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CNS Stimulants effects
- Speeds up the central nervous system.
- - heart rate accelerates
- - blood pressure rises
- - motor activity increases
- - adrenaline increases
- - good feeling, excited
- - mild state of stress
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What is caffeinism?
Chronic intoxication or poisiong
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What are Xanthines?
Alkaloid that occurs in kola plants.
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Caffeine
- Made of Xanthines
- -Diuretic- speeds up urine production
- -Vasoconstriction of blood vessels- narrowing of blood vessels
- -Withdrawal headaches (mood changes, anxiety, poor sleep
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Types of Amphetamines (Stimulant)
- All end with drine. Benzedrine, Dexedrine, Methedrine, and Methamphetamine
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What are the different types of Methamphetamine?
Meth-crystal, Crank, and Speed.
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What schedule are Amphetamines? and what are the medical uses?
Schedule II Drug
- Treat depression, control narcolepsy symptoms, control ADHD, and to prevent sleep in active duty environments.
- ex. Benzedrine and Dexedrine
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Stereotypy
Non-purposeful repetitious, compulsive, behavior
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Formication
Hallucinations of things such as bugs, insects, or people that are not real
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What is ice? how long does it last? what does it cause?
- Smokeable ice-looking form of methamphetamine.
- Can last 7-20 hours.
- Causes extreme psychosis, paranoia, deep depression, and convulsions during overdose.
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LSD
- Schedule I drug
- Tasteless, odorless, and colorless.
- Causes euphoria and visual hallucinations
- Causes Synethesia- blending of the senses.
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LSD Phases
- First Phase- release of tension and feel good, 2 hours.
- Second Phase- distortion, hallucination and delusions
- Third Phase- time distortion of past, present and future
- *most powerful synthetic hallucinogen
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LSD Complications
- -Panic (can't turn drug off)
- -Flashbacks and perception disorder later on
- -Accidental Death from strange behaviors
- -Psychosis severe mental health problem
- *Psychological first aid- keep person calm, watch then, provide help if needed.
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Mescaline is from...
- The Peyote Cactus
- -creates visual distortions
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Psilocybin is from...
- A mexican mushroom.
- creates visual hallucinations for 4-5 hours
- Schedule I drug
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DMT
- "Cohoba"
- Very short acting hallucinogen
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MDMA (Ecstacy)
- 1985 it was classified as a Schedule I Drug (illegal)
- Drug Classification: Hallucinogenic Amphetamine
- Causes extreme release of serotonin and possible damage to neurons..
- Problems with Abuse;
- Dehydration, Increased Body Temperature (Hyperthermia), Seizures
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Phencyclidine (PCP) "Angel Dust"
- Is a Dissociative Anesthetic (makes you insensitive to pain)
- Schedule I Drug
- Effects;
- Stimulant effect then zombie like effect
- Nystagmus (jiggling of eyeballs)
- Depersonalization
- Causes extreme disorientation, feeling of invicibility, and gives a high pain threshold
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Types of Marijuanna and its strength
- Bhang- weak
- Gangja- poor quality
- Charas- best quality
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What is the active ingredient in marijuana?
THC (Tetrahydocannabinol)
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Marijuana
- Fat soluble- can stay in system for weeks
- Often causes Amotivational syndrome
- Effects on Body;
- impaired memory, increases heart rate, dialates blood vessels, chronic bronchial irritation, precancerous changes of lungs, reduces testosterone levels and sperm count
- Medical uses;
- Glaucoma treatment
- Controls nausea from cancer treatment
- Stimulates appetite (Cancer and Aids)
- Testing;
- urine, blood, hair samples
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Anabolic Steroids
Building up of testosterone
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Androgenic
producing male characteristics
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Nicotine
Causes Cardiovascular disease from the constriction of blood vessels.
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Benzopyrenes (tar)
Carcinogen causing lung cancer
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Carbon Minoxide
Reduces blood cell ability to carry oxygen
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COLD
Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
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Emphesyema
Destroys the elasticity of air sacs
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