Drugs Society And Human Behaviour Test 2

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Schedule I drug on Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

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Cocaine and stimulants

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Impair one's ability to learn complex tasks but speeds up performance

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Stimulants

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used to treat children with ADHD

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Stimulants

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effects are similar to cocaine

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Amphetamines

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"crank" is a popular street name

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Methamphetamine

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overdose may produce a psychotic state

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Stimulants

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term used to describe feelings of depression during cocaine withdrawal

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"Cocaine Blues"

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10-12 percent of school-aged children in Canada are prescribed..... for ADHD

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Ritalin. only 1/2 of the about prescribed in the US

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group of drugs commonly including amphetamine, methamphetamine, and methcathinone.

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Amphetamine-type stimulants

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Causes one to lose appetite; suppression of eating

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Anorectic effects

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A behavioural disorder, more commonly diagnosed in children, characterised by an individual's inattention, disorganized thinking and failure to complete tasks

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ADHD

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A freebase cocaine produced by mixing cocaine salt with baking soda and water and baked to form a brittle. cracked into small smokable pieces

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Crack

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the practice of smoking cocaine by heating until it vaporizes

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Freebasing

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The reversal of the side effects from a drug, such as a user of an ATS becomes more aware of the effects of the drug the longer the use

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Reverse Tolerance or Sensitization

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When learning under the influence of a drug is best recalled when one is in the same state

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State-dependent learning

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Paranoid delusions and disorientation resembling symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia from prolonged use of amphetamines

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Stimulant Psychosis

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Amphetamines that produce the psychological effects of sympathetic activity

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Sympathomimetic

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Humans have consumed this since between 6000 BCE-5000 BCE

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Alcohol

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Highest rates of heavy use of this (and more vulnerable to developing a problem) are men between 18-25

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Alcohol

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A lethal dose of this is not as difficult to achieve as you might thing according to toxicity

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Alcohol

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The cognitive deficits that occur as a result of years of use of ..... are reversible

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Alcohol

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10-20% of alcoholics eventually develop...

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Cirrhosis of the liver

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Moderate drinking is associated with reduced risk of....

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Heart disease

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Failure to recall events that occurred while drinking even though there is no loss of consciousness

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Blackout

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A measure of the concentration of alcohol in the blood expressed in grams/100 mL

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Blood Alcohol concentration

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A fabrication of events, when asked questions concerning them, because of inability to recall

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Confabulation

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A theory that states that social inhibitions that act in opposition to the depressant action on the brain, causes lack of anxiety or awareness towards inhibitive behavior

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Disinhibition theory

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The process by which the heating of a fermented mixture increases is alcohol content

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Distillation

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A transient state of physical and psychological disruption caused by the presence of a toxic substance in the CNS

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Intoxication

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Memory for remote events.

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Long-term memory

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Drugs used to treat depression that inhibits the activity monoamine oxidase, which degrades the neurotransmitters of norepinephrine and serotonin.

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Monoamine Oxidase inhibitors

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Formal ways of measuring behavioural functions that may be impaired by brain lesions

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Neuropsychological tests

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the proportion of alcohol in a beverage, by volume (typically distilled spirits) and equals twice its percentage

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Proof

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Associated with dream activity and is one stage in a cycle sleep

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REM sleep

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Memory for recent events

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Short-Term memory

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The alcohol equivalent in a drink of beer, wine, or spirits. Equals 0.5 oz of alcohol.

12 oz beer

4oz wine

1 oz 90-100 proof

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Standard drink

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Any chemical or environmental factor that negatively affects the development of an embryo or fetus.

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Teratogens

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..... For over 360 years was viewed as a panaceas

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Tobacco

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Evidence shows this was used in Canada in the 8th century.

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Tobacco

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21% of Canadian males and 14% females report using this daily

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Cigarettes

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Stimulates the same receptors that are sensitive to acetylcholine, it is biphasic

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Nicotine

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Biphasic

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Both a stimulant and depressant

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Its acute effects involve the CNS and ANS. It has stimulant effects at lower doses but more depressant effects at higher doses.

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Nicotine

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major diseases such as heart disease, COPD, and cancer are linked to this

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Smoking

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in the 20th century, 100 mil people died from this.....

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Smoking

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this killed 1200 Canadians in 2008

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Second-hand smoking

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a technique that uses a machine to test levels compounds in cigarettes

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Canadian intense method

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disease of the lungs characterized by abnormal dilution of its air spaces and distension of its walls. frequently, heart action impaired

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Emphysema

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A consequence of nicotine overdose characterized by palpitations, dizziness, sweating, nausea, or vomiting

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Nicotine poisoning

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A physical disease; return to a previous state of illness from one of health. in smoking it means a smoker resumes smoking after abstaining.

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Relapse

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90% of the world's population consumes this regularly

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Caffeine

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after adults, this age group has the highers exposure to caffeine

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Children age 1-5

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Smokers metabolize caffeine .... than others

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More quickly

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it (is or is not) possible to be intoxicated by caffeine

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It is possible

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elevates mood and can improve performance on tasks

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Caffeine

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found in many medications

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Caffeine

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Avg. Canadian consumes 210mg daily

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Caffeine

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Netherlands has the highest consumption of this and Nigeria the lowest

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Caffeine

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Caffeine intoxication may occur after the consumption of more than 600mg of caffeine in a day. symptoms- muscle twitching , disordered thought and speech, and arrhythmia

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caffeinism

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A term used to denote a drug's use throughout the lifespan

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Cradle-to-grave drug

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beverage containing large doses of caffeine

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Energy drinks