Drugs and Drug Abuse
Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions.
Use of drugs has been on the rise, especially among the youth. This is really a cause of concern as it could result in many harmful effects. Proper education and guidance would enable young people to safeguard themselves against these dangerous behaviour patterns and follow healthy lifestyles. The drugs which are commonly abused are opioids, cannabinoids and coca alkaloids. The majority of these are obtained from flowering plants. Some are obtained from fungi. Various plants, fruits and seeds having hallucinogenic properties have been used for hundreds of years in folk-medicine, religious ceremonies and rituals all over the globe. When these are taken for a purpose other than medicinal use or in amounts/frequency that impairs one's physical, physiological or psychological functions, it constitutes drug abuse. These days, some drugs are also being abused by some sports-persons.
Which one of the following drugs is not produced from Cannabis plant?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Smack
Cannabinoids are a group of chemicals that act on the cannabinoid receptors in the brain. They are obtained from the flower tops, leaves and resin of the plant Cannabis sativa. These parts are used in different combinations to make marijuana, hashish, charas and ganja.
(1) Marijuana — Made from the Cannabis plant.
(2) Hashish — Made from the Cannabis plant.
(3) Smack — Not made from the Cannabis plant. Smack is another name for heroin. Heroin is made from morphine, which comes from the opium poppy.
(4) Charas and ganja — Made from the Cannabis plant.
Note: The passage is taken from NCERT. NTA has put lines of the NCERT text together to make it. Most CUET (UG) questions come straight from NCERT, so study the book line by line, including figures and their titles.
NCERT Extract:
Drugs and Alcohol Abuse – “… The flower tops, leaves and the resin of cannabis plant are used in various combinations to produce marijuana, hashish, charas and ganja.”
Drugs and Alcohol Abuse – “… Heroin (Figure 7.7), commonly called smack is chemically diacetylmorphine which is a white, odourless, bitter crystalline compound.”