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1.Depressants ______ activity in the central nervous system. A. reduce B. increa

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Question

1.Depressants ______ activity in the central nervous system.
A. reduce
B. increase
C. stabilize
D. multiply
2.Which of the following supports the view that addiction should not be defined only by the user’s desire to avoid withdrawal symptoms?
A. Only drugs of abuse produce withdrawal symptoms.
B. Many users purposely go through withdrawal to reset their tolerance level.
C. Severity of withdrawal symptoms is correlated with the degree to which a drug is addictive.
D. Addiction only occurs when a drug has already produced withdrawal symptoms.
3.Which of the following is true of Korsakoff’s syndrome?
A. It results from long-term use of marijuana.
B. It can occur after using a drug for only a couple of weeks.
C. It involves severe memory loss.
D. It involves a vitamin D deficiency.
4.Which of the following is typically observed during nicotine withdrawal?
A. vomiting
B. seizures
C. tremors
D. anxiety

Explanation / Answer

DEPRESSANT: Depressant are kind of psychoactive drug that actually slows down or reduces the working of central nervous system i.e. it reduces the alertness of brain and spinal cord. For example, it reduces the breathing,lack of co-ordination, low blood pressure, confusion, slow heart rate etc within a person. When a person intakes such kind of drugs they have a symptoms of drowsiness, relaxation, sleep, unconsciousness etc.,which affects their neurons and reduces the stimulation of normal bodily activity. the types of such depressant like alcohol, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, cannabis etc.

ADICTION IS NOT ONLY DEFINED AS ONLY USER'S DESIRE TO AVOID WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS:

Addiction actually occurs when there is some kind of dependence, craving and compulsion found in a person and he want to escape it that drug has already produces some withdrawal symptoms.So its withdrawal is very complicated because person can't stay away by omitting it beacause it is a repeatative activity and whin he will try to withdraw it then its cosequences is non tolerable.

KORASAKOFF'S SYNDROME:

Korasakoff's Syndrome is a chronic memory disorder, which is actually occurs due to alcohol misuse and occurs due to vitamin B one deficiency .

NICOTINE WITHDRAWAL

In Nicotine Withdrawal person have anxiety and tremors symptoms because it is addictive of smoking and cigars and without it person feels uncomfotable and restless