UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
drug definition - what is a "drug"? - CORRECT ANSWER - any substance that, when
taken into the human body, can impair the ability of the person to operate a vehicle safely.
what are the 7 drug categories? - CORRECT ANSWER - CNS depressants
CNS stimulants
Hallucinogens
Dissociative Anesthetics
Narcotic Analgesics
Inhalants
Cannabis
CNS depressants - examples - CORRECT ANSWER - alcohol
barbiturates
valium
chloral hydrate
CNS depressants - effects - CORRECT ANSWER - - slow reaction and information
processing
- relieve anxiety/tension
- induce sedation/drowsiness/sleep
- depress brain's ability to sense pain
CNS stimulants - examples - CORRECT ANSWER - cocaine
amphetamines
, methamphetamines
CNS stimulants - effects - CORRECT ANSWER - - speed up body operations
- hyperactive/talkative
- teeth grinding
- rapid/repetitive speech
- increased heart rate, blood pressure and body temp (sweats)
- induce emotional excitement/restlessness/irritability
- can induce cardiac arrhythmia
Hallucinogens - examples - CORRECT ANSWER - LSD
Peyote
Ecstasy (MDMA)
Hallucinogens - effects - CORRECT ANSWER - - create hallucinations (perceptions of
things that are not there)
- disoriented senses
- strange/false signals (psychosis or insanity)
- mixing of senses (hearing color, seeing music, tasting sounds)
synesthesia - CORRECT ANSWER - a "mixing" of the senses common with
hallucinogens- hears colors, sees music, tastes sounds
Dissociative Anesthetics - examples - CORRECT ANSWER - Phencyclidine (PCP)
Ketamine
Dextromethorphan (DXM)
Dissociative Anesthetics - effects - CORRECT ANSWER - inhibit pain by cutting off or
"dissociating" the brains perception of pain