B1.3 The Use and Abuse of Drugs

Question 0

What are the stages of a drug trial?

Answer 0

Tested using a computer/human cells grown in the laboratory.
Tested on animals.
Clinical trials.
Tested on people with the illness.

Question 1

Why do we test drugs?

Answer 1

• Toxicity
• Efficacy
• Dose

Question 2

What is a placebo?

Answer 2

• A treatment that appears to be the drug but contains no drug.
• It is used as a control to compare and to check the drug is having an affect.

Question 3

What is a drug?

Answer 3

• A chemical that alters the body’s chemistry.

- Some are addictive.

Question 4

What are recreational drugs?

Answer 4

Drugs taken for pleasure.

Question 5

What are medicinal drugs?

Answer 5

Drugs taken to treat an illness.

Question 6

What are statins?

Answer 6

Drugs that reduce cholesterol levels.

Question 7

What adverse effects are caused by Cannabis and what is their legal status?

Answer 7

Mental health problems and it could be a gate-way drug.

The drug is not legal.

Question 8

What adverse effects are caused by Alcohol and what is their legal status?

Answer 8

Damages liver. This is legal.

Question 9

What adverse effects are caused by Nicotine and what is their legal status?

Answer 9

Addictive and it is legal.

Question 10

What affects do cannabis, ecstasy and heroin have on the body?

Answer 10

They affect the heat and circulatory system.