UDA: Chapter 1: Psychoactive Drugs

Question 1

Altered state of consciousness

Answer 1

A non-ordinary state of perception that can be caused by psychoactive drugs.

Question 2

Psychoactive drug

Answer 2

Any substance that directly alters the normal functioning of the central nervous system. Early psychoactive plants came from any of 4,000 plants and fungi.

Question 3

Shaman

Answer 3

A medicine man or woman who uses magic, spiritual forces, or drugs to cure illness, speak to the spirits and control the future.

Question 4

Cannabis

Answer 4

A psychoactive plant that can be used as a source of fiber, oil, or a psychoactive substance.

Question 5

Peyote cactus

Answer 5

A small cactus found in northern Mexico and the American southwest that contains the hallucinogen mescaline.

Question 6

Hexing herbs

Answer 6

Members of the nightshade family of plants that contain the psychoactive chemicals atropine and scopolamine.

Question 7

Ergot

Answer 7

A toxic fungus found on rye, wheat, and other grasses that contains lysergic acid. It is used in the synthesis of LSD.

Question 8

Distillation

Answer 8

A chemical process that vaporizes the alcohol in fermented beverages and then collects the concentrated distillate. It can raise the percent of alcohol in a beverage from 12% (wine) to 40 % (brandy).

Question 9

Coca

Answer 9

A shrub whose leaves contain cocaine; the leaves can be chewed for a mild high.

Question 10

Theriac

Answer 10

An opium-based cure-all that was developed almost 2,000 years ago. It has undergone many changes in formulation but the opium remained.

Question 11

Gin Epidemic

Answer 11

A period in English history (1710-1750) where availability of gin led to widespread public drunkenness and health problems.

Question 12

Hemp

Answer 12

A generic term often used to describe Cannabis plants that are high in fiber content and low in THC content.

Question 13

Opium Wars

Answer 13

Two wars in the 1800s, mostly between England and China, that were fought for the right to sell opium in China.

Question 14

Alkaloid

Answer 14

An extract of plants with pharmacological (often psychoactive) activity, e.g., morphine, cocaine, or nicotine.

Question 15

Sigmund Freud

Answer 15

The nineteenth century father of modern psychiatry who popularized cocaine, partly through his book Uber Coca.

Question 16

Temperance

Answer 16

A philosophy of light-to-moderate drinking that was and is an alternative to abstinence or prohibition.

Question 17

Prohibition

Answer 17

A supply reduction prevention technique that prohibits the importation, sale, or use of a drug.

Question 18

Patent medicines

Answer 18

Medicines that were very popular in the 1700s, 1800s, and early 1900s that promised cures for almost any ailment. They often contained opium, cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol.

Question 19

Pure Food and Drug Act

Answer 19

One of the first (1906) laws that prohibited interstate commerce in misbranded food and drugs and required accurate labeling.

Question 20

Eighteenth Amendment

Answer 20

Known as the “Prohibition Amendment”, it prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages (1920-1933).

Question 21

Alcoholics Anonymous

Answer 21

The first 12-step, self-help, alcoholism recovery group founded in 1934 by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob Smith.

Question 22

Sinsemilla

Answer 22

A technique for growing high-potency marijuana that consists of keeping female marijuana plants from being pollinated by male plants thus greatly increasing the THC content from a few percent to as high as 30% or more.

Question 23

Amphetamines

Answer 23

A group of long-lasting nervous system stimulants that include amphetamine and methamphetamine.

Question 24

Benzodiazepines

Answer 24

A group of minor tranquilizers, such as Klonopin and Xanax, that calm anxiety, relax muscles, and induce sleep.

Question 25

Lysergic acid diethylamide

Answer 25

An extremely potent psychedelic (LSD) discovered in 1938 that causes illusions, delusions, hallucinations, and stimulation.

Question 26

Methadone

Answer 26

A long-acting synthetic opiate used orally to treat heroin addiction.

Question 27

Crack

Answer 27

A street term for smokable cocaine; a chemical variation of cocaine that gives an intense reaction when absorbed through the lungs.

Question 28

Tar heroin

Answer 28

A black or dark brown heroin grown and processed in Mexico.

Question 29

AIDS/HIV

Answer 29

A usually fatal disease spread by unsafe sex and IV drug use with contaminated needles.

Question 30

Meth (crystal meth)

Answer 30

A street term for methamphetamine, an intense, long-lasting stimulant.

Question 31

Club drugs

Answer 31

Drugs used at music parties, often called “raves”, that include MDMA or ecstasy, ketamine, GHB, and nitrous oxide.

Question 32

Ecstasy

Answer 32

A stimulant (MDMA) that is taken to promote closeness and empathy at parties and clubs.

Question 33

Medical marijuana

Answer 33

The use of marijuana for medical purposes rather than for the high it causes.

Question 34

Oxycontin and Vicodin

Answer 34

Two prescription opioids that are often abused by drug abusers and addicts.

Question 35

Behavior addictions

Answer 35

Non-drug addictions such as compulsive gambling, eating disorders, and sexual addiction that have many of the same signs and symptoms as drug addiction.

Question 36

Drug courts

Answer 36

Courts that offer alternatives to incarceration for drug offenses by first, and occasionally second-time offenders.

Question 37

Chemical name

Answer 37

The technical name for drugs such as methylenedioxyamphetamine.

Question 38

Trade name

Answer 38

The commercial name for drugs such as Vicodin or Prozac.

Question 39

Street names

Answer 39

The slang or street name for a drug such as crack or meth.

Question 40

Uppers

Answer 40

A class of drugs that act as stimulants, including cocaine, amphetamines, coffee, and tobacco.

Question 41

Downers

Answer 41

A class of drugs that act as depressants, including opiates and opioids, sedative-hypnotics, and alcohol.