The Use And Abuse Of Drugs

Question 1

What is a placebo?

Answer 1

A fake drug that doctors say works and amazingly your body reacts to the lie and fixed itself

Question 2

What is a double blind trail?

Answer 2

A double blind trial is a trial where neither the researchers nor the patients know what they are getting. The computer gives each patient a code number. And the code numbers are then allocated to the treatment groups.

Question 3

What are recreational drugs?

Answer 3

Drugs that are tool for personal enjoyment e.g. 
Cannabis
MDMA or Ecstasy
Heroin
Cocaine

Question 4

What are statins used for?

Answer 4

Statins are a class of drugs often prescribed by doctors to help lower cholesterol levels in the blood.

Question 5

What is Thalidomide?

Answer 5

a drug formerly used as a sedative, but withdrawn in the UK in the early 1960s after it was found to cause congenital malformation or absence of limbs in children whose mothers took the drug during early pregnancy.

Question 6

What is addiction?

Answer 6

the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance or activity usually because it makes a person happy

Question 7

What is withdrawal?

Answer 7

When your body is addicted to something and you stop doing that certain activity/substance your body will react to the sudden change in lifestyle. Under mental and/or physical forms or cravings