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What does your brain create to rank how important daily tasks are?
A hierarchy of survival
Why is alcohol so normalized?
Alcohol is one of the most widely available and easily accessible addictive substances.
Why is it unsafe to drive while high?
We grow up in a culture that ignores mental impairment. As marijuana typically has a larger effect on our mental capabilities, drivers are still at risk of car crashes due to their lack of motor coordination.
Nicotine is a stimulant. Define stimulant and its effects on the body
A stimulant increases activity in the body in the central nervous system. When a body is exposed to nicotine, the individual experiences a "kick." This is partly caused by nicotine stimulating the adrenal glands, which results in the release of adrenaline. This surge of adrenaline stimulates the body. There is an increase in heart rate, breathing activity, and blood pressure.
What does the severity of addiction rely on?
Where the substance lies in your hierarchy of survival
Define withdrawal and tolerance
Withdrawal: Symptoms that occur when one stops using alcohol after a period of heavy drinking. Tolerance: drinking increasingly greater amounts of alcohol to feel the same effects you used to feel with fewer drinks.
Name one misconception about marijuana and your counterargument against it.
Multiple acceptable answers.
Name three side effects of consuming nicotine
Multiple answers including anxiety, difficulty focusing, moodiness, nausea.
Why doesn’t the brain recognize that carcinogens are harmful substances?
The substances have special chemical characteristics that fool the brain into releasing dopamine
Name three physical/mental effects of alcohol
Multiple accepted answers including fatigue, lung infections, stomach disease, etc.
How does marijuana affect your body compared to alcohol? Name 2 key differences
Some acceptable answers: Marijuana stays in your body longer than alcohol. You cannot overdose on marijuana. (Because the inability to metabolize alcohol as quickly can leadup to a buildup in the brain).
What legislative action did the government recently pass regarding e-cigarettes?
FDA issued a ban on some flavored vaping products
Why are those under 21 most likely to be susceptible to addiction?
Because children are still growing up and their brains are still developing, they are much more susceptible to drug addiction.
When does the effect of drinking begin? (Answer is a bodily process, not time frame)
Ethanol enters your bloodstream and passes through the membranes of cells in your brain, heart and organs
How has the potency of marijuana changed over time? What effect has this had on public health concerns?
Marijuana potency has been drastically increasing in the last few decades. The increase is correlated to increased emergency room admissions and teens enrolling in more drug treatment programs.
How does the body process nicotine?
After inhaling tobacco smoke, nicotine rapidly enters the bloodstream, crosses the blood-brain barrier, and reaches the brain within 8 to 20 seconds. Within approximately 2 hours after entering the body, half of the nicotine has gone.