<p>Chapter 9 Study Guide</p><p>1. Define controlled substance. Legal drugs whose sale, possession, and use are restricted b/c of the effect of the drug and the potential for abuse.</p><p>2. List the use of narcotics and their side effects. Reduce pain by suppressing the CNS ability to relay pain messages</p><p>3. Define toxicology. Study of poisons and id of drugs and other substances a person may have used for medicinal, recreational, or criminal purposes</p><p>4. What are the ways in which people are exposed to toxic substances? Accidentally, intentionally, and deliberately</p><p>5. Who was one of the earliest reported victims of poisoning? Socrates</p><p>6. Is poisoning a common form of murder in real life? no</p><p>7. How was Georgi Markov killed? ricin</p><p>8. What are commonly used poisons today (3)? Arsenic, strychnine, and cyanide</p><p>9. Define acute poisoning. A large dose over a short period of time</p><p>10. List some famous people who died of accidental drug overdoses. River Phoenix, John Belushi, Chris Farley, Steve Clark</p><p>11. What is the trend in arrests for drug abuse violations since the early 1990’s? steadily increased sine the 1990’s</p><p>12. Where do hallucinogens come from? Often Plants or manmade</p><p>13. Describe LSD. Fungus that grows on rye, colorless, odorless, and tasteless</p><p>14. In what forms can you get PCP? Powder, tablet, capsule</p><p>15. How do narcotics work? Reduce pain by suppressing the CNS ability to relay pain messages to the brain</p><p>16. Describe stimulants. Increase feelings of energy and alertness, while suppressing appetite</p><p>17. How do anabolic steroids work? Promote cell and tissue growth and division</p><p>18. What are organic toxins? Poisonous substances produced by living organisms</p><p>19. Describe botulism. The most poisonous biological substance known to man</p><p>20. What does Clostridium tetani produce? tetanus 21. How is ricin formed? Component of the waste product of the manufacture of castor oil from castor beans</p><p>22. What does Bacillus anthracis cause? anthrax</p><p>23. Barbiturates and benzodiazepines are classified as what type of drug? depressants</p><p>24. What is toxicity? The degree to which a substance is poisonous or cause injury</p>