1. Remember: A “________” is a nerve cell.
Nerve cells are the cells in the ________, ________, and ________.
Neurons transmit ________ at lightning-fast speeds through the body.

2. Cannabis
A chemical called “Tetrahydrocannabinol” (________ for short) mimics the action of a neurotransmitter called ___________.
THC binds to the receptor sites of the dendrites instead of anandamide.

3. Effects of Cannabis ________________: Poor judgment Loss of motivation
Psychological dependence
Lung damage
Loss of appetite (while smoking), the “munchies” afterward
The debates rage on

4. Ethyl Alcohol
Causes more damage to society, and to individual health than all other drugs of abuse combined! … … Yet, it is legal???
“You pass out before you die, right?”
A CNS ________________
Alcohol blocks receptors from absorbing the neurotransmitter ________

5. Effects of Ethyl Alcohol
Damage to ________
Smooth endoplasmic reticula in liver cells
Chronic digestive tract ________
________deficiency
Impaired ________and ________

6. Nicotine Promotes release of ________ Binds to acetylcholine receptors
This suspends acetylcholine in synapse
More skeletal muscle activity

7. Effects of Nicotine Increase in ________________
Increased skeletal ________ activity
Q: Wait– what about damage to the respiratory system?
A: That’s the other stuff in tobacco.

8. Cocaine Prevents uptake of ________ Causes the “rush”
The brain thinks the body has too much dopamine
So it produces less naturally
So more and more cocaine is needed to make up for less production

9. Effects of Cocaine Big increase in the risk of:
________________
Cocaine is a major “________________”

10. Heroin
Withdrawal effects are ________
May lead to death

11. Pornography www. FightTheNewDrug.org Increase in ________ production
Similar to cocaine
Tolerance – brain thinks there is too much dopamine – shuts down production
Individual craves more dopamine

12. Effects of Pornography
When the brain decreases dopamine production …
The cells that produce
dopamine shrink
This leads to …
____________ of the
cerebral cortex
(This happens
with ________________)