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Pyschoactive Drugs
Exam 2
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Philosophy
Undergraduate 4
11/01/2010

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Stimulants
Definition
Increase the chemical and electrical activity in the central and peripheral nervous system
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Psycho-stimulants
Definition
Are drugs such as MDMA, MDA, and MDE
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Uppers, synthesize new energy chemicals
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False
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Excess, long-term use of cocaine causes paranoia
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True
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The reward/pleasure center is in the new brain
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False
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Cocaine causes physical and mental effects that already exist in our body
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T
Term
"Smack" is a slang word for "crack"
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F
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If a pregnant woman smokes "crack", the drug will not affect the fetus
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F
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Most often, a "crack" overdose only causes a very rapid heartbeat and hyperventilation
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T
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One of the main reasons for the popularity of "crack" cocaine is the speed of the rush
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T
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If tolerance has developed, an amphetamine user needs less of the drug to get high
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F
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"Ice" causes fewer heart and blood vessel problems than meth or crack
Definition
T
Term
Caffeine can be found in the cacao tree
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T
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Coffee drinking can lower fertility rates
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T
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More nicotine enters the body through smoking tobacco than through chewing tobacco
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T
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"Bazooko" or basuco is cocaine paste smoked with marijuana or tobacco
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T
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Basing or baseballing is a method designed to convert a product which is smoked into a product which can be injected
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F
Term
The 2 strongest stimulants
Definition
Amphetamines and Cocaine
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2 weakest stimulants
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coffee and tobacco
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how many pounds of coca leaves to make 1lb of cocaine
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200
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what south american tribe used coca
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Incas
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Native cultures use coca how
Definition
by chopping the leaf and putting in the gums or chewing the leaf
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cocaine is used to treat sores, how?
Definition
by using it as a topical anesthetic
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snorting methamphetamine is not popular because
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it irritates the nasal mucosa
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the active ingredient in tobacco is
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nicotine
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smokeless tobacco has fewer health consequences than cigarettes because
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it is not inhaled
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what keeps people from quitting smoking
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nicotine cravings
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smoking causes what 2 diseased
Definition
heart disease and lung cancer
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another name for nicotine poisoning
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green tobacco sickness
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the best hit is
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the first hit
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"crack" is another form of
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cocaine
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the substance most responsible for cancer in cigarette is
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tar
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Methcathinone is known on the street as
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cat
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crack is
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cocaine
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side effects of cocaine snorting for prolonged periods might include
Definition
over-suspicious and paranoid thinking
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Of the following, which is the most widely used psychoactive drug in the U.S?
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caffeine
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staying awake, constantly moving for 2-3 days and finally crashing is
Definition
speed run
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many users of smokeless tobacco develop a thickening, whitening and harding of tissue in the mouth and gums known as
Definition
luekoplakia
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another name for nicotine poisoning
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green tobacco sickness
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an intermediate product of the cocaine refinery is
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paste
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one of the major symptoms of a cocaine withdrawal is
Definition
anhedonia
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a disruption of neurotransmitter substances resulting in paranoid hallucinatory and hypervigilant thinking is referred to among street users as
Definition
tweaking
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