Statistics
The number of Americans who use heroin has remained somewhat steady since what year?
2009
What are substances that either stimulate or inhibit the central nervous system or cause hallucinogenic effects to the effect that their use has been prohibited globally.
Illicit drugs
What is a white powder, usually snorted, injected, or placed in the gums to create heightened feelings of excitement, euphoria, and rapidly increased energy?
Cocaine
In low doses, what is an experimental treatment for narcolepsy, a sleep disorder that can be deadly?
GHB
What percent of young adults ages 18 to 25 participated in illegal drug use at some point in their life.
57.9%
What is a substance that raises levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body?
Stimulant
What drug enhances the user’s pleasure center and levels of dopamine, leading to a depreciated amount of dopamine later on and an increasing desire to take more?
Ecstasy
What is a tranquilizer about ten times more potent than Valium?
Rohypnol
What percent of adults ages 26 and older have used cocaine at some point in their life?
17%
What reduces functional or nervous activity?
Depressants
What is an extremely addictive drug in the form of a white powder or small blue-white crystals. One high can last for hours of euphoria and high energy from an overabundance supply of dopamine?
Crystal Meth
What is a drug that produces sedation, induces sleep, relieves anxiety and prevent seizures?
Benzodiazepines/Valium
In 2012, how many people globally between the ages of 15 to 64 had used an illicit drug at least once in the previous year?
About 243 million
What is a drug that causes hallucinations, such as LSD?
Hallucinogens
Any use of illegal stimulants is considered _____?
Abuse
What are some effects of depressants?
From 2000 through 2013, the age-adjusted rate for drug-poisoning deaths involving heroin nearly ________? (Doubled, tripled, quadrupled, etc.)
quadrupled
What is a chemical substance that acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it alters brain function, resulting in temporary changes in perception, mood, consciousness and behavior?
Psychoactive substances
Among the most highly addictive of all substances, stimulant abuse quickly leads to tolerance, which in turn leads to physical dependence and ______?
Addiction
What are some withdrawal symptoms of depressants?
insomnia, weakness and nausea