DRUG & NEUROTRANSMITTER REVIEW

Depressants
(depressed-slow down)
Stimulant
(speed up and excite)
Hallucinogen
(destroy perceptions & evoke images)
1. Alcohol
2. Barbiturates tranquilizer (category)
Nembutal, Seconal, Amytal
Sodium Pentothal (truth serum)

3. Opiates (category) from opium
Vicodin
Morphine
Codeine
Heroin
1. Caffeine
2. Nicotine
3. Cocaine
4. Ecstasy (MDMA)
5. Amphetamines (NoDoz; speed)
6. Methamphetamines (Meth)
1. LSD
2. THC
3. Marijuana
4. Ecstasy (MDMA) (mild hallucinogen)












Drugs and Conscious Experience Name: KEY

Drugs have the potential to alter our conscious experiences in many different ways. This sentence
completion exercise will help familiarize you with the different classes of drugs and the terminology
used to describe them. Simply select the term or phrase from the word bank that best fits each blank.
1. Any drug that slows down central nervous system activity is classified as
a __depressant__________.

2. Substances derived from the opium poppy form a class of drugs called -
___narcotics_____________and are used widely because of their pain-killing
effects.


3. ___Physical dependence___________________ is said to have developed
when the neurons in the central nervous system require the drug in order
to function normally.

4. An example of a stimulant is amphetamines_____________.


5. ____Tolerance_______________ is said to have developed when the neurons
in the central nervous system respond less and less to a given quantity of
a drug.

6. The drug ____LSD____ has powerful psychedelic effects even when
consumed in very small quantities.

7. Any drug that functions to increase central nervous system activities is
classified as a ____stimulant_____________________.

8. The most widely used and abused depressant is ____alcohol_________.

9. Among opiate addicts, the most widely used narcotic is
__heroin______________.

10. An all-consuming desire to use a drug for its euphoric effects is called
__psychological dependence______________________.

11. _psychedelic drugs___________________ drugs are a class of drugs that
produce auditory and visual hallucinations in people.

12. Any drug that can affect our behaviors, perceptions, arousal level,
emotional status or thinking ability are called _psychoactive________
drugs.
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KEY:
1. depressant
2. narcotics
3. physical
dependence
4. amphetamines
5. tolerance
6. LSD
7. stimulant
8. alcohol
9. heroin
10. psychological
dependence
11. psychedelic
drugs
12. psychoactive

Neurotransmitter & Drug Effects
SUMMARY



Drug Type
NT
Effected
Agonist
(mimic) or
Antagonist
(blocks)
Other important information
LSD Hallucinogen Serotonin Agonist LSD binds to serotonin receptor sites
Cocaine Stimulant Dopamine Antagonist
Cocaine blocks the dopamine
transporters. Reuptake cannot occur.
Ecstasy Stimulant Serotonin Agonist
Excess serotonin becomes trapped in
the synapse, binding over and
overcell is over stimulated
Heroin
Depressant
& Opiate
Dopamine Antagonist
Heroin is blocking ALL NTs and
Dopamine is released constantly
without inhibition after use
Marijuana
Mild
hallucinogen
Dopamine Agonist
Dopamine released without
inhibition
THC is agonist for own natural
cannabinoid receptor
Meth Stimulant Dopamine Agonist
Through reuptake extra Meth is
taken in by the synaptic gap and
vesicles
Acts better to the drug than normal
NT! Taking in drug NOT NT!
Alcohol Depressant
GABA
GABA is inhibitory keeps cells from firing
*Alcohol increases the inhibitory effects/sedative
Glutamate is excitatory encourages cells to fire
*Alcohol binds to the receptor sites blocking
Glutamate from binding to its own receptor sites, cells
cant get excited!
Glutamate