Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Question 1

What are Tranquilizers made up of ?

Answer 1

Barbiturates and Benzdiapizines like Valium and Diazepam

Question 2

Which plant is Opium extracted from?

Answer 2

Papaver Somniform in the form of Latex

Question 3

Another name for Morphine

Answer 3

Smack/Brown Sugar

Question 4

How are morphine drugs taken in by an individual?

Answer 4

Intravenous route

Question 5

How are Amphetamines used?

Answer 5

They are used as Syphatomimetic amines

Question 6

What are they used to treat?

Answer 6

Narcolepsy,Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity

Question 7

What is the addictive form of amphetamine

Answer 7

Methamphetamine

Question 8

What are the harmful effects of Amphetamines

Answer 8

1. Paranoia
2. Delusion
3. Anxiety
4. Convulsion
5. Insomnia

Question 9

Which ingredient is highly present in Cannabinoids?

Answer 9

Tetrahydrocannabinol

Question 10

What are the harmful effects of Cannabinoids?

Answer 10

1. Respiratory problems
2. Reduced sperm count
3. Reduced testosterone
4. Loss of memory
5. Reduced attention span

Question 11

What are the Harmful Effects of Hallucinogens

Answer 11

1. Rapid Pulse
2. Respiratory problems
3. Tremors
4. Impulsive behaviour
5. Tiredness
6. Sleepness

Question 12

What are the harmful effects of consuming tobacco?

Answer 12

Smoking is associated
with increased incidence of cancers of lung, urinary bladder and throat,
bronchitis, emphysema, coronary heart disease, gastric ulcer, etc. Tobacco
chewing is associated with increased risk of cancer of the oral cavity.
Smoking increases carbon monoxide (CO) content in blood and reduces
the concentration of haembound oxygen. This causes oxygen deficiency
in the body

Question 13

What receptors does it bind it?

Answer 13

GABA in brain and gastrointestinal tract

Question 14

What does alcohol abuse lead to?

Answer 14

Wernicke-Korsatoff Syndrome

Question 15

Symptoms of Wernicke-Korsatoff Syndrome

Answer 15

Ataxia
Impaired memory
Vision

Question 16

Harmful effects of Alchohol abuse

Answer 16

Myocardiopathy
Arithmysis
Steotasis
Hepatitis
Cirrhosis
Fibrosis