test 3 drugs Flashcards
what are the kinds of drugs
uppers, downers, and all arounders
-also performance enhancing drugs, antidepressants, inhalants
what are some examples of inhalants
similar effects as downers
-huffing paint, glue, markers, etc
what are kinds of uppers
cocaine, adderall, speed, nicotine, caffine
what are kinds of downers
alcohol, marijuana, oxycontin, zanax
what are kinds of all arounders
some kinds of marijuana, acid, ecstacy, shrooms
what is WET
technique, but people think it is a drug
- turning things into powder or liquid and lacing it with weed or cigs
- formaldehyde (embalming fluid) can also be used in this
explain oxycontin
problem in philly, dentist giving them out
- time released pill (can OD hours after taking it), used for pain, keeps working overtime
- allowed for use but doctors can prescribe a certain amount of this
give some reasons people do drugs
geography/economics, natural inclination to altered states of consciousness, coping, genetics, peer pressure/curiosity, addiction, politics/education
explain natural inclination to altered states of consciousness
- people want to get high
- even happens as kids (swinging and spinning until you get dizzy)
- there are ways to do this naturally, but if not will resort to drugs
explain geography/economics/culture
where you are can affect what access you have to drugs
- religious reasons (ex. Native Americans)
- modern culture, cultural differences in how alcohol and other drugs are handled
- US has strictest alcohol rules, but also highest number of deaths
explain coping
coping with emotions, stress and mental illness could lead to drug use
-also coping with physical pain (motivated by avoidance of pain)
explain politics/education
laws governing drug use
-lack of drug education in schools
explain genetics
genetic predisposition to addiction, cannot make you actually try something
explain addiction
the various reasons (listed above) can lead to addiction and after you rid of the addiction itself the reasons still exist
what is substance intoxification
use of drug changes emotion, mood or psyche
-can develop a maladaptive pattern of use, can lead to use disorders
what is substance use
utilizing drugs
what is the bias of attention to drugs
we only tend to pay attention to drug behaviors when it is a full blown addiction, but in reality they start a lot sooner than that
what is tolerance
physiological and psychological, body and mind, habituate to substance
- gets used to something
- conditioning to something
explain chart on paper (tolerance goes up, intoxication goes down)
why people tend to do more of something after they become tolerant
people will chase the original high, so will do more of something
what is withdrawal
when you are addicted to something and you do not have it in your system, you experience symptoms until your body gets the drug back in its system
- body tells you that you need something
- the more tolerant you are the worse the withdrawal is
what is polysubstance use
person likes to use drugs, does not matter what drugs they are
-pick another drug to get higher
ex. heroin addicts are given methadone to prevent withdrawal symptoms (affects neurotransmitters the same)
what is the tolerance withdrawal cycle
perpetuates the addiction, keeps the body and mind coming back to the drug
-substance use hijacks your brain
who is more aggressive a withdrawn drug addict or a hungry person
humans who needs drugs are as aggressive as humans who need to survive (food)
-maladaptive, addictive behavior
explain the use -> abuse diagram
on paper
what is this line? what happens here?
- tolerance and withdrawal happen the whole time
- on the line the tolerance withdrawal cycle takes over and you move into maladaptive practice (not limiting or controlling it)
THE THREE C’s happen on the line
what are the three C’s
continued use, control and compulsion
what is continued use
using despite negative effects in life
what is control
psychological (social lubricant and liquid courage) and physiological (chemically hooked) dependence
-losing control of use, “only have two drinks because i have to drive” vs. having a ton of drinks consistently and cannot control intake (use -> abuse)
what is compulsion
compulsive thoughts about substance, ex. thinking about alcohol in class
what are some stats about binge drinking
related to control and requires organization
- 38% of college students have binge drank once a month
- linked to sexual assault
- 80% arrests, 1/2 sexual assaults relate to alcohol
what is binge drinking
past point of consciousness, intoxifying body
- cause mood and memory disturbances, affecting brain injuries
- a disinhibitor
what are opioids
class 1 drugs (by government) - most likely to cause dangerous addiction -heroin, crack, marijuana, etc
what are some stats about opioids
- 6 million a year are addicted
- 80% to pain killers and 20% to heroin
how can you intake opioids
snort it, shoot it, eat it or lace things with it
what can opioids do and how fast can someone become addicted
they can cut out pain
-used to give opioids to get people “high” before they died before advances in medicine
you can become addicts quickly
-part of it is because of withdrawal (can create pain level anxiety, fever, body ache, diarrhea, dehydration, etc)
how can cocaine be taken and what does it do
snorted, injected or cooked
- produces euphoria and a rush of dopamine
- can mix with other drugs to get euphoria and no pain
what are some stats about cocaine
3.9 million try it, 1.9 million are users
how has cocaine changed overtime (legislatively)
known as rich person’s drug (very expensive, especially not cut with something)
-used to be known as the white mans drug
government left mandatory minimum out of this drug because they did not want to put wealthy people in jail
crack cocaine gets mandatory minimums poor people use this drug (minorities)
how has the reasons for smoking changed over time
people used to say that they smoked for addiction/nicotine purposes, but now some JUUL users barely have nicotine
done bc: ignorance, social pressure, gives us excuse to leave and take 20-30 deep breaths
