Drugs

Question 1

Short-term effects: makes you super happy and energetic, increases alertness, induces paranoia and irritability

Long-term effects: significant grey matter loss, damages veins and arteries (reducing blood flow to brain), dysregulates dopamine system

Answer 1

Cocaine

Question 2

Cocaine is a ___________

Answer 2

stimulant

Question 3

Alcohol is a ______

Answer 3

depressant

Question 4

Short-term effects: mood and behavioural changes, affects coordination and ability to walk, impaired judgment and thinking, blackouts and amnesia

Long-term effects: poor memory, reduction in neurons throughout the brain, changes in thought process and emotions and increased mental issues

Answer 4

Alcohol

Question 5

Wernicke’s syndrome

Answer 5

• Due to chronic drinking
• Starts with disorientation and confusion and memory loss and gets worse from there
• Involves loss of cells in the hypothalamus and thalamus
• Brain changes: large ventricles, overall reduction in brain mass, loss of volume in frontal lobes, medial temporal lobe, cerebellum and hippocampus

Question 6

Short term effects: drowsiness, blocks pain, and slows down vital functions (body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, and respiratory functions)

Long-term effects: reduces white matter, poor response to stress, poor decision-making, affects emotional regulation and decreases in grey matter density

Answer 6

Heroin

Question 7

Short-term effects: visual hallucinations, distorts time and space, confusion, trouble concentrating, changes in thought process and emotions

Long-term effects: flashbacks and psychosis, may affect neural plasticity, impairs serotine system

Answer 7

LSD

Question 8

LSD is a __________

Answer 8

psychedelic

Question 9

Short-term effects: hallucinations and delusions, impairs the following: memory, motor skills, problem-solving, thinking, perception of time

Long-term effects: loss of neurons in the hippocampus, memory loss, impairs connectivity in the brain

Answer 9

Cannabis

Question 10

Cannabis is a ________

Answer 10

cannabinoid

Question 11

Which drug is associated with potentially triggering psychosis and psychiatric disorders?

Answer 11

Cannabis

Question 12

Short-term effects: hallucinations, slurred speech and blurry vision, feelings of euphoria and relaxation

Long-term effects: mood and personality changes, poor memory, affects thinking, poor concentration and affects prefrontal cortex, cingulate cortex (anterior and posterior) and hippocampus

Answer 12

Ketamine