Psychology 2020A/B Final: Drugs and Behaviour - Exam Study Note - Inhalants Unit
9 Jan 2012
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Substances that must be burned/heated in order to be inhaled (nicotine/thc: volatile hydrocarbons (gases, non-medical solvents, anesthetic gases with some medical use, nitrites. Poor countries (mexico/south america 20% street children have daily use of solvents) Peaks in the earlier grades and declines after. White upper middle class women who were not. When did ether abuse increase in canada and the. Does nitrous oxide generalize to any other drug. How is the endogenous opiate receptor system involved? allowed to consume alcohol at the time in public. Used ether instead (spoonful cost 1 penny got same effect but shorter effect gone by the time reached the police station if caught) Yes passing a balloon of it around and inhaling. Climbing today: hypoxia, permanent nerve damage with extended exposure of high levels (inactivation of vit. Yes in rats and mice - unlikely in humans not the same dosing regime. Opiate antagonists can block the effects of nitrous oxide but don t induce withdrawal.
