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1. Most of the drugs that people abuse have their effect on the ______ ______ of the _____.
2. The limbic system is located deep within the brain near the top of the _____ ____.
3. The limbic system produces the feelings of ________, ____, _____ and ____ which characterize our ________.
4. All drugs of addiction work on our ________.
5. Within the limbic system drugs work on the brain by way of _________________.
6. Some of the neurotransmitters affected by drugs are _________, ____________ and ________.
7. _________ _____ will usually make more a neurotransmitter(s) available to the brain.
8. __________ _____ will usually make less of a neurotransmitter(s) available to the brain.
9. Because our brain adjusts to this __________ in _______________, our brain becomes physically dependent on some drugs.
10. Although our brain can become physically dependent on a wide variety of drugs, the brain is more likely to become dependent on __________ _____ than on _________ _____.
11. Opium is a drug which occurs naturally in the ____ ____ _____, and is classed as a ________.
12. A narcotic drug relieves ____ and induces _____.
13. The brain has _________________ which controls our perception of pain called __________.
14. Within the brain __________ mask ____ and make us feel ____.
15. All _____ products are chemically similar to __________ and have their pleasurable effects by substituting for __________ in our brain.
16. ________ and _______ magnified the power of opium ___ times.
17. If the __________ ______ is used to intravenously inject morphine, it magnifies the power of the drug __-__ times.
18. Diacetylmorphine is known as ______.
19. Heroin was originally believed to be ____________, and for years was a treatment for __________.
20. Heroin is a drug to which people become both _______________ and __________ dependent.
21. Heroin is a drug of ______.
22. Mainlining is a term for ___________ injection of a drug.
23. Since addiction to heroin makes it difficult to hold a ___, _____ becomes the primary way to buy heroin.
24. Heroin addicts often become ___________, ___________ and ____ _______.
25. Heroin produces good feelings which ______ ______ cannot match, so that normal feelings lose their _____.
26. If a person must withdraw from heroin, the physical dependence causes ______ __________ _______.
27. Withdrawal from heroin produces symptoms which include: ________, ___________, ________, ________, _______, ___________, _____________, ________, ________ and an ___________ movement of the ____ and ____. It is from this ___________ movement of the ____ that we got the expression "_______ the _____."
28. Since withdrawal from heroin can result in _____, it is best to withdraw with _______ help.
29. Physicians can administer an anti-seizure medication called ________ to withdrawing heroin addicts to reduce seizures, and an ____-_______ _____ (tranquilizer) such as _______ to calm the ___________ and ______.
30. One treatment for heroin addiction is know as ________ ___________.
31. _________ is a drug which is substituted for ______.
32. Although methadon is _________, it is _____, _____ and not a devastating to the ____.
33. Another drug that is useful in treating heroin addiction is __________ (______).
34. __________ blocks the action of ______ in the _____, so that if the addict takes __________, an injection of ______ will have no ______.
35. Since Heroin is a drug of ______, those who tend to become addicted to it need ______.
36. _______ comes from the leaves of the ____ _____.
37. Like opium, _________ made these leaves become very _________.
38. When technology is used to extract _______ _____________ from the leaves, and when technology is used to covert _______ _____________ into ____ ____ (_____), it becomes very _________.
39. Cocaine is a _________ ____ which creates good feelings by increasing the supply of the neurotransmitter ________ in the ______ ______ of the _____.
40. Cocaine use creates feelings of great ________, ______, ____-______, ____-__________ and ___________.
41. Cocaine depresses ________, increases _____ ____ and _____ ________.
42. While ________ __________ to cocaine is small, _____________ __________ is great.
43. At the turn of the century, cocaine was an ingredient in soft drinks such as ____ ____ and ___ ______.
44. Because cocaine works by stimulating ________ ________ of the ______ ______ which use ________ as a transmitter, the brain reads this extra ________ as "too much" and _____ ____ the _______ __________ of this ________________.
45. When some people ____ _______ ___, the brain soon increases production of ________ to near ________ ______. However, in other people the _____ never resumes ______ __________ in ________, and the person has a ________ _________ to experience ______ _________ ________.
46. Because cocaine increases _____ ____ and _____ ________, it can cause _________, and even ____ _____ _______.
47. A ______ occurs when a blood vessel in the brain ______, and _____ _____ which depended upon this vessel for blood ___.
48. ________ _____________ is a mental illness characterized by disordered ________, which is often accompanied by _________ and _____________.
49. ________ _____________ is believed to represent too much, or an over-sensitivity to the neurotransmitter ________.
50. Since cocaine abuse causes there to be too much ________ in the brain, cocaine addicts sometimes develop ________-_____________-like symptoms that usually take the form of _________, such as that people are ______ on them or are ________ to ___ ____.
51. Cocaine addicts often become ___________ of others because of these ________.
52. ___________ are _________ _____ which were developed originally as ______________.
53. They were used by troops on both sides in World War II to stay _____ and _____.
54. Like cocaine, amphetamines give the user ______, ________ and ____-__________.
55. In the 1950's amphetamines were tried as a treatment for __________.
56. While amphetamines did make the depressed person __________ _____ ______, in the long run it made their depression much _____.
57. Amphetamines have been used by students to help them _____ and _____, athletes to _______ ___________, musicians to motivate them to perform __________ concerts, truck drivers to stay _____ on a ____ ____, and as ____ _____ to help people lose ______.
58. The only medical uses for amphetamines today are for the treatment of _________ ______ ________ (___) and for the treatment of __________.
59. Amphetamines speed up _____ ____, ___________ and increase _____ ________. Because of these, and because they give the user ______, they are often called _____.
