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It is any substance which, when taken into body, alters the body’s function either physically and/or psychologically.

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Drugs

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These are drugs requiring written authorization from a doctor before they can be purchased.

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Prescriptive drugs

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Are non-prescription medicines, which may be purchased for only any pharmacy or drugstore without written authorization from a doctor.

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Over - the - Counter drugs

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Are plant substances that have drug effects and whose use is not generally regulated by the law.

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Herbal drugs

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Are commercial products that have a psychoactive drug effects but are not usually considered drugs.

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Unrecognized drugs

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These are drugs whose sale, purchase or use is generally prohibited by law.

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Illicit drugs

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who may prescribe drugs?

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Medical Practitioner

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It is the amount of drug taken at one time.

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Dose

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It refers to the amount needed to treat or heal, that is, the smallest amount of drug that will produce a therapeutic effect.

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Minimal dose

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It pertains to the largest amount of drug that will produce a desired therapeutic effect, without any accompanying symptoms of toxicity.

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Maximal dose

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It is the amount of drug that produces untoward effects or symptoms of poisoning.

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Toxic dose

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The amount needed to produce the side effects and action desired by an individual who improperly uses it.

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Abusive dose

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The amount of drug that will cause death.

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Lethal dose

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A substance which when taken into the human body cures illness and/or relieves signs/symptoms of disease.

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Medicinal drugs

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These are drugs that relieve pain.

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Analgesics

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A medicinal drugs that may produce side effects on somebody who suffers from peptic ulcer or gastric irritation.

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Analgesics

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Drugs that combat or control infectious organisms.

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Antibiotics

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Those drug that can lower body temperature or fever due to infection.

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Antipyretics

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Those drug that control or combat allergic reactions.

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Antihistamines

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These are drugs that prevent the meeting of the egg cell and sperm cell or prevent the ovary from releasing egg cells.

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Contraceptives

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Drugs that relieve congestion of nasal pasages.

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Decongestants

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They can ease the expulsion of mucus and phlegm from the lungs and throat.

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Expectorants

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Drugs that stimulates defacation and encourage bowel movement.

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Laxatives

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These are drugs that can calm and quite the nerves and relieve anxiety without causing depression and clouding of the mind.

