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1
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Chemical substance that brings about physical, physiological, behavioral and psychological changes in person taking it

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Drug

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Substance which when taken into the human body cures illness and relieves signs or symptoms of disease

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Medicinal Drugs

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Substance affecting the central nervous system which when taken into the human body brings about physical, emotional or behavioral changes in a person taking it

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Dangerous Drugs

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Illegal drugs but may also applicable to drugs that are available legally, such as prescribed medications and certain over-the-counter medications

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Abuse

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Any non-medical use of drugs that cause physical, psychological, legal, economic, social damage to the user or to people affected by user’s behavior

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Drug Abuse

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are ingredients, secondary metabolic products of plants and other living systems that may be isolated by extraction

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Natural Drugs

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Raw Opium, Coca Bush & Marijuana are examples?

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Natural Drugs

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are artificially produced substances, synthesized in the laboratory for the illicit market, which almost wholly manufactured from chemical compounds in illicit laboratories

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Synthetic Drugs

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Methamphetamine and barbiturates are examples?

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Synthetic Drugs

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10
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Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002

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RA 9165

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Volatile Substances

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PD 1619

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12
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Classified as: Regulated Prohibited

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RA 6425

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Chemical substance used in the clandestine manufacturing process becomes incorporated in full or in part in final molecules of substance under international control

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Immediate precursors

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Chemical substance used as reagent or solvent in the illegal manufacture of controlled substances

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Essential chemicals

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15
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sleep inducing agent

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Narcotic Substance

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mind-altering drugs

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Psychotropic Substance

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mimic the effects of drugs that are often notorious and banned

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Designer Drugs

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drugs that increase the rate of the body’s system, resulting in increased alertness and physical disposition called

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Stimulants

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typically come in the form of powder pills or capsules, rocks or injectable fluids

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Stimulants

20
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prescribed by physicians to reduce appetite, relieve minor cases of mental depression or to ease discomfort brought by fatigue and sleepiness

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Amphetamine

21
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are kinds of drugs that induce sleep, prevent seizures as well as relieve anxiety and muscle spasms

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Depressants

22
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Using ________ can rapidly lead to dependence and tolerance

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Depressants

23
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Also known by trade names: whisky, beer, brandy, gin, wine

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Alcohol

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This is commonly used legal drug that affects the mind and body in the high incidence of assaults, homicides and highway deaths

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Alcohol

25
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Drugs that produce delusions and hallucinations as well as severe changes in mood and behavior

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Hallucinogens

26
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MDMA stands for

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Methylenedioxy - N- methylamphetamine/ Ecstasy

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This semi-synthetic and psychoactive compound shares the stimulant and hallucinogenic structure attributes of amphetamine and LSD

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MMDA/ Ecstasy

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May contain cough suppressants, amphetamine, tranquilizers, and caffeine and consider neurotoxic at level exceeding 193.5 g/mol

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Ecstasy

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(touching within) generalized feeling that all is well and good with the world

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Entactogenesis

30
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feeling of emotional closeness to others accompanied by a breakdown of communication barriers

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Empathogenesis

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MDMA can significantly enhance or distort the senses (ie., proprioception, touch, taste, wision, smell)

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An enhancement of the senses

32
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Especially in places such as rave parties, bars, etc.

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Socialization

33
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The hits of ecstasy is worth three months of conventional psychotherapy

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Self-psychotherapy

34
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Ecstasy makes sensual activity unusually enjoyable

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Sensory Enhancement

35
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• Vicks vapor rub8/nasal inhalers
• Baby pacifiers/candy suckers
• Dust masks/tampon tubes with vicks

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Ecstasy paraphernalia

36
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Chemical that is extracted from the peyote cactus

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Mescaline

37
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Peyote buttons have an average size of __ to __ inches, have a ______ in color, and look like the underside of a dried ______

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1 to 2
brown
mushroom

38
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dissociative anesthetic that was originally experimented on human before it hit the racks as an anesthetic in veterinary medicine

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Phencyclidine or PCD

39
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tranquilizers that is most commonly used on animals. It comes either in a white/ off white powder form or in a clear liquid form, which can be injected

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Ketamine

40
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semi-synthetic alkaloid extracted from fungus, which specifically grows on grains like wheat and rye

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LSD or lysergic acid diethylamide

41
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obtain from certain types of fresh or dried mushrooms

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Psilocybin

42
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Narcotic comes from the Greek word for

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“stupor”

43
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The term was originally used to refer to a variety of substances that relieved pain and dulled the senses

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Narcotic

44
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made of the coagulated juice of opium poppy and may also include crude preparations containing morphine or any alkaloid

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Opium

45
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semi synthetic opioid, which is the 3,6 -diacetyl derivative of morohine

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Heroin

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