{"id":2186,"date":"2020-07-23T17:42:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T17:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2020-07-23T17:42:33","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T17:42:33","slug":"q-9-write-a-note-on-addictive-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/q-9-write-a-note-on-addictive-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"Q.9 Write a note on addictive Drugs."},"content":{"rendered":"

Q.9 Write a note on addictive Drugs.<\/strong>
\nAnswer:<\/strong>
\nMajor categories of addictive drugs are:
\n1. Sedatives<\/strong>
\n(a) Introduction <\/strong>
\nThese drugs interact with central nervous system to depress its activities. Sedative drugs have following effects
\n(b) Effects:<\/strong>
\ni. Induce dizziness
\nii. Lethargy
\niii. Slow brain function and depression
\niv. Long term use of sedative induce suicidal thoughts
\n2. Narcotics
\n(a) Introduction <\/strong>
\nNarcotics are strong pain killers. These drugs are often prescribed in conjunction with other less potent pain killers (paracetamol or aspirin).
\n(b) Uses of Narcotics<\/strong>
\ni. These are used to relieve pain for patients with chronic diseases such as cancer.
\nii. These are also used to relieve acute pain after operations.
\niii. The abused narcotic i.e. heroin is a semi synthetic drug from morphine. It affects on central nervous system and causes drowsiness.
\niv. Some people may abuse narcotics for ecstatic effects
\nv. Morphine and codeine are derived from poppy. Morphine is used to relieve pain.
\nvi. Heroin is prescribed as a strong analgesic under the name diamorphine in many western countries. It is used for acute pain such as in severe physical trauma, myocardial infarction, post surgical pain etc.
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\n3. Hallucinogens\u00a0<\/strong>
\n (a) Introduction <\/strong>
\nHallucinogens are the drugs that cause changes in perception, thought, emotion and consciousness.
\n(b) Groups <\/strong>
\nIt has two groups:
\n i. Mescaline <\/strong>
\nWhich comes from a cactus.
\nii. Psilocin <\/strong>
\nWhich comes from a mushroom.
\n (c) Effects <\/strong>
\nPhysiologically, hallucinogens affects on:
\ni. Sympathetic nervous system.
\nii. Causing dilation of pupils.
\niii. Constriction of some arteries.
\niv. Rise in blood pressure.
\n3. Marijuana (Hashish)<\/strong>
\n (a) Introduction <\/strong>
\nMarijuana (Hashish) is a hallucinogen which is smoked. It is the Marijuana most commonly used drugs in the world.
\n(b) Sources<\/strong>
\nIt is obtained from the flowers, stems and leaves of the marijuana plant (Cannabis sativa) and (C. indica).
\nEffects<\/strong>
\ni. Small doses of marijuana result in a feeling of well-being that lasts two to three hours.
\nii. High doses increases heart rate.
\niii. It affects the production of sperms in men.
\niv. It weakens the short term memory.
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Q.9 Write a note on addictive Drugs. Answer: Major categories of addictive drugs are: 1. Sedatives (a) Introduction These drugs interact with central nervous system to depress its activities. Sedative drugs have following effects (b) Effects: i. Induce dizziness ii. Lethargy iii. Slow brain function and depression iv. Long term use of sedative induce suicidal… Read More »Q.9 Write a note on addictive Drugs.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2189,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2186\/revisions\/2189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/murreeroad.org\/Biology10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}