Drugs

Question 0

What are the 3 types of drug

Answer 0

Medicinal - for medical purposes eg antibiotics

Recreational drugs - for fun and
to relive stress eg cannabis

Performance enhancing drugs - to help improve sporting performance - anabolic steroids

Question 1

What is a drug

Answer 1

A substance which alters the way the body works

Question 2

What is addiction

Answer 2

When an individual becomes to dependant on a substance

Question 3

What are withdrawal symptoms

Answer 3

Symptoms that occur due to not taking the substance eg, headaches, shaking, sweating

Question 4

What are stimulants

Answer 4

Drugs that increase heart rate and blood pressure and stimulates the brain

Question 5

What do drugs like heroin do

Answer 5

The prevent impulses from moving in the nervous system, (which stops us feeling pain)

Question 6

What are the legal recreational drugs

Answer 6

Ethonal(alcohol I drinks)
Nicotine(cigarettes)
Caffeine(coffee)

Question 7

What are the illegal recreational drugs

Answer 7

Cannabis
Cocaine
Heroin
Ecstasy 
LSD

Question 8

What are some performance enhancing drugs

Answer 8

Anabolic steroids- increase muscle mass

Stimulants - increase heart rate and brain activity

Question 9

What are the ethical pros for performance enhancing drugs

Answer 9

Athletes can make the decision for themselves take the risk of using drugs

Athletes don’t always have the same standard of facilities as others so drugs make it a level playing field

Question 10

What are the ethical cons of taking performance enhancing drugs

Answer 10

Not fair if athletes gain an advantage through drugs and not training

Athletes aren’t always aware of health risks

Question 11

How does alcohol affect the body

Answer 11

It’s passes into tissues and the nervous system and slows down impulses to the brain and our reactions

Question 12

What organ breaks down alcohol

Answer 12

The liver

Question 13

What are the diseases associated with to much alcohol

Answer 13

Cirrhosis of the liver( damaging liver cells) and liver cancer

Question 14

What two organs to does alcohol affect

Answer 14

The liver and brain

Question 15

What is nicotine

Answer 15

An addictive drug found on cigarettes

Question 16

What is tar

Answer 16

A black chemical that builds up in the lungs by smoking

Question 17

What diseases can you get from smoking

Answer 17

Emphysema, bronchitis and lung cancer

Question 18

What is emphysema

Answer 18

When the lungs became less efficient

Question 19

What affect does smoking have on the blood

Answer 19

It raises blood pressure and blocks blood vessels

Question 20

What is carbon monoxide

Answer 20

A poisonous gas which decreases the amount of oxygen being carried in the redd blood cells

Question 21

What can happen to a women who smokes while pregnant

Answer 21

A still birth can occur
A premature baby
A baby with a low body mass

Question 22

What are 3 stages of drug testing

Answer 22

1. Testing on animal and human cells
2. testing on animals
3. testing on human volunteers

Question 23

Why are the drugs tested on animals

Answer 23

To see how effective they are, the right dosage and if it’s toxic

Question 24

Which people are the drugs first tested on

Answer 24

healthy people to see for any bad side effects and at a low dose

Question 25

What is the optimum dose

Answer 25

The dose which is the most effective and with the least side effects

Question 26

What is a placebo

Answer 26

A substance that looks like a drug being tested but had no effect

Question 27

What is the placebo effect

Answer 27

When a patient receives a placebo and expects the treatment to work but has no effect

Question 28

What does the placebo effect allow doctors to do

Answer 28

It allows them to see the difference the drug actually makes as both groups don’t know if they receive the drug or placebo

Question 29

Why are clinical trials blind

Answer 29

So patients nor doctor knws who receives drug or placebo so results can be assessed properly