Illegal Drugs

0.0(0)
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
Card Sorting

1/24

flashcard set

Earn XP

Description and Tags

Study Analytics
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced

No study sessions yet.

25 Terms

1
New cards
Rohypnol
________ is a powerful hypnotic and has developed a reputation as the most commonly used date rape drug.
2
New cards
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
________: Drug withdrawal that occurs in newborn infants whose mothers were frequent drug users during pregnancy.
3
New cards
Depressant
________: A drug that causes relaxation and sleepiness.
4
New cards
Intervention
________: Confronting a drug user about their drug problem to stop them from using drugs.
5
New cards
Hallucinogen
________: A drug that distorts perceptions, causing users to hear or see things that are not really there.
6
New cards
Stimulant
________: A drug that temporarily increases users 'alertness and energy.
7
New cards
Mushrooms
________ are either eaten raw or mixed with food.
8
New cards
Relapse
________: The return to drugs while trying to recover from drug addiction.
9
New cards
Opiates
________: A group of highly addictive drugs derived from the poppy plant that are used as anesthetics, pain relievers, and sedatives.
10
New cards
Anabolic Steroid
________: A synthetic version of the male hormone testosterone that is used to promote muscle development.
11
New cards
Codeine
________ is used for milder pain and to stop coughing.
12
New cards
Marijuana
________: The dried flowers and leaves of the plant Cannabis Sativa that are mixed in food or smoked for intoxicating purposes.
13
New cards
aggression
Effects on males include ________, heart disease, increased cholesterol, liver cancer, paranoia, severe acne, stunted growth, etc.
14
New cards
Inhalant
________: A drug that is ________ as a vapor.
15
New cards
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.
16
New cards
shallow breathing
It is used as a painkiller, but also causes loss of appetite and inhibitions, ________, and slowed heart rate.
17
New cards
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.
18
New cards
Overdose
________: Taking too much of a drug, which causes death, loss of consciousness, permanent damage, or sickness.
19
New cards
Heroin
________ is the chemically altered form of morphine.
20
New cards
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)
21
New cards
Opium
________ is a bitter, brown drug made from the dried juice of opium poppy.
22
New cards
Tolerance
________ to heroin develops rapidly and is one of the most common drugs of violence.
23
New cards
LSD
________ is usually taken in the form of a tablet or on small paper squares.
24
New cards
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.
25
New cards
Codeine
________ or morphine is most commonly used to help with severe pain, such as terminal cancer patients.