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increases energy and alertness, but suppresses appetite; Ex: cocaine

What is a stimulant?

100

these drug schedules have the most severe criminal penalties.

What is schedule I and II?

100
considered one of the fathers of toxicology.
Who is Mathieu Orfila?
100
this organ processes alcohol and breaks it down.
What is the liver?
100
anthrax, ricin, mustard gas.
What are poisons used in bioterrorism attacks?
200
these drugs alter the user’s perceptions, thinking, self-awareness, and emotions.
What are hallucinogens?
200
blood, urine, and hair.
What are the bodily fluids and tissues that might be tested for the presence of drugs?
200
one of the earliest reported victims of poisoning, by hemlock
Who is Socrates?
200
BAC stands for...
What is "blood alcohol content"?
200
ingestion, inhalation, injection, absorption.
What are the ways poison can enter the body?
300

used to reduce pain by suppressing central nervous system; Ex: hydrocodone  

What are narcotics?

300

the quantity of substance that would be lethal to half of the test population 

What is the LD50?

300
Must detect, identify, quantify, and assess toxicity.
What is the role of a toxicologist?
300
the legal BAC limit in the U.S.
What is 0.08 BAC?
300
this poison is produce naturally by an organism (i.e. snake venom).
What is a toxin?
400

alcohol, valium, barbiturates 

What are depressants?

400
This drug schedule has no currently accepted medical use in the U.S. and has a high potential for abuse.
What are schedule I drugs?
400

Requires that you ingest a rather large amount to be lethal. 

What is an intoxicant?

400
these body organs ABSORB alcohol.
What are the stomach and small intestine?
400

Can be caused by exhaust from a motor or engine

What is carbon monoxide poisoning?

500
Commonly abused by athletes

What are anabolic steroids?

500

Confirmatory test; machine uses electromagnetic radiation to measure the amount of light absorption of a substance; can pinpoint the exact chemical make up due to unique patterns of peaks.

What is spectroscopy? 

500
known to 17th Century European families as "inheritance powder".
What is Arsenic?
500

a man and woman are on a date and drink the same amount of beer over the course of 1 hour. Who has a higher BAC?

The woman

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long-term repeated or continuous exposure to a poison where symptoms do not occur immediately or after each exposure

What is chronic poisoning?