Drug and Substance Abuse Flashcards
(23 cards)
Is poor attendance at school a factor for increased chance of substance use?
Yes
Eight symptoms for stimulants/uppers:
“Increased breathing rate, heart rate, blood pressure, sweating, dilated pupils, fever, hyper, agitation”
Nine symptoms for depressants/downers:
“Decreased breathing rate, heart rate, lower blood pressure, tired, lethargic, constricted pupils, slurred speech, poor reaction time, loss of motor control”
Depressants ______ down the ___
slow, CNS(Central Nervous System)
Stimulants ______ up the ___
speed, CNS(Central Nervous System)
Hallucinogens symptoms
They affect all 5 senses and leave you unable to realize it’s not real, sort of like sleepwalking in a dream with real life consequences
What do Hallucinogens do to the CNS
Hallucinogenic substances block the neural circuits that use serotonin, imagine your brain as hub filled with information and memory, the hallucinogens block the information from continuing why exactly this leads to hallucination isn’t known but I picture it as your brain trying to fill in the gaps with stuff it imagines, like in a dream
Are these factors that impact drug effects, think of how it affects the drugs effects
Quantity of drug consumed
How the drug was used (consumed, injected, inhaled, snorted)
Mental state at the time of use
Frequency of drug use (tolerance)
Combining of substances”
All factors were listed.
Cannabis is:
it can be a Stimulant, Depressant or Hallucinogen based on some factors
The compound in Canabis that’s addictive is __
THC tetrahydrocannabinol
THC can stay in your body for up to a ___, it’s stored in ___ cells
year, fat
Seven Cannabis symptoms
loss of motivation, to aggression and hostility, to depression and anxiety, motor coordination and reaction time (thus driving high is impaired driving)
For adolescents Cannabis can:
impact brain development (communication skills, learning, memory, mood, motivation) and can impact mental health (serotonin) and cognitive function (some symptoms will not improve again after stopping use)
There are fewer _____ for ___ in a mature brain
fewer receptors for THC in a mature brain
Medicinal uses for cannabis
vertigo, MS, oncology, glaucoma, seizures, Crohn’s disease, migraines - plants are GMO to produce chemical combinations to treat specific conditions Cannabidiol - CBD therapies
like all medicines there are negative side effects
Alcohol is a _____
depressant
do not leave a drunk person _____, place them _____-______
alone, semi-prone
Caffiene is a ________
stimulant
Whats in vaping vapour?
smth to burn, ultrafine particles, cancer causing chemicals, flavourings some linked to lung disease, cancer causing chemicals, and of course nicotine
Whats in a vaping liquid(e-juice)
A carrier solvent (like proplyene glycol), dangerous flavourings, nicotine in various levels
why was vaping created
to help people quit smoking
Oxycontin is:
a medically prescribed synthetic heroin also a depressant
Fentanyl (& carfentanyl) is another form of synthetic heroin which is deadly in very small doses and a depressant
______ can be administered to help prevent a deadly overdose of fentanyl(or carfentanyl or oxycontin)
Naloxone
