HTW 221 Study Guide - Final Guide: Psychoactive Drug, Passive Smoking, Rock Hudson

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Health and Wellness
• Course: HTW 221
• Professor: Middlemiss

Document Summary

Psychoactive drug: taken for mind altering and mood altering effects. Intoxication: state that occurs when the amount of a substance reaches toxic levels in the body: elicit drugs: drugs, which are under international control, but are produced, trafficked, and/or consumed illicitly. Narcotics, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and cannabis: drug use: commonly taken for medicinal purposes, drugs misuse: temporary and improper use of a legal drug, drug abuse: intentional improper or nonmedical use of a drug. Vta then releases dopamine not only into the nucleus accumbens, but also into the septum, the amygdala, and the prefrontal cortex: stimulants: enhance chemical activity in parts of the brain that influence emotions, sleep, attention, and learning. Caffeine, cocaine, methamphetamine, ritalin: depressants: slow the activity of cerebral cortex of the brain, producing sedative and hypnotic effects and drowsiness. Can be prescribed to treat insomnia and mild anxiety.