NAADAC Testing: Module 1 Top Examinable Questions with accurate answers. Rated A

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NAADAC Testing: Module 1 Top Examinable Questions with accurate answers. Rated A Uppers - ✔✔-CNS Stimulants: cocaine, amphetamines & meth, caffeine, nicotine Downers - ✔✔-CNS Depressants... : alcohol, benzos, barbituates, opiates, sedative- hypnotics, muscle relaxants, antihistamines All-Arounders - ✔✔-psychedelics (LSD, mushrooms, MDMA/Ecstacy, PCP, DXM) and Cannabis Acute intox Sx of uppers - ✔✔-Increased: heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, alertness, activity, anxiety, aggression, confidence, constriction of blood vessels, body temperature, dilated pupils, runny nose, dry mouth, muscle twitching, sexual stimulation Decreased: appetite for both food and water Acute intox sx of depressants (general) - ✔✔-Decreased: heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, digestion, basic psychological functions such as motor coordination and mental awareness, restricted pupils Specifics of alcohol - ✔✔-effects every organ in the body, impacts GABA, dopamine, glutimate and serotonin; electrolite imbalances can lead to life threating seizures Habituation - ✔✔-repitition of behaivors until they are established into daily life Acute Alcohol withdrawal Sx - ✔✔-High Risk: tremors, slurred speech, nausea and/or vomiting, flushed face, dehydration, sweating, rapid heart rate, insomnia, poor coordination, poor memory, halluninations, grand mal seizures, delirium tremens (DT's) Barbituates & Benzodiazapines - ✔✔-work on GABA, "standard" depressant effects, withdrawal sx can be toxic and present almost identical to alcohol Tolerance - ✔✔-Increased need for markedly more of the same substance in order to acheive the deisred effect (decreased need without a change in the substance is reverse tolerance) Can occur in as little as 3-4 weeks of use Dependence - ✔✔-aka Addiction: behavioral pattern of complusive substance use; consistent involvement with the use of substances, high tendency to relapse after withdrawal Detoxification - ✔✔-Process of eliminating all psychoactive substances from the body Methods of administration - ✔✔-oral- mouth via swallowing or smoking; Nasally- snorting or inhaling; IM- injection into a muscle; IV- Injecting into a vein; Subcutanious- injecting beneith the skin; Topicalapplyed on top of the skin; Sublingually- dissolving under the touge; rectally- inserted into the anus; Vagionally- inserted into the vagional openin [Show More]

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