Brain and Addiction
Type of Drugs
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Primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief by substance use and other behaviors.
What is addiction?
100
This plant was intorduced to the Europeans around 1518 and was subsequently brought to the US around 1609.
What is tabacco?
100
A written direction for a therapeutic or corrective agent.
What is a perscription?
100
Drugs that slow down the nervous system.
What are narcotics?
100
In 2011, 16.7 million Americans (6.5 percent of the population) were dependent on this drug or had problems related to their use of it (abuse).
What is alcohol?
200
This part of the brain contains most of the dopamine-sensitive neurons in the cerebral cortex
What is the frontal lobe?
200
The chemical name for this plant is delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.
What is marijuana?
200
A condition in which more of a drug is needed to get the same effect.
What is tolerance?
200
This type of drug can cause instantaneous death, frostbite to the lungs, or permanent brain damage with first use.
What are inhalants?
200
24% mix alcoohol and 15% mix marijuana with this type of drug to produce a deadly combination.
What are prescritpion drugs?
300
A simple organic chemical in the catecholamine family, is a monoamine neurotransmitter and hormone, which has a number of important physiological roles in the bodies of animals. Known as the "pleasure chemical."
What is dopamine?
300
This drug mimics chemical structures that are similar to certain key brain neurotransmitters called monoamines, including dopamine and norepinephrine.
What are stimulants?
300
This is characterized by compulsive behavior, psychiatric problems, consistent relapse, and actions done seemingly without knowing.
What is dependence?
300
Withdrawal symptoms include: tremors, elevated blood pressure and pulse, sweating, seizure, muscle pain, nausea, confusion, and hallucinations. Because barbiturates decrease rapid eye movement sleep, during which dreaming takes place, withdrawal often results in sleep disruptions such as nightmares, insomnia, or vivid dreaming.
What is Barbituates?
300
100 people die from this every day in the United States.
What is overdose?
400
A state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation and passion
What is apathy?
400
This drug can cause stroke or heart attack when taken at high dosed.
What is amphetamines?
400
The physiological and mental readjustment that accompanies this process.
What is withdrawal?
400
This drug is both a stimulant and a depressant and users can drown while on it.
What is ecstacy?
400
11, 406 ER visits in 2010 were associated with this drug.
What is synthetic marijuana?
500
Endogenous chemicals that transmit signals from a neuron to a target cell across a synapse
What is a neurotransmitter?
500
This drug is a hydrochloride salt derived from the processed leaves of the coca plant
What is cocaine?
500
\The inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, e.g. exercise, hobbies, sexual activities or social interactions.
What is anhedonia?
500
Each year, approximately 5,000 people under the age of 21 die as a result of this drug. This includes about 1,900 deaths from car accidents, 1,600 homicides, 300 suicides, and hundreds of other deaths due to accidents like falls, burns and drownings.
What is alcohol?
500
More teens die from this type of drug than heroine or cocaine combined.
What are prescription drugs?
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