Psychoactive Drugs Flashcards
alcohol
made from the hemp plant
cannabis
Solvents, aerosols, and gases found in household products such as spray paints, markers, glues, and cleaning fluids; also prescription nitrites
inhalants
A dissociative drug used as an anesthetic in veterinary practice. Dissociative drugs are hallucinogens that cause the user to feel detached from reality.
ketamine
A hallucinogen manufactured from lysergic acid, which is found in ergot, a fungus that grows on rye and other grains.
LSD/ lysergic acid diethylamide
An extremely addictive stimulant amphetamine drug
methamphetamine/
Psychoactive when taken in higher-than-recommended amounts.
otc medicines
a plant grown for its leaves, which are dried and fermented before use.
tobacco,
main psychoactive(mind-altering) chemical is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC
cannabis
also called marijuana/Pot/Weed
cannabis
an addictive chemical sometimes extracted from the plant and is used in vaping devices
nictotine
substances that change the function of the brain and result in alterations in moods, thinking, perception, and/or behavoir
psychoactive
stimulate the brain to increase wakefulness and alertness eg caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, amphetamines
stimulants
Drugs that calm the brain, reduce anxious feelings, and induce sleepiness eg ethanol in alcoholic beverages and opioids in codeine and heroin
depressants
have tranquilizing effects and inhibit anxiety eg benzodiazepines like valium and barbiturates like opioids antidepressants and phenobarbital
anxiolytics
