CCJ 4934 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Psilocybin Mushroom, Drug Action, Methamphetamine

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Sociology, Criminology and Law - Criminology
• Course: CCJ 4934
• Professor: Erika Brooke

Document Summary

Typically painkillers, derived from opium: depressants. Supress nervous system activity neurological movement: sedatives. Generally produce calm, relaxation antianxiety, alcohol: hypnotics. Produce sleep rofies, sleeping pills: stimulants. Stimulate central nervous system meth, coke, caffeine: hallucinogens. Produce changes in perceptions, sensations; psychedelics, shrooms, lsd, weed. Drug action: specific and takes place at the molecular level. Drug speeds up slows down neurotransmitters: drug effect. Ex. drinking causes discoordination but severity depends on how much they drink/ how their body processes it. Heroin or alcohol stop a person"s breathing, thc, lsd do not. Acute v. chronic effects: acute effects are shor term effects of drug use. A person may get drunk after drinking: chronic long term effects. Drug tolerance: pharmacological tolerance refers to the progressive insensitivity of neurons to a given drug, cross-tolerance. Diminishing effects of drugs in similar classes (stimulants or depressants) to produce the same pharmacological effect: behavioral tolerance. How a person learns to compensate for drug"s effect.