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14 Cards in this Set
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DEPRESSANTS
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"DOWNERS" - CALM NEURAL ACTIVITITY AND SLOW BODY FUNCTIONS
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STIMULANTS
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"UPPERS" - TEMPORARILY EXCITE NEURAL ACTIVITY AND AROUSE BODY FUNCTIONS
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HALLUCINOGENS
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DISTORT PERFECPTIONS AND EVOKE SENSORYIMAGES IN THE ABSENCE OF SENSORY INPUT
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BARBITURATES
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DEPRESSANT.
TRANQUILIZRS & SLEEPING PILLS; ; ACITIVITY OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, REDUCING ANXIETY BUT IMPAIRING MEMORY AND JUDGEMENT |
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OPIATES
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OPIUM AND IT'S DERIVATIVES SUCH AS MORPHINE AND HEROIN; DEPRESS NEURAL ACTIVITY, TEMPORARILY LESSENING PAIN AND ANXIETY
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AMPHETAMINES
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drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing speeded up body functions and associated enegy and mood changes
STIMULANT. |
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LSD
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a powerful hallucinogenic drug; aka Acid.
HALLUCINOGEN |
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ECSTASY
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TRIGGERS RELEASE OF DOPAMINE; RELEASES STORED SEROTONIN AND BLOCKS ITS REABSORPTION
STIMULANT AND MILD HALLUCINOGEN |
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ALCOHOL
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EFFECTS JUDGEMENT AND MEMORY; MAKES PEOPLE LESS SHY
DEPRESSANT. |
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HEROIN
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RUSH OF EUPHORIA; RELIEF FROM PAIN BUT DEPRESSEED PHYSIOLOGY AND AGNOZING WITHDRAWL
OPIATE. |
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CAFFEINE
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INCREASES ALERTNESS AND WAKEFULNESS; BUT CAUSES ANXIETY, RESTLESSNESS, AND INSOMINIA, ALSO UNCOMFORTABLE WITHDRAWAL
STIMULANT. |
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NICOTINE
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AROUSAL AND RELAXTION; A SENSE OF WELL BEING; BUT CANCER AND HEART DISEASE
STIMULANT. |
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COCAINE
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RUSH OF EUPHORIA, CONFIDENCE, ENERGY
STIMULANT |
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PSYCHOACTIVE DRUG
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ANYTYPE OF DRUG THAT CHANGES PERCEPTION
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