Name 3 symptoms of depressant withdrawal:
Insomnia, restlessness, shaking, weakness, nausea, vomiting, irritability, excessive sweating, hallucinations, anxiety, panic attacks, tremors, seizures, depression
Cannabis is often used to reduce nausea and vomiting in what group of people?
People undergoing chemotherapy.
True or false: as of March 2022, tobacco use is the cause of more deaths than HIV, illicit drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.
True
True or false - stimulants cause blood pressure and heart race to increase?
True
What popular video game series had a release in 2006 that glamorizes drug dealing and theft?
Grand Theft Auto
What is the legal standard of intoxication from alcohol for adults and teens?
.08 for adults and .00 for teens.
THC is just one of 483 known compounds in the cannabis plant, including at least 84 what?
Cannabinoids.
What is a carcinogen?
Cancer causing agent
Name at least three types of stimulants.
Cocaine, Crack, nicotine, methamphetamine, Ritalin, Caffeine, Adderall, Vyvanse, amphetamine-class drugs, Ecstasy, dexedrine, pseudoephedrine,
This actor known for their role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was given drugs by their father at the age of six and is now in recovery and has been clean/sober for the past 19 years.
Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man)
Name at least 3 types of depressants
Alcohol, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cannabis, opioids, gabapentinoids, inhalants (whippits).
How many chemicals are found in Marijuana?
between 400 and 500
Of those adults who smoke, what percentage started before the age of 18?
80-90%
What do depressants "depress" the function of?
Central nervous system.
Cannabis was used by the ancient Hindus of India and Nepal thousands of years ago and it was called what in Sanskrit?
Ganjika
This mental health condition is characterized by hallucinations, paranoid ideation, delusions, and disorganized thinking and is the result of an extended binge of stimulants.
Stimulant-Based Psychosis
This American rapper and singer died of an overdose of fentanyl and Xanax in 2017.
Lil Peep
This predecessor to modern-day opiates was first documented on 8000 year-old hardened Sumerian clay-tablets from 3400 BCE.
Opium
When is the first historically documented use of cannabis?
2800 BCE, listed by Emperor Shen Nung (the father of Chinese medicine).
What was the name of the first amphetamine pharmaceutical developed?
Benzedrine
This NFL quarterback died in a car accident while under the influence of alcohol and ketamine.
Dwayne Haskins