Stimulant, Depressant, or Psychedelic/Hallucinogenic
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100

PCP, LSD, and MDMA (ecstasy) are in this drug category.

What are psychedelic/hallucinogenic drugs?

100

These depressant drugs reduce pain by slowing down nerve messages going to the brain. They also reduce anxiety.

What are opioid drugs?

100

This is a period of negative feelings that occurs when the use of a substance is stopped.

What is withdrawal?

100

This drug is 1000 times stronger than heroin.

What is fentanyl?

100

Alcohol and drugs like Valium can cause blackouts, which also cause memory loss.

True

200

Marijuana, and related drugs, such as hashish are in this category of drugs.

What are psychedelic/hallucinogenic drugs?

200

This is a state of severe confusion that someone may experience when he continues to use strong stimulants over a long period of time or in large doses.

What is delirium?

200

This is the state of being high from drug use.

What is intoxication?

200

These are the three of the four primary groups of psycheldelic and hallucinogenic drugs.

What are LSD psychedelics, amphetamine-related psychedelics, PCP psychedelics, marijuana and related drugs?

200

Opioid withdrawal is the most dangerous type of drug withdrawal.

False. Sedative-hypnotic withdrawal is the most dangerous type of drug withdrawal.

300

Opioids and sedative-hypnotics are in this category of drugs.

What are depressants?

300

This drug distorts the brain's ability to make sense of sights, sounds, and other senses or think clearly. it affects mood and emotions, increases heart rate and blood pressure, reduces appetite, may cause nausea, vomiting, stomach aches, and cause users to react quickly with less coordination.

What is LSD?

300

This word means a mental break and it is one of the psychological/mental states caused by stimulant use including delirium and intoxication.

What is psychosis?

300

These are three examples of stimulant withdrawal.

What are depression, physically agitated, emotionally agitated, irritable, anxious, tired, sleep excessively or have trouble sleeping, and possible thoughts of suicide?

300

Marijuana, like PCP, stays in the body longer than most drugs, because it is stored in fat cells.

True.

400

These energize the nervous system by making the nerves act more quickly than normal which speeds up a person's actions, senses, and thoughts.

What are stimulants?

400

This is when some drugs have similar effects like beer and wine. If a person drinks one beer plus one glass of wine, it has the same effect as drinking two beers. One plus one equals two.

What is additive effect?

400

This type of depressant drug is the most dangerous type of drug withdrawal.

What is sedative-hypnotic?

400

These are the two primary groups of depressants.

What are sedative-hypnotics and opioids?

400

(Refer to the picture of the Plain Brain/Brain after Ecstasy.) The brain scan on the right has fewer light areas and has a few dark sections. The dark sections show that the neurotransmitter activity is very high.

False. The dark sections show that the neurotransmitter activity is very low.

500

GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate), or liquid ecstasy, and Rohypnol, also known as Roofies, are in this drug category.

What are depressants?

500

This occurs when someone believes they see, hear, or touch something that does not exist.

What is a hallucination?

500

When certain drugs are taken in combination, they create an effect that is greater than simply increasing one of the drugs.

What is potentiation effect?

500

This drug is extremely unpredictable. It can produce mild euphoric effects with the appearance of alcohol intoxication. But with the same dose and without warning, it can also produce frightening hallucinations, disconnection between mind and body, and a break from reality in which the person becomes extremely agitated and violent. He has a high adrenaline level, is often scared, does not feel pain so he does not stop struggling or fighting even though he may have serious injuries.

What is PCP?

500

It is possible that even the smallest triggers, such as a sound, smell, or taste, could lead to a craving.

True