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प्रश्न
Give one difference between the following pairs:
Sources of Opioids and Cannabinoids
उत्तर
| Sources of Opioids | Sources of Cannabinoids |
| Opioids are found in the poppy plant, Papaver somniferum | Cannabinoids are found in the Cannabis sativa plant. |
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संबंधित प्रश्न
A team of students are preparing to participate in the interschool sports meet. During a practice session you find some vials with labels of certain cannabinoids.
(a) Will you report to the authorities? Why?
(b) Name of a plant from which such chemicals are obtained.
(c) Write the effect of these chemicals on human body.
A group of youth were having a 'rave party' in an isolated area and was raided by police. Packets of 'smack' and syringes with needles were found littered around.
(a) Why is taking 'smack' considered an abuse?
(b) Write the chemical name of 'smack' and the name of its source plant.
(c) Syringes and needles used by the youth for taking the drug could prove to be very fatal. Why?
You have attended a birthday party hosted by one of your classmates. You found some guests at the party sitting in a corner making a lot of noise and consuming 'something'. After a while one of the boys from the group started screaming, behaving abnormally and sweating profusely. On enquiry you found that the group members were taking drugs.
(a) Would you inform your parents/school authorities ? Yes/No. Give reasons in support of your answer.
(b) Prepare a note to be circulated amongst the schoolmates about the sources and dangers of any two drugs.
(c) Write any two ways that you will suggest to your school principal so as to promote awareness amongst the youth against the use of these drugs.
Answer the following question.
Why is there a fear amongst the guardians that their adolescent wards may get trapped in drug/alcohol abuse?
Marijuana is extracted from ____________.
Choose the correctly match pair.
If a regular dose of drug or alcohol is not provided to an addicted person, he shows some withdrawal symptoms. List any four such withdrawal symptoms.
“Prevention is better than cure”. Comment.
Why do some adolescents start taking drugs. How can this be avoided?
In your locality, if a person is addicted to alcohol, what kind of behavioural changes do you observe in that person? Suggest measures to over come the problem.
