Drugs Flashcards
What is a drug?
A drug is a substance that changes the functions of your body. It can slow down or speed up your body system and can have an effect on your mental and physical well-being.
What is a depressant?
A depressant drug slows down the messages from the brain to the body. This can slow down your reactions and make you feel relaxed when taken in small doses.
What are examples of depressants?
Alcohol, heroin, Cannabis
What are the short term effects of alcohol?
Slurred speech
Loss of inhibition
Poor concentration.
Slow reflexes.
Slow reaction time.
Reduced coordination.
What are the long term effects of alcohol?
Liver damage
Heat disease
Stroke
High blood pressure
Cancer
Addiction and dependence
What is a stimulant?
A stimulant drug speeds up the receptors from the brain to the body. They make you feel more awake and alert.
What are examples of stimulants?
Cocaine, nicotine , caffeine
What are the short term effects of cocaine?
- Increased alertness
- Confidence
- Hyper-stimulation
- Power
- Euphoria
- Numbing of mental and physical pain
- Increased heart rate
- Higher blood pressure
What are the long term effects of cocaine?
- Mental issues
- Heart disease
- Infertility
- Psychosis
- Increase risk of stroke
- Addiction and dependence
What is a hallucinogen?
A hallucinogenic drug causes people to see, feel or hear things that aren’t real. These could be visions or illusions
What are examples of hallucinogens?
Cannabis, MDMA, LSD, ketamine
What are the short term effects of cannabis?
- Over stimulation of senses
- Loss of sense of personal identity
- Increased heart rate
- Loss of coordination
- Panic
- Hallucinations
Euphoria
What are the long term effects of cannabis?
- Addiction and dependence
- Psychosis
- Increased risk of lung cancer
- Decrease in testosterone > fertility issues
What is THC and CBD and where does it come from?
THC is a proactive component in cannabis that causes the ‘high’ feeling and increases appetite. It is derived from the leaves of cannabis stivia.
CBD is a non-proactive component in medicinal cannabis that causes relaxation and does not increase appetite. It is derived from the leaves of cannabis indica.
