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Mme Collins, Health-Illegal Drugs
Question | Answer |
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Physiological dependence | a chemical need for a medicine or drug |
Psychological dependence | state of believing that one needs a medicine or drug to feel good or to provide some escape to reality |
Addiction | a physiological or psychological dependence on a substance or an activity |
Psychoactive drugs | drugs that affect the central nervous system and alter normal functioning of the brain, resulting in mental or behavioral changes. (includes stimulants, depressants, narcotics and hallucinogens) |
Stimulants | drugs that speed up the central nervous system and cause increased heart and respiratory rates, high blood pressure, dilated pupils, and decreased appetite |
Amphetamines | stimulants that speed up the heart and breathing and cause anxiety, sleeplessness, and loss of appetite (ex. methamphetamine a.k.a. crank, speed, ice) |
Cocaine | a white powder made from the coca bush: an illegal rapid-acting stimulant that causes increased heart rate, blood pressure and respiration (crack is smoke-able cocaine) |
Depressants | sedatives:drugs that tend to slow down the central nervous system causing relaxed muscles, reduced blood pressure and often sleep |
Narcotics | drugs made from the opium poppy flower and medicines used to relieve pain and induce sleep |
Hallucinogens | psychedelics: drugs that alter mood, thought, and the senses |
Marijuana | Cannabis: a hemp plant containing THC that is smoked, eaten, or drunk for intoxicating effects |
Hashish | dark brown resin collected from the tops of the Cannabis plant:contains more THC than marijuana |
Inhalants | substances with fumes that are sniffed and inhaled to give a hallucinogenic high: most depress the central nervous system with effects similar to alcohol |
Designer drugs | drugs made from synthetic substances by street chemists |
Look-alike drugs | drugs made from legal substances to look like illegal drugs |
Anabolic steroids | synthetic derivatives of the hormone testosterone used to build muscle and enhance performance |