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This drug last for 4 to 6 hours, depending upon the potency of the tablet. Using the drug can cause confusion, depression, anxiety, sleeplessness, craving for the drug, and paranoia. Use of the drug also may result in muscle tension, involuntary teeth clenching, nausea, blurred vision, tremors, rapid eye movement, sweating, or chills. People who have circulatory problems or heart disease face particular risks because using this drug can increase heart rate and blood pressure.
What is MDMