Drug Education Flashcards
What are drugs?
Chemical substances that influence body/mind.
Intended for medicinal purposes.
Alter structure or functions of living organism.
What are medicinal drugs?
Categories of Drugs
Used to heal tissues, combat infections, ease pain/symptoms, reduces tension, diagnose patients.
What are psychoactive drugs?
Categories of Drugs
Alter user’s feelings, behaviors, moods, perceptions.
Change the way neurotransmitters in the central nervous system work by:
Blocking production
Force continued release
What are legal substances?
Categories of Drugs
Not usually considered as “drugs” but which certainly are drugs.
What are proprietary drugs?
Type of Legal Substances
Over-the-counter (OTC) preparations
Non-prescription
Vitamins, pills
What are prescription drugs?
Type of Legal Substances
Cannot be legally purchased without doctor’s prescription
Powerful and dangerous when improperly used
Examples of prohibited drugs.
Classification of Drugs
Opium: Heroin & Morphine
Coco Leaf: cocaine, alpha, beta eucaine
Hallucogenic: Mescaline, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), other substances w/ similar effects
Indian Hemp
All preparations from foregoing
Other drugs with physiological effects of a narcotic/ hallucinogenic durgs
Regulated drugs?
Classification of Drugs
Self-inducing sedatives: secobarbital, phenobarbital, pentobarbital, barbital, amobarbital (or any durgs with salt or derivative of salt of barbutic acid)
Any salt, isomer, salt of isomer of amphetamine like Benzedrine or Dexedrine
Any drugs with physiological action like amphetamine
Hypnotic drugs: methaqualone, nitrazepam, or compound w/ similar effects
What is the definition of use?
Terms
General term of intake of drugs.
Narrowly and commonly used to mean misuse and abuse.
What is the definition of misuse?
Terms
Inappropriate use of legal drugs intended for medication.
What are examples of misuse?
Terms
- Misunderstanding directions of OTC drugs
- Sharing of prescription with a friend without prescription
- Taking prescription for purpose that it was not intended/ intake at unreccommended dosage
What is the meaning of abuse?
Terms
- Use of drugs to alter mood or behavior without doctor’s advice
- Drug use for purposes other than those for which it has been prescribed
- Drug use without legitimate medical application for purposes other than health
Effects of drug abuse?
Terms
- Absenteeism
- Underachievement
- Loss of job
- Serious illness
- Death
- Mental instability
What is the definition for drug addiction?
Terms
State of periodic or chronic intoxication produced by repeated consumption of drug.
What are signs of drug addiction?
Terms
- overpowering desire or need to take the drug
- tendency to increase same effect
- withdrawal symptoms occur when drug is not take