60. Amphetamines create a surplus of many _________________, including ________.
61. Like _______ addicts, __________ addicts often exhibit symptoms of ________ _____________.
62. Amphetamines tend to make people more __________.
63. _________ means that the more you use a drug, the ____ of the drug you must use to get the ____ ________.
64. Amphetamine addicts can start with __ __________ a day and work their way up to _______ ________ __________ a day.
65. Like _______, physical dependence is ___, and psychological dependence is ____.
66. _________ is a stimulant drug preferred for the treatment of ADD.
67. Like cocaine, amphetamines can cause a _________ _________ in the ________ produced by the brain--resulting in a _________ disability to experience ______ ________.
68. Like cocaine, amphetamines can also cause a ______.
69. __________ has also made amphetamines very _________.
70. When technology is used to strengthen amphetamine into ______________ ___________ (_____) it becomes extremely _________.
71. Many experts believe that _____ is even more addictive than _____.
72. _______ is a drug that has been consumed since at least the advent of ___________.
73. Crops which contain _____ can be converted to _______ by the action of _____ or ________.
74. _____ ____, _____, ______, ____ and even ________ can be used to make _________ beverages.
75. __________ also caused alcohol to become more ___________.
76. The first alcoholic beverages were _____, _____ and ____.
77. Because of the high water content in wines, beers and ale these alcoholic beverages contained a rather ___ _________ of _______.
78. The technology known as ___________ allowed people to produce alcoholic beverages that had a ______ _______ _______.
79. Alcohol is a __________ ____. This means that it _______ the effect of _________________ in the _______ ______. This causes one to ____ their ______, lose the ability to _____ ___ and coordinate _________ of the ____.
80. ________ (_____) coordination is ________ by alcohol, as is ________ and ________.
81. Research has shown that an blood-alcohol concentration of .__% is the level at which a person should not _____ _ ___.
82 It is possible for a person to drink __________ to _____. _____ occurs because there is ____________ neurotransmitters for the _______ ______ to create _________.
82. Alcohol is a drug to which one develops _________. This means the ___ you drink, the ____ you are _______ of ________.
83. Almost ___ in ___ drinkers develop __________.
84. ________ has been shown to be an important factor in alcoholism.
85. Alcoholism tend to run in ________ and alcoholism has ______ __________.
86. Alcohol is ___________ (______ _____) by the _____.
87. If, because of ________, one has a high amount of the __________ for alcohol produced by their _____, they will get a more ___________ ________ to alcohol than will one with smaller amounts of the __________.
88. People with ____ _____ _______ of the metabolite for alcohol get ____ from it easily.
89. ________ people have low amounts of this metabolite. Because of this, _________ is ____ in ________ countries.
90. All alcohols are ________ to people. However, drinking alcohol (_______ or_____ _______) is the least _________.
91. Being a poison all alcohol is ________ to the ____.
92. Alcohol is converted by the liver into ______ ____, an acid used to make _______. This ______ ____ can "______," ______, and ____ the liver.
93. The medical tern for scaring of the liver is "_________" of the _____.
94. Alcohol can also damage the _____.
95. Alcohol destroys the connections between _____ ______ in the brain.
96._________ are long periods of time for which one remembers _______.
97. Alcohol abuse is also associated with _____ _______ and ______.
98. When an alcoholic withdraws from alcohol, withdrawal can result in ________ _______ (___).
99. DTs are characterized by ________, ___________, ________, ______ and ______________.
100. One treatment for alcoholism is the drug _______.
101. _______ ties up the __________ for alcohol and makes the alcoholic __________ ____ should they _____.
102. ________ _________ (__) is also an effective therapy, although __ keeps no records of _______ and _______.
103. AA is a ________-_____ _______ _____ for alcoholics, in which _________ help other _________.
104. No alcoholic is ever considered _____. If the alcoholic stops drinking, it is said to be ________ in __________. Generally, ___ _____ will send them immediately back into __________.
105. _________ is the term of the flowering tops and leaves of the plant ________ ______.
106. Marijuana has characteristics of both _________ and __________ drugs. Because of this it is not classed as either, but as a ____________ drug. Powerful marijuana products such as _______ and _______ ___ will cause _____________.
107. Marijuana distorts our __________ of ____, so that ____ appears to pass very ______.
108. Marijuana interferes with the _____________ of ________, so that things may be _________ very _______.
109. Marijuana stimulates ______ ______ of the brain, causing a craving for ____--especially _____ _____.
110. The active drug in marijuana is ___________________ (___).
111. ___ is found in its highest concentration in the ______ plant.
112. ___ is a very ______ substance. One of the functions of THC is to cause ______ to _____, so that ____________ can occur.
113. If ____________ is prevented, the female plant produces more and more ___ in an attempt to catch ______.
114. Another aspect of technology, _________ ________, has resulted in marijuana that contains very large amounts of THC.
115. The marijuana of the _____ contained only _-_% THC.
116. Today's marijuana can be over __% THC.
117. Marijuana has an effect on __________.
118. Motivation refers to what we ____ and ____.
119. In the marijuana induced ______________ ________, wants and needs ______.
120. Marijuana also has an effect on ______.
121. A structure of the brain called the ___________ is known to be important for ______________ _________ into ________.
122. The ___________ is damaged by _________ _________ use.
123. In some marijuana users the ____________ is damaged in a few ______ of ________ use. In others it takes _____ before detectable damage occurs.
124. But in all __________ _____ of _________ this damage will _________ occur.
125. ________ ____ ___________ (___) is a hallucinogenic drug.
126. Since LSD caused _____________, it was believed that something like LSD was in the brains of ______________.
127. In schizophrenia, the _____________ are primarily ________--they ____ things
such as ______.