Drug Abuse Brain Pop

1. Describe what each of the following types of drugs do to your body and provide at least one example of each:
   • Stimulants
   • Depressants
   • Hallucinogens
2. How are drugs like a computer virus?

Sleepybear Dream Interpretation Site

Use the dream menu on the left side of the screen to pick a dream to interpret. Briefly describe the dream. Pretend you're Sigmund Freud and interpret the dream.

1. How would you interpret the dream if from the Action-synthesis theory perspective?
2. How would you interpret the dream if you took a more cognitive perspective?

Drug Effects

Pick a drug to investigate (cocaine, alcohol, or opiates). Look at the animations and information under the "In The Body" section and answer the questions below.

1. Which drug are you investigating?
2. How do people ingest the drug?
3. Does the type of ingestion alter the way the drug affects the body?

Now, do the "How Brain Cells Communicate" part of the "In the Brain" tutorial and answer the questions below. Use the "next" button to navigate.

1. According to scientists, what does drug abuse do?
2. According to the animation, how do impulses move from one neuron to another?
3. What is the synaptic cleft?
4. What are neurotransmitters and what purpose do they serve?
5. Why is it important for the student of substance abuse to understand how neurons communicate?

Now, select "Close to Home Online Animations" to return to the menu page. Select the "Normal Neurotransmission..." movie for the drug you have chosen to study. Describe this normal transmission.

1. How is the normal process altered when the drug is added?

Alcohol Awareness Quiz

When you arrive select "alcohol awareness quiz."

1. Report 3 things you learned from this quiz.