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Sedatives and Tranquilizers

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Those substances necesarry for normal growth and development and proper functioning of the body.
Vitamins
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When too much of a drug is taken into the physiological system of the human body, there may be an extension of its effects.
Overdose
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Some drugs cause the release of histamines giving rise to allergic symptoms.
Allergy
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It refers to the individual to a drug, food, etc. for unexplained reason.
Idiosyncrasy
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Is the science of poisons, their effects and antidotes.
Toxicology
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How drugs are used?
- Orally - Inhalation - Injection
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This is the safest, most convenient and economical route whenever possible.
Orally
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A drug in gaseous form enters the lungs and is quickly absorbed by the capillary system.
Inhalation
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It is probably the second most commonly employed drug administration.
Inhalation
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Drug is administered to the body by the use of syringe or hypodermic needle.
Injection
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The drug is injected below the surface of the skin, this is sometimes called as "skin popping".
Subcutaneous
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Administration involves the injection of a drug into a large muscle mass that has a good blood supply.
Intramuscular
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This is the most efficient means of administration which involves depositing a drug directly to the blood stream.
Intravenous
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This is the most rapid drug administration.
Intravenous
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This refers to the application of drugs directly to a body site such as the mucous membrane.
Topical
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These are drugs that are attended by risk and therefore unsafe, perilous and hazardous to people using it.
Dangerous drugs
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It is the study of how a drug affects the body.
Pharmacology
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According to effects, dangerous drugs are classified as?
- Narcotics - Stimulants - Depressants - Hallucinogens
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The term narcotics came from the Greek word?
Narkotikos
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These are drugs relieve pain and produce profound sleep or stupor.
Narcotic drugs
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3 main sources of illegal opium?
- Burma/Myanmar - Afghanistan - Columbia
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It is the active ingredient and analgesic property of opium.
Meconic Acid
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Opium is extracted from the?
Coagulated juice poppy plant
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How many days when petals of opium is fallen and ready to collect the coagulated juice?
5-10 days
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It is a hormone that relieves pain.
Endorphins
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It is the principal derivative of opium and the most active.
Morphine
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Morphine was derived from the name?
Morpheus
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It is effective as painkiller six times potent or stronger than opium, with a high dependence producing potential.
Morphine
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Morphine was first discovered by?
Friedrich Serturner
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It is the most addicting opium derivative.
Heroin
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Heroin is ____ more potent than morphine.
3-5 times
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Heroin was first discovered by?
Alder Wright
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A derivative of morphine commonly available in cough preparations.
Codeine
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It is the methyl ether of morphine and the least effective.
Codeine
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Codeine was first discovered by?
Pierre Robiquet
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A morphine like opioid and it is a brand name of meperidine.
Demerol
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It is a powerful drug used for pain relief and treatment of drug addiction.
Methdone
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What is the brand name of Demerol?
Meperidine
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It is an opioid agonist of the morphine type.
Percodan
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It is a mu-opioid agonist, it may be subject to misuse, abuse, and addiction.
Darvon
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These are drugs that produce excitation, alertness and wakefulness, intense feeling of highness and in some cases, a temporary rise in blood pressure and respiration.
Stimulants
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Cocaine was extracted and obtained from the leaves of?
Erythroxylum Coca or Coca Bush
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Cocaine was first isolated in 1860 by?
Dr. Albert Nieman
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What are the three chemical forms of cocaine?
Hydrochloride salt, freebase and Crack
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It is made by mixing baking soda or ammonia into the powder form of cocaine.
Crack
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Are group of drugs that increase the activity of certain chemicals in the brain.
Amphetamines
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Amphetamines derived from?
Ephedra (Ephedra sinica)
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It is considered as the poor man's cocaine and was 1st synthesized in Japan.
Methamphetamine Hydrochloride (shabu)
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The feeling as if grains of sand are lying under the skin or small insects are creeping on the skin.
Meth bugs / Magnan's symptoms
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People who use this have gone on mad, violent, zombie-like rampages.
Flakka
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It is a drug that is present in coffee, tea, chocolate, cola drinks and some wakeup pills.
Caffeine
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It slows down the messages between the brain and the body.
Depressants (Downers)
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These are drugs that dull the minds, slow down body reactions to such an extent that accidental deaths or suicides usually happens.
Depressants (Downers)
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These are drugs used for inducing sleep in persons plagued with anxiety, mental stress and insomnia.
Barbiturates
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Who synthesized Malonyl Caitamide or the so called Barbiturate acid?
Adolf Von Bayer
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What is the color of Amo-Barbital (Amytal)?
Solid blue
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What is the color of Seco-Barbital (seconal)?
Red
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What is the color of Pento-Barbital (Nembutal)?
Solid Yellow
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It is a sedative-hypnotic drug that is similar in effect to barbiturates, a general central nervous system depressant.
Methaqualone
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It is a drug induces calmness
Sedative
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It is a sleep inducing drugs
Hypnotic
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These are drugs used in treating nervous disorders or calm psychotic patients or mental disorders without producing sleep.
Tranquilizers
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What are the two derivatives of Tranquilizers?
Diazepam and Meprobamate
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It is the king of all drugs
Alcohol
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A variety of mind-altering drugs which distort reality, thinking and perception of time, sound, space and sensation.
Hallucinogens (Psychedelic)
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It is the chemical messenger of the brain and the body.
Serotonin
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It is the world's oldiest cultivated plant.
Cannabis sativa / Marijuana
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What is the most important psychoactive ingredient of Marijuana?
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or the Delta 9
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Tetrahyrocannabinol was first synthetized by?
Raphael Mechoulam
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Marijuana is a drug known as the?
Asssassins of the youth
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It is the dried leaves of cannabis plant.
Marijuana
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it is the dried flowering tops of cannabis plant.
Weed / Pot
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It is derived from the "kief" or the dried resin, or the flowering tops of mature and unpolinated female cannabis plant.
Hashish
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The resin glands are called?
Trichomes or Crystals
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Hashish is derived from the?
Kief
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Is a concentrated cannabis extract and the most potent among all preparations.
Hash oil
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Hash oil is used to treat what?
Epilepsy and Scar
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Hash oil is commonly used in _____ to treat or remove scar marks.
Lotion
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Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) was first synthesized by?
Dr. Alber Hoffman and Dr. Arthur Steel
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It is a drug the first synthesized by Dr. Alber Hoffman and Dr. Arthur Steel.
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)
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Lysergic Acid Diethylamide was synthesized from the?
Ergot Plants
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It is a fungus that parasites rye and other grains.
Ergot
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It is most powerful of the psychodelics and it is 1,000 times more powerful than Marijuana.
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)

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