressants
200
Detoxification from a drug, such as heroin, without the use of lower doses or other drugs to ease the withdrawal symptoms.
What is cold turkey
200
A self-help, 12-step program to help adults whose parent or parents were alcoholic to deal with the emotional turmoil caused by the addiction.
What is Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA)
300
Manufactured in makeshift home labs Sold as crank, crystal, meth & speed
What are Methamphetamines
300
This organ is most responsible for metabolizing, detoxifying, and eliminating drugs
What is the liver
300
Ethyl, Methyl, Isopropyl Butyl
What are types of alcohol
300
injecting a drug under the skin rather than into a vein or muscle.
What is skin popping
300
A 12-step organization to help the relatives and friends of alcoholics.
What is Al-Anon
400
formerly known as Percodan Crushing drug the drug allows the time released capsules to be absorbed all at once
What is Oxycontin
400
Addiction is a chronic, progressive, relapsing, incurable and potentially fatal disease
What is the disease model
400
indole psychedelics, phenylalkylamines, anticholinergics, ketamine, pcp, cannabinoids
What are all arounders
400
an alcoholic who has quit drinking but is not in recovery; craves alcohol constantly and generally has alcoholic personality traits such as insensitivity to others, rigid outlook, dissatisfaction, and lack of insight or self-examination but has learned to resist the impulse rather than change lifestyle.
What is a dry drunk
400
A pattern of painful dependence on another person's compulsive behaviors and on approval from others in an attempt to find safety, self-worth, and identity"
What is Codependency
500
Gasses or liquids are inhaled; glue, gasoline, paints & nitrous oxide
What are Inhalants
500
Susceptibility to avoid, use or abuse drugs
What is Heredity
500
Increase muscle mass, increase confidence and aggressiveness,
What are anabolic steroids
500
putting an inhalant, such as airplane glue, in a plastic baggie and inhaling the fumes.
What is bagging
500
term for abstinence from drugs or alcohol (being sober); the concept is used mostly in Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step groups.
What is Sobriety