This method of administration is the most common and easiest for do-it-yourself (this is not Home Depot we are talking about, people!).
What is Ingestion.
100
This is the site over which the drug has to cross in order to interact with neurons and reach the brain.
What is the Blood-Brain Barrier.
100
This is the process in which neurons reabsorb the same neurotransmitters that they release into a synapse.
What is Reuptake.
100
This class of drug involves: euphoria, grandiose sense of power & achievement, faster processes (heartbeat speed) as well as a CRASH that involves anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleepiness, paranoia, etc.
What are Stimulants.
100
This is the term used to describe the severely negative and even fatal effects that drugs and alcohol can have on someone's bodily organs.
What is Toxicity.
200
These are the three types of injections for drug administration.
What are Intravenous, Intramuscular and Subcutaneous.
200
Drugs are metabolized by the l____, excreted through the k______, expelled in air from the l____, in sweat through the s___, and can be found in b_____ m___.
What are (respectively) the liver, kidneys, lungs, skin, breast milk.
200
What is the term for a drug that mimics the effects of a natural neurotransmitter (i.e. opioid drugs mimic the natural molecules found in endorphins)
What is Agonist.
200
Two Parts:
This class of drug involves: predictable sensory-perceptual alterations, looser cognitive processes as well as irritability upon withdrawal.
This class of drug involves: muscle mass, enhanced athletic performance, masculine appearance as well as depression, decreased sexual desire and decreased self-esteem.
What are Cannabis and Steroids, respectively.
200
This term encompasses when someone's life is centered around acquiring, using and recovering from the effects of a particular drug.
What is Dependence.
300
This route of administration involves a rich supply of blood vessels and absorption through the mucous membrane.
What is Intranasal.
300
This term describes what our BODIES do to DRUGS after they have been introduced to our systems.
What is Pharmacokinetics.
300
This is the term for drugs that can serve a dual role of agonist AND antagonist.
What is Partial Agonist.
300
This class of drug involves: slow breathing, euphoric sense of well-being, pain relief and well as WITHDRAWAL that involves discomfort, sick feelings, anxiousness, aches and pains, etc.
What is Opiates.
300
These two substances are known for having the most devastating effects on unborn children.
What are Alcohol and Sedatives.
400
This route of administration involves a very quick absorption and is typically used by marijuana and tobacco smokers.
What is Inhalation.
400
This term indicates the length of time required for the body to reduce a drug's level in the system by 50%.
What is half-life.
400
This is the type of drug whose molecules bind to and block receptors, causing a reduction in activation.
What is Antagonist.
400
This class of drug involves: reduction in anxiety, memory altering, dream-like intoxication, loss of inhibition as well as a HANGOVER that involves agitation, restlessness, insomnia, sweating, etc.
What is Sedatives.
400
These often happen when someone is acting inappropriately/dangerously due to intoxication, under the influence of drugs or out of desperation to obtain drugs; additionally, these can result in long-term consequences and even death.
What are Acute Events.
500
This route of administration is most notable for its high number of overdoses, intense effects and sometimes irreversible damage.
What is Injection.
500
This is the average time it takes for a drug to circulate through the entire body once it's in the bloodstream.
What is 60 seconds.
500
These are the ways in which drugs can influence the central nervous system (hint: resembling natural neurotransmitters).
What are altering nerve cell membranes (still a lot of research to be conducted on this one), blocking reuptake - any others that come to mind?
500
This class of drugs involves: unpredictability, dream-like state, hallucinations, distortions, "spiritual" experiences. There aren't a lot of withdrawal symptoms associated with this class of drugs minus maybe some flashbacks to their experience if it was particularly bad/memorable.
What is Psychedelics.
500
These are the four Adverse Consequences to drug/alcohol problems and dependence:
What are health consequences, interpersonal consequences, intrapersonal consequences and social consequences.