1.3 Psychoactive Drugs

Question 1

Depressants

Answer 1

Decrease CNS Activity

Question 2

Alcohol

Answer 2

Depressant. bad judgement, slows sympathetic nervous system -> slow reaction time, slurred speech. Being sleep makes you more drunk. Disrupts memory, less self awareness/self control, more GABA causes less anxiety, more Dopamine and Serotonin

Question 3

Barbiturates/tranquilizers

Answer 3

Depressant. deadly when combined with alcohol.

Question 4

Opiates

Answer 4

Depressant. decrease CNS functioning. Euphoric/pain-free. Examples are Morphine and Opium. Brain stops making natural opiates if taken too much, so they’re highly addictive.

Question 5

Stimulants

Answer 5

Increase CNS Activity.

Question 6

Methamphetamine

Answer 6

Stimulant. increases Dopamine. More addictive to men, very hard to break. Effects can last years after going clean.

Question 7

Caffeine

Answer 7

Stimulant. 90% of humans consume it daily. Present in things like coffee and soda. Effects last 3-4 hours for normal doses and a healthy person, but can last much longer in special cases. Increases norepinephrine.

Question 8

Nicotine

Answer 8

Stimulant. Present in smoking and smokeless tobacco. 7s to reach brain when inhaled, lasts 2h. Increases norepinephrine and epinephrine. Unlikely to pick it up if you are past early adolescence. low amounts cause energy, high amounts cause relaxation.

Question 9

Cocaine

Answer 9

Stimulant. Increases dopamine which causes people to act like a schizophrenic. Originally in coca-cola.

Question 10

Ritalin and Adderall

Answer 10

treats ADHD, functions from low arousal theory. Ritalin is a reuptake inhibitor, Adderall causes an increase in dopamine. It doesn’t help people without ADHD to concentrate any better.

Question 11

low arousal theory

Answer 11

the idea that people with ADHD are so crazy because their body doesn’t produce enough dopamine, so they need to do more in order to feel anything.

Question 12

Hallucinogens

Answer 12

Effect vision, creates images that aren’t real.

Question 13

Marijuana

Answer 13

Hallucinogen. Causes Hilarity, relaxation, food cravings, perception and time distortions, hallucinations and delusions.

Question 14

LSD

Answer 14

Hallucinogen. Found by someone accidently eating a mushroom. Time distortions, out-of body experiences, sometimes pleasant, sometimes very terrible. Memory loss, paranoia, nightmares, panic attacks, distortions lasting years. More serotonin and dopamine.