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Amphetamines - ANSWER ✔✔Uppers, stimulants. Legitimate and
useful medical applications, but often abused. Example Ritalin for
ADHD. Adderall for obesity, ADHD and narcolepsy.
Ecstasy - ANSWER ✔✔MDMA. Club drug often used at all night
dance parties (raves). Stimulant that increases heart rate and blood
pressure and can lead to heart or kidney failure; regular use produces
long-lasting, perhaps permanent, damage to your brains ability to think
and store memories.
,Hallucinogens - ANSWER ✔✔Substances that occur naturally or
produce synthetically that distort user's perception of reality; cause
sensory illusions that make it difficult to distinguish fact from fantasy.
Example: LSD, peyote, PCP.
Barbiturates - ANSWER ✔✔Historically represented one of nations
biggest drug abuse problems. Generally known as downers, often taken
as a way of escaping problems of daily living. Effects range from person
feeling drowsy, uninhibited, and intoxicated to intoxication and
staggering as if drunk, slurred speech, confused.
Nicotine - ANSWER ✔✔Found in tobacco. Potent parasympathetic
alkaloid, stimulant drug, addictive. Associated with cardiovascular
disease, potential birth defects, and poisoning. Associated with cancer.
Suppositories - ANSWER ✔✔Drug delivery system inserted into
rectum, vagina, or urethra where it dissolves or melts and is absorbed
into the bloodstream.
Diuretics - ANSWER ✔✔Promotes production of urine. Used for high
blood pressure. Often used by bulimics for weight loss.
Intravenous injection - ANSWER ✔✔A route of drug administration
directly into the bloodstream through a vein. Yield sstrongest and most
, rapid effact but is most dangerous due to risk of infection, vein collapse,
or overdose.
Intramuscular injection - ANSWER ✔✔A route of drug administration;
injected into the muscle.
Drug abuse - ANSWER ✔✔Generally refers to chronic, excessive
use of a drug. May also refer to a person's intent.
Drug inhibition (receptor site) - ANSWER ✔✔
THC - ANSWER ✔✔Active ingredient in marijuana. Connects to
nerve cell sites and brain called cannabinoid receptors and influences
the activity of those cells. Influences pleasure, memory, thought,
concentration, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement.
Increases risk of heart attack. Increases risk of cancer. Can lead to
depression anxiety and personality disturbances. Causes birth defects.
Can be used for medical purposes: glaucoma, Chemotherapy cause to
nausea and vomiting, appetite stimulant, antiasthmatic, seizures, muscle
relaxant action.
Receptor sites (of a drug) - ANSWER ✔✔Target cells for drugs.
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and Fitness 2026/2027 Expert
Verifed Ace the Test
Amphetamines - ANSWER ✔✔Uppers, stimulants. Legitimate and
useful medical applications, but often abused. Example Ritalin for
ADHD. Adderall for obesity, ADHD and narcolepsy.
Ecstasy - ANSWER ✔✔MDMA. Club drug often used at all night
dance parties (raves). Stimulant that increases heart rate and blood
pressure and can lead to heart or kidney failure; regular use produces
long-lasting, perhaps permanent, damage to your brains ability to think
and store memories.
,Hallucinogens - ANSWER ✔✔Substances that occur naturally or
produce synthetically that distort user's perception of reality; cause
sensory illusions that make it difficult to distinguish fact from fantasy.
Example: LSD, peyote, PCP.
Barbiturates - ANSWER ✔✔Historically represented one of nations
biggest drug abuse problems. Generally known as downers, often taken
as a way of escaping problems of daily living. Effects range from person
feeling drowsy, uninhibited, and intoxicated to intoxication and
staggering as if drunk, slurred speech, confused.
Nicotine - ANSWER ✔✔Found in tobacco. Potent parasympathetic
alkaloid, stimulant drug, addictive. Associated with cardiovascular
disease, potential birth defects, and poisoning. Associated with cancer.
Suppositories - ANSWER ✔✔Drug delivery system inserted into
rectum, vagina, or urethra where it dissolves or melts and is absorbed
into the bloodstream.
Diuretics - ANSWER ✔✔Promotes production of urine. Used for high
blood pressure. Often used by bulimics for weight loss.
Intravenous injection - ANSWER ✔✔A route of drug administration
directly into the bloodstream through a vein. Yield sstrongest and most
, rapid effact but is most dangerous due to risk of infection, vein collapse,
or overdose.
Intramuscular injection - ANSWER ✔✔A route of drug administration;
injected into the muscle.
Drug abuse - ANSWER ✔✔Generally refers to chronic, excessive
use of a drug. May also refer to a person's intent.
Drug inhibition (receptor site) - ANSWER ✔✔
THC - ANSWER ✔✔Active ingredient in marijuana. Connects to
nerve cell sites and brain called cannabinoid receptors and influences
the activity of those cells. Influences pleasure, memory, thought,
concentration, sensory and time perception, and coordinated movement.
Increases risk of heart attack. Increases risk of cancer. Can lead to
depression anxiety and personality disturbances. Causes birth defects.
Can be used for medical purposes: glaucoma, Chemotherapy cause to
nausea and vomiting, appetite stimulant, antiasthmatic, seizures, muscle
relaxant action.
Receptor sites (of a drug) - ANSWER ✔✔Target cells for drugs.
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