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To act as an effective CNS depressant, GHB has to be taken in a large dose of 1-5 grams (1,000 to (p. 167) 5,000 mg).

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Vicodin and Oxycontin are prescription opioids that are being misused and abused at increasing rates

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Volatile solvents that act as CNS depressants are found in a wide variety of household products.

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Withdrawal from opioid drugs has effects similar to a bad case of intestinal flu

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29. The natural substance found in the body that has marijuana-like effects is called ayahuasca.

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All tricyclic antidepressants work by blocking serotonin reuptake

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Ambien (zolpidem) is a popular benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety.

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Anticholinergic plants like datura have potent psychological effects but are not very dangerous physiologically.

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Ayahuasca is a name for the cactus containing mescaline.

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Cannabis sativa is grown primarily for its psychoactive resins.

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Deadly nightshade is the common name for bufotenin.

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Heroin first became popular among opioid abusers in the 1970s, due to returning Vietnam veterans

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It is a common misperception that marijuana smokers get "the munchies" and eat more, but laboratory studies have not supported this idea.

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LSD and psilocybin are examples of cathechol hallucinogens.

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Laboratory studies have not been able to document impaired driving performance after smoking marijuana.

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Long-term use of opioid drugs has been clearly shown to damage both the liver and the brain

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Naloxone and nalorphine are natural brain chemicals that have effects similar to morphine.

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Nitrous oxide ("laughing gas") is a Schedule I controlled substance.

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Opium smoking was widespread in China by 200 BC.

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Paraldehyde is a CNS depressant that is currently available in several over-the-counter medications.

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Synesthesia refers to the experiencing of hallucinogenic effects even months after taking the drug.

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The 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine said that marijuana cigarettes should be made available to any medical patient on the recommendation of a physician.

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The American Psychiatric Association's DSM-IV-TR divides all mental disorders into either neuroses (p. 172- 175) or psychoses

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The mood disorders include specific phobia.

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When barbiturates were the most popular sedative-hypnotics, low doses of the long-acting types were used as sleeping pill

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he MAO inhibitors are considered to be atypical antipsychotics.

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. Withdrawal from opioid drugs has effects similar to a bad case of intestinal flu.

T

35. Although regular marijuana smokers often show a slowing of cognitive processing, evidence fornegative acute cognitive effects is less dramatic than it is for infrequent users.

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A chronic psychotic condition with no known physical cause is likely to be diagnosed as schizophrenia

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Although PCP was tested on humans, it was eventually adopted primarily for use in animals as an anesthetic and also in so-called "tranquilizer" guns.

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Amanita muscaria is a red and white speckled mushroom that has been used widely in various religions throughout the world.

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Among the sedative-hypnotic drugs, short-acting barbiturates seem to be the most likely to lead to (p. 162) drug dependence.

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Antipsychotic drugs have their initial effect in the brain by blocking D2 dopamine receptors.

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Benzodiazepines produce their effects because they enhance the normal inhibitory effects of the neurotransmitter GABA

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Benzodiazepines replaced barbiturates primarily because they were believed to be safer.

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Black tar" is a form of heroin that comes mainly from Mexico

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Dronabinol, THC in a capsule, is legally available for prescription by physicians.

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Heroin was originally a brand name for diacetylmorphine, manufactured by Bayer laboratories.

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Lithium was the first effective mood stabilizer

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MDMA (Ecstasy) is a close chemical relative of methamphetamine.

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Many terms have been used for hallucinogens. The term entheogen has been used for those drugs thought to create spiritual or religious experiences.

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Morphine and codeine are derived from the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum.

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One indirect consequence of effective drug treatment for serious mental disorders is that more mentally ill people are now in jail or prison than in mental hospitals.

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Panic reactions can be a common reaction in marijuana smokers

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The Army and the CIA experimented with the use of LSD in the mid-twentieth century.

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The Marijuana Tax Act, the first federal law regulating cannabis, was passed in 1937

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The first antipsychotic drugs were the phenothiazines, introduced in the 1950s.

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The latest evidence on the effectiveness of antidepressants is that they are only slightly better than placebos.

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The primary active ingredient in marijuana is delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

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The primary medical uses for sedative-hypnotics have been to treat anxiety and sleep disorders.

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