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Types of Drugs
CHS Forensics
Forensics Science
Ch 5


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• Where did the term Narcotic
come from?
• The Greek word Narkotikos
meaning numbness or deadening.


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Opiates
• What do opiates behave like?
• Morphine


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Opiates
• What is the most commonly used
opium based drug?
• Heroin


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Opiates
• Why is the water and heroin
mixture heated?
• To speed up the dissolving of
heroin into water.


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Opiates
• How does an analgesics relieve
pain?
• The drug depresses the central
nervous system.


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Opiates
• What drug appears to eliminate
the addicts desire for heroin?
• Methadone.


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Hallucinogens
• What chemical does Cannabis
sativa contain?
• Tetrahydrocannibinol


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Hallucinogens
• What is another type of
hallucinogen?
• Mescaline, Psilocybin, Lysergic
acid diethylamide (LSD),
Phencyclidine


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Hallucinogens
• Where does LSD come from?
• Ergot a fungus that attacks
grains and grasses


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Hallucinogens
• Who first described the effects
of LSD
• Albert Hofmann


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Depressants
• What do depressants do?
• Slow down the C.N.S.


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Depressants
• What is the most widely used
drug in the US?
• Alcohol


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Depressants
• Why are barbiturates called
downers?
• They relax the user, create a
feeling of well being, and
produce sleep


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Depressants
• Name the fast acting
barbiturates.
• Secobarbitol, pentobarbitol,
Amobarbitol


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Depressants
• How are antianxiety drugs
different from barbiturates?
• They produce only feelings of
well being.


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Depressants
• What is huffing?
• The practice of inhaling volatile
organic solvents


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Depressants
• What are the effects of
huffing?
• Feelings of exhilaration and
euphoria, slurred speech, &
double vision


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Stimulants
• What do stimulants do?
• Speed up the CNS Central
nervous system.


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Stimulants
• What are amphetamines?
• Synthetic stimulants.


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Stimulants
• How can users take
amphetamines?
• Orally or intravenously.


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Stimulants
• What is the smokeable form of
methamphetamines called?
• Ice.


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Stimulants
• Where does cocaine come from
Genus & species?
• Cocaine is stimulant derived from
the leaves of Erythroxylon coca.


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Stimulants
• How does cocaine produce
euphoria?
• By stimulating the pleasure
center of the brain.


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Stimulants
• What do they call the smokable
form of cocaine?
• Crack.


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Stimulants
• What effect does cocaine have
on experimental animals?
• Cocaine produces the strongest
psychological compulsion for
continued use.


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Club Drugs
• How are GHB and Rohypnol used
similarly?
• They facilitate sexual assault,
rape, and robbery.


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Club Drugs
• What is MDMA?
• Ecstasy or
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine


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Club Drugs
• How was MDMA originally
supposed to be used?
• As an appetite suppressor.


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Club Drugs
• How is ketamine supposed to be
used?
• As an animal tranquilizer.


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Anabolic steroids
• What are steriods?
• Synthetic compounds that are
related to male sex hormones.