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Which of the following classic hallucinogens is one of the most potent mood and perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs?

How did the opioid epidemic begin?

In normal, ____________circumstances, the reward circuit responds to healthy, pleasurable activities by releasing the neurotransmitter ___________which teaches other parts of the brain to repeat those activities

 Which neurotransmitter does heroin affect in the brain?

_______ are a class of drugs that cause hallucination profound distortion in a person's perceptions of reality

________causes a spill of dopamine and norepinephrine

wherever it's available to be released.

Which type of drug is considered the most efficacious form of pain relief available to medicine and is available in many forms for use from inpatient surgery to outpatient: pain relief?

Which dissociative drug was originally developed in the 1950s as a general anesthetic: for surgery and today it is illegal and is snorted, smoked, injected, or swallowed?

 The dangers of taking pills that are not prescribed for you specifically and/or are from non-prescription sources include:

Science is showing that high levels of marijuana use in early adolescence may be associated with which of the following effects later in life?

What synthetic opioid is 50x stronger than heroin and 100x stronger than morphine?

_________is a pattern of frequently repeated dosing (of a

stimulant) that may last for up to 3 sleepless days.

___________is its class of drugs called cannabinoids.

__________ prevents the reuptake of dopamine serotonin and norepinephrine where it is being released (blocking the reuptake receptor)

Which of the following opioids has no valid medical use?

How are hallucinogen drugs used?

Which of the following effects may marijuana have if used by a person?

Select the drugs that block pain messages sent from the body to the e

why they are prescribed for serious injuries or illnesses.

Which of the following drugs are classified as stimulants?

Which of the following influences the intensity of the psychological effects of stimulants on the brain?

Which of the following can activate receptors in the brain because their chemical structure mimics the natural neurotransmitters allowing them to lock in and activate the nerve cells?

Dopamine reinforces the desire to use drugs

When a person uses marijuana the body quickly (about 2 hours) eliminates the THC

There are FDA-approved drugs to treat opioid addiction

Naloxone nasal spray is an effective treatment used to avoid opioid overdoes and death

DMT (Dimethyltryptamine) is the main psychoactive chemical in marijuana.

Marijuana mimics the effect of endogenous cannabinoids in the human brain.

Endogenous opioids like endorphins and enkephalins are created naturally in the body.

 Tetrahydrocannabinol - THC levels have remained the same for 50 years.

All hallucinogens are alike and produce the same effect in each person.

. There is no accepted medical use for hallucinogen drugs; nobody is permitted to possess or use them; they are all illegal.

The THC content of vaping fluid is highly regulated.

A drug in the form of a pill means it is automatically safe.

Due to the versatility of serotonin and several receptors (14), serotonin-targeted drugs treat many important disorders such as anxiety and depression.

Stimulants activate the release of noradrenaline/norepinephrine, the neurotransmitter responsible for triggering the fight or flight response.