week 3

Question 1

drug classes

Answer 1

depressants
stimulants
hallucinogens

Question 2

what is pharmacology?

Answer 2

the drugs affect on you

Question 3

why is intravenous drugs seen as more harmful?

Answer 3

blood borne viruses
easier to OD
dirty equipment
sharing equipment spread diseases
collapsed vein

Question 4

Pharmacokinetics

Answer 4

what the body does to the drug

Question 5

Pharmacodynamics

Answer 5

what the drug does to the body

Question 6

whats the fastest way for drugs to make it to the brain?

Answer 6

smoking

Question 7

examples of Pharmacodynamics

Answer 7

dependence
tolerance
withdrawal
agonistic and antagonistic effects
dopamine

Question 8

whats an agonist effect

Answer 8

increase or stimulation of the action of a neurotransmitter

Question 9

antagonist effect

Answer 9

decrease or inhibition of the action of a neurotransmitter

Question 10

what is Half life

Answer 10

Time for drug in blood to reduce by 50%

Question 11

what does short half life lead to?

Answer 11

higher addiction and more likely to reuse

(e.g. Cocaine and Nicotine)

Question 12

can you sober someone up?

Answer 12

no

Question 13

What is the leading preventable cause of
death and disability in
Australia?

Answer 13

tobacco

Question 14

what type of drug is nicotine?

Answer 14

stimulant

Question 15

what type of drug is alcohol?

Answer 15

depressant

Question 16

what type of drug is benzo?

Answer 16

depressant

Question 17

what type of drug is opiods?

Answer 17

depressant

Question 18

what is the risk with opiods?

Answer 18

high risk of overdosing

Question 19

long term effects of opioids (herion)

Answer 19

constipation
weightloss
chronic heart and lung problems
infertility in women
irregular periods
injecting risks
loss of sex drive
dependency

Question 20

what type of drug is inhalants?

Answer 20

depressant

Question 21

immediate effects of depressants

Answer 21

affects all areas of body
confusion
hangovers and headaches
(running can cause heart attacks)

Question 22

longterm effects of inhalants

Answer 22

tremors
loss of sense of smell and hearing
lack of blood production
irregular hb
damage to hear muscles
cognitive disfunction
depression
irritable 
hostile

Question 23

mdma half life

Answer 23

6-10 hours

Question 24

MDMA phases

Answer 24

coming up
plateau
coming down

Question 25

high doses of MDMA

Answer 25

convulsions
vomiting
floating sensation
irrational actions

Question 26

is drug use increasing or decreasing in aus?

Answer 26

decreasing in teens increasing in older age groups