Substance Abuse DSST 55 Questions And Answers

Abstinence - ️️Refraining completely from the use of a drug, particularly alcohol. Neurotransmitters - ️️Acetylcholine, dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, GABA, glutamate, enkephalins, endorphins and adenosine. Amphetamine - ️️A synthetic CNS stimulant and sympathomimetic, used to treat narcolepsy, ADHD, and occasionally obesity, as well as a source of energy, though abuse can lead to elevated blood pressure and acute paranoid psychosis. Street name is speed. Ephedrine - ️️A sympathomimetic drug used in treating asthma, from which amphetamines are derived. Methamphetamine - ️️Derived from amphetamine, a stimulant, most addictive when taken intravenously. Street names are meth, crank, and in crystal forms, crystal meth or ice. Schedule II. Sympathomimetic - ️️Any drug that stimulates or mimics the sympathetic nervous system. Club Drugs - ️️Drugs associated with raves. Most commonly, this group includes MDMA (Ecstasy), GHB and Rohypnol (roofies). Psychopharmacology - ️️The study of the behavioral effects of drugs. Gateway Drugs - ️️Drugs - usually tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana - whose use increases the risk that a person will later use harder drugs, such as cocaine and heroin.