BIO SCI 36 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Serotonin, Organic Chemistry, Controlled Substances Act
7 Oct 2016
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What is a drug?- mimic the (chemical)structure of things you already have inside of you, alters the brain, chemicals, can be addictive, synthetic hormones. *drugs have the same effect on other species, which means that other species have the same receptors and compounds as humans. Flies have a parasite, a wasp, who lay their eggs on or inside the fly. eggs develop and grow and eat the fly inside out but the fly can kill them by getting secondary benefits from drugs. *mood alteration enhances social gatherings and religious ceremonies. //figured you can use cocaine to get people of of opiates. *the medical drugs of our past are narcotic drugs of the present. Accidental discovery of chlorpromazine drove the pharmacology revolution. *albert hoffman-synthesized lsd from ergotamine (derived from ergot) Lsd became an inducer for a model of psychosis. Drug abuse & control act 1970- categorized controlled substances based on their potential for addiction.
