Illegal Drugs

Rohypnol

Rohypnol

________ is a powerful hypnotic and has developed a reputation as the most commonly used date rape drug.

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

________: Drug withdrawal that occurs in newborn infants whose mothers were frequent drug users during pregnancy.

Depressant

________: A drug that causes relaxation and sleepiness.

Intervention

________: Confronting a drug user about their drug problem to stop them from using drugs.

Hallucinogen

________: A drug that distorts perceptions, causing users to hear or see things that are not really there.

Stimulant

________: A drug that temporarily increases users 'alertness and energy.

Mushrooms

________ are either eaten raw or mixed with food.

Relapse

________: The return to drugs while trying to recover from drug addiction.

Opiates

________: A group of highly addictive drugs derived from the poppy plant that are used as anesthetics, pain relievers, and sedatives.

Anabolic Steroid

________: A synthetic version of the male hormone testosterone that is used to promote muscle development.

Codeine

________ is used for milder pain and to stop coughing.

Marijuana

________: The dried flowers and leaves of the plant Cannabis Sativa that are mixed in food or smoked for intoxicating purposes.

aggression

Effects on males include ________, heart disease, increased cholesterol, liver cancer, paranoia, severe acne, stunted growth, etc.

Inhalant

________: A drug that is ________ as a vapor.

yellow crystal

But crack cocaine is the most addictive of the two), and methamphetamine (usually appears as a white or ________ that can be inhaled, injected, or smoked.

shallow breathing

It is used as a painkiller, but also causes loss of appetite and inhibitions, ________, and slowed heart rate.

Dextromethorphan

________ (DMX) is the legal drug found in cough medicines, but when abused, the user may feel bizarre sensations or spacy, hallucinate, or lose muscular control.

Overdose

________: Taking too much of a drug, which causes death, loss of consciousness, permanent damage, or sickness.

Heroin

________ is the chemically altered form of morphine.

GHB

Types of club drugs include ecstasy (has both hallucinogenic and stimulant properties; normally taken as a pill, but is sometimes crushed and snorted), ________ (a clear liquid of a white powder that cause dizziness, euphoria, loss of inhabitants, and relaxation), ketamine (the effects of ketamine include dissociation, hallucination, inability to move, loss of memory, and numbness), and PCP (the effects of PCP include distortions of reality, mild euphoria, out- of- body experiences, and psychotic and violent behaviour)

Opium

________ is a bitter, brown drug made from the dried juice of opium poppy.

Tolerance

________ to heroin develops rapidly and is one of the most common drugs of violence.

LSD

________ is usually taken in the form of a tablet or on small paper squares.

Common types of stimulants

________ are amphetamines (a group of stimulants that are prescribed to treat neurological disorders and life- threatening obesity and are produced in a laboratory), cocaine or crack cocaine (comes from the coca plant in South America.

Codeine

________ or morphine is most commonly used to help with severe pain, such as terminal cancer patients.