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Drugs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do drugs do? | Drugs alter the chemical processes in your body. |
| What can happen with drugs? | The body can become addicted to the drug. |
| What can happen if an addict doesn't take drugs? | They can suffer from withdrawal symptoms. |
| Name some addictive drugs. | • Cocaine • Heroin • Nicotine • Caffeine |
| What do performance enhancing drugs do generally? | Improve an person's performance in sports. |
| What are the different types of performance enhancing drugs and what do they do? | • Anabolic Steroids (increase muscle size) • Stimulants (increase heart rate) |
| What are the negatives to performance enhancing drugs? Give an example. | They may have side effects, for example steroids can cause high blood pressure. |
| What are the ethical arguments for performance enhancing drugs? | • They have the right to make their own decisions. • Sport isn't fair anyway because people have different access to different facilities. |
| What are the ethical arguments against performance enhancing drugs? | • Its an unfair advantage. • Athletes might not know the health risks of the drugs. |
| What are statins? | Prescribed drugs used to lower the risk of heart and circulatory diseases. |
| What else do scientists think that statins do? | Lower blood cholesterol. |
| What have scientists tried to determine that cannabis causes? | Mental health issues. |
| What are drugs tested on in the lab? | Human cells and tissues. |
| What is the problem with this and how is it solved? | You can't test how a drug will affect a whole body or body system, so we test drugs on animals as well. |
| Give 3 reasons why we test drugs on live animals. | • To see if they work. • To test they toxicity. • To see which is the best dosage |
| Why is a drug tested on healthy volunteers before anyone else? | To see if it causes side effects. |
| What is a double blind drug trial? | Patients are put in to two groups, one with the drug and one with the placebo but neither know which one. This is to stop people feeling better with a placebo effect. |
| Why don't the doctors know which is which in a double blind drug trial? | So their own knowledge doesn't influence them when testing the patients. |
| What was thalidomide originally tested for? | Sleeping pill and then for morning sickness. |
| What can it be used to treat now because they stopped for morning sickness after a bunch of babies died? | Leprosy and some cancers. |
| Give two reasons why people use recreational drugs. | • Relaxation/Stress relief • Because of their personal life |
| Give three opinions that link Cannabis with harder drug use. | • Stepping stone (Desire for harder drugs) • Gateway (Dealers etc) • Genetics (Certain people are affected by certain things and are more likely to try other drugs) |
| What has more impact in the UK , illegal or legal drugs and why? | Legal because: • More readily available |
| What are the health effects of smoking? | • Disease of the heart, blood vessels and lungs • Causes cancer • Nicotine causes addiction |
| What are the health effects of drinking? | • Nervous system affected and body's reactions slowed down • Impaired judgement • Brain damage • Addictive |
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GuyBrazier
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