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Schedule I drug on Canada's Controlled Drugs and Substances Act |
Cocaine and stimulants |
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Impair one's ability to learn complex tasks but speeds up performance |
Stimulants |
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used to treat children with ADHD |
Stimulants |
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effects are similar to cocaine |
Amphetamines |
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"crank" is a popular street name |
Methamphetamine |
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overdose may produce a psychotic state |
Stimulants |
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term used to describe feelings of depression during cocaine withdrawal |
"Cocaine Blues" |
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10-12 percent of school-aged children in Canada are prescribed..... for ADHD |
Ritalin. only 1/2 of the about prescribed in the US |
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group of drugs commonly including amphetamine, methamphetamine, and methcathinone. |
Amphetamine-type stimulants |
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Causes one to lose appetite; suppression of eating |
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 |
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 |
Crack |
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the practice of smoking cocaine by heating until it vaporizes |
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 |
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 |
State-dependent learning |
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Paranoid delusions and disorientation resembling symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia from prolonged use of amphetamines |
Stimulant Psychosis |
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Amphetamines that produce the psychological effects of sympathetic activity |
Sympathomimetic |
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Humans have consumed this since between 6000 BCE-5000 BCE |
Alcohol |
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Highest rates of heavy use of this (and more vulnerable to developing a problem) are men between 18-25 |
Alcohol |
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A lethal dose of this is not as difficult to achieve as you might thing according to toxicity |
Alcohol |
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The cognitive deficits that occur as a result of years of use of ..... are reversible |
Alcohol |
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10-20% of alcoholics eventually develop... |
Cirrhosis of the liver |
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Moderate drinking is associated with reduced risk of.... |
Heart disease |
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Failure to recall events that occurred while drinking even though there is no loss of consciousness |
Blackout |
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A measure of the concentration of alcohol in the blood expressed in grams/100 mL |
Blood Alcohol concentration |
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A fabrication of events, when asked questions concerning them, because of inability to recall |
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 |
Disinhibition theory |
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The process by which the heating of a fermented mixture increases is alcohol content |
Distillation |
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A transient state of physical and psychological disruption caused by the presence of a toxic substance in the CNS |
Intoxication |
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Memory for remote events. |
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. |
Monoamine Oxidase inhibitors |
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Formal ways of measuring behavioural functions that may be impaired by brain lesions |
Neuropsychological tests |
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the proportion of alcohol in a beverage, by volume (typically distilled spirits) and equals twice its percentage |
Proof |
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Associated with dream activity and is one stage in a cycle sleep |
REM sleep |
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Memory for recent events |
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 |
Standard drink |
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Any chemical or environmental factor that negatively affects the development of an embryo or fetus. |
Teratogens |
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..... For over 360 years was viewed as a panaceas |
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 |
Cigarettes |
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Stimulates the same receptors that are sensitive to acetylcholine, it is biphasic |
Nicotine |
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Biphasic |
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. |
Nicotine |
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major diseases such as heart disease, COPD, and cancer are linked to this |
Smoking |
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in the 20th century, 100 mil people died from this..... |
Smoking |
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this killed 1200 Canadians in 2008 |
Second-hand smoking |
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a technique that uses a machine to test levels compounds in cigarettes |
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 |
Emphysema |
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A consequence of nicotine overdose characterized by palpitations, dizziness, sweating, nausea, or vomiting |
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. |
Relapse |
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90% of the world's population consumes this regularly |
Caffeine |
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after adults, this age group has the highers exposure to caffeine |
Children age 1-5 |
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Smokers metabolize caffeine .... than others |
More quickly |
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it (is or is not) possible to be intoxicated by caffeine |
It is possible |
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elevates mood and can improve performance on tasks |
Caffeine |
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found in many medications |
Caffeine |
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Avg. Canadian consumes 210mg daily |
Caffeine |
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Netherlands has the highest consumption of this and Nigeria the lowest |
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 |
caffeinism |
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A term used to denote a drug's use throughout the lifespan |
Cradle-to-grave drug |
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beverage containing large doses of caffeine |
Energy drinks |