Across
- 2. Produces hallucinogenic experiences at very low doses; visual hallucinations, perceptual distortions, increased sensory awareness, and intense psychological feelings.
- 4. Peyote cactus; contains about 30 psychoactive chemicals.
- 6. Synthetic; resembles both mescaline and amphetamine; heightens sensations, gives euphoric rush, raises body temperature and creates feelings of warmth and empathy.
- 8. Painful physical and psychological symptoms that occur after a drug-dependent person stops using the drug.
- 10. Suddenly falling asleep or feeling very tired during the day.
- 11. Failure to get enough sleep at night in order to feel rested the next day.
- 14. Human behaviors and emotions are modulated by ___ that act as keys between neurons.
- 16. Psychoactive drug whose primary active ingredient is THC; found in leaves of the cannabis plant; THC is rapidly absorbed by the lungs when smoked.
- 17. Can be smoked or snorted; produces almost instant high; causes marked increase in blood pressure and heart rate. Produces feelings of enhanced mood.
- 18. You can be hypnotized against your will, true or false?
- 21. Made from coca leaves; can be sniffed or snorted.
- 22. The state of consciousness resulting from a narrowed focus of attention and characterized by heightened suggestibility.
- 23. "Magic Mushrooms"
Down
- 1. Psychoactive drugs that produce strange and unusual perceptual, sensory, and cognitive experiences, which the person sees or hears but knows are not occurring in reality.
- 3. Person has developed a behavioral patter of drug abuse that is marked by an overwhelming and compulsive desire to obtain and use the drug.
- 5. Refers to a change in the nervous system so that a person now needs to take the drug to prevent the occurrence of painful withdrawal symptoms.
- 7. Mild stimulant that produces moderate physiological and psychological arousal, including decreased fatigue and drowsiness, feelings of alertness and improved reaction times.
- 9. Walking or carrying out behaviors during sleep.
- 12. Frequent interruptions of breathing during sleep.
- 13. Increased activity of the central nervous system that results in heightened alertness, arousal, euphoria, and decreased appetite and fatigue.
- 15. When a person repeatedly uses drugs over time, the original dose no longer produces the desired effect so that person must take increasingly larger doses of the drug.
- 19. The brain produces ___-like chemicals called endorphins.
- 20. Most emotions experienced in dreams are ___.