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| Question | Answer |
| Stimulant | Drugs that speed up the central nervous system (CNS) |
| Drugs that slow down the central nervous system (CNS) | Depressant |
| household products that are used to get a hallucinogenic affect | inhalants |
| hallucinogen | Drugs that alter mood, thoughts and sense perceptions. Cause an overload of sensory information and cause a distorted sense of reality. |
| Scientific name for Hemp. Acts as a stimulant, depressant an hallucinogen | Cannabis |
| Cocaine | White powder made from the Coca bush |
| prescription drugs that are sold illegally as speed or uppers | Amphetamines |
| Spice in classified under what category of drug? | Synthetic drugs |
| A chemical found in a certain type of mushroom eaten to get a hallucinogenic effect | Psylocybin |
| Commonly called Acid, can cause frightening episodes called "bad trips" | LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide) |
| A psychoactive ingredient in a the peyote cactus | Mescaline |
| Also called "angel dust" considered to be one of the most dangerous drugs. unpredictable and eliminates sensation of pain | PCP (phencyclidine) |
| Hashish | Dark brown resin at the top of the cannabis plant |
| The main psychoactive chemical found in cannabis | THC |
| 3 club/designer drugs used for date rape | Rohypnol, GHB, Ketamine |
| Synthetic drug meant to imitate the khat plant and can cause severe homicidal and violent behavior even after the drug wears off | Bath Salts |
| mix of dried herbs and spices that have been sprayed with a synthetic chemical similar to THC | Synthetic marijuana (spice) |
| medicines sold legally in stores without a doctors note | OTC, over the counter |
| medicines that must have a doctors approval in order to get | prescription drugs |
| a preparation containing weakened or dead pathogens that cause a particular disease given to prevent one from contracting the disease. | vaccine |
| reactions to medicine other than what is intended | side effect |
| synergistic effect | 2 meds taken together that result in a greater effect than when taken separately. |
| pain relievers | analgesics |
| tolerance | the body becomes used to the effects of a medicine or drug and needs more to get the same effect |
| withdrawal | symptoms that occur when a drug in no longer in the body when a person has an addiction to it. |
| Nicotine is classified as a: | Stimulant |
| Cocaine is classified as a | Stimulant |
| Meth is classified as a | Stimulant |
| Amphetamines are classified as | Stimulants |
| Caffeine is classified as a | Stimulant |
| Alcohol is classified as a | Depressant |
| Barbiturates are classified as | Depressants |
| Tranquilizers are classified as | Depressants |
| Opiates/Narcotics are classified as | Depressants |
| Heroin is classified as what (give both) | Opiates and Depressants |
| Codeine is classified as what (give both) | Opiate and depressant |
| Rohypnol is classified as | Club/designer drug |
| Ketamine is classified as | Club/designer drug |
| GHB is classified as | Club/designer drug |
| Ecstasy is classified as | Club/Designer drug |
| LSD is classified as | Hallucinogen |
| PCP is classified as | Hallucinogen |
| mescaline is classified as | Hallucinogen |
| Psilocybin is classified as | Hallucinogen |
| Marijuana is classified as | Cannabis |
| Hashish is classified as | Cannabis |
| Gasoline is used abused as | inhalant |
| Air Freshener is abused as | Inhalant |
| Spice is classified as | Synthetic drug |
| Bath salts are classified as | Synthetic drugs |
| Flashback | A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug |
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