Health

Barbituates are the drugs that are classified as any parts of the hemp
plant from which mildly euphoric and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared
True False

Depressants are drugs that may cause the central nervous system
activity to increase
True False

Nicotine and alcohol are two gate-way drugs that are classified as the
U.S. two most commonly abused legal depressants
True False

Hallucinogens increase the activity of the neurotransmitters known as
dopamine in your brain to produce a drowsy or calm feeling
True False

When an addict combines the drugs they use, the
drugs produce an energistic effect
True False

Tetra-hydro-cannabinol (THC) is main psychoactive chemical in marijuana,
the most widely abused illegal drug in the world
True False

The synergistic effect of drug abuse can lead to a drug overdose
True False

Drugs that alter moods, thoughts senses and perceptions are known as
narcotics
True False

Dissociative drugs cause people to see, hear, or feel things that aren’t
actually real.
True False

Synthetic drugs are drugs that naturally come from the
extracts of plants, animals, and minerals.
True False

Lysergic acid is found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other
grains and is used to create phencyclidine (PCP).
True False

Hallucinogens cause a person to hallucinate, which means a person
having a false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence.
True False

Morphine is the synthetic narcotic compound found in opium.
True False

Crack and cocaine are both the same drug, crack is smoked and cocaine
is either injected or snorted.
True False

Ephedra products were originally used for weight loss and as an energy
booster.
True False

Club drugs are the most common form of synthetic or designer drugs
True False

Narcotics are drugs
that are either synthesized or used naturally to treat pain in an individual.
True False

There are no
FDA-approved cannabis derivative prescribed medications that are smoked.
True False

Cannabis derivatives
are hallucinogens but they also has the effects of both depressants and stimulants
True False

A drop or two of PCP on
a cigarette or joint is known as “lacing
True False

Many addicts will use
oxycotton as an alternative to nicotine
True False

The symptoms (physical
or emotional) from withdrawal may cause an individual to continue abusing drugs
True False

Smoking marijuana is
not as dangerous as smoking a cigarette
True False

Medical marijuana
(marinol) is the prescription form of the drug that is smoked
True False

There are no addictive
substances in Marijuana
True False

Cannabis derivatives can lower the levels of
testosterone in the blood of the user
True False

Intravenous drug use
can increase the risk for STD’s because there are pathogens left on the needle
of the user
True False

Amphetamines are
highly addictive and primarily used as sedatives, and sleeping pills
True False

When an addict slips
from recovery and returns to their addictive behaviors it is known as a
recourse
True False

Recovery from
addiction has to happen over time, people just don’t “get better” overnight
True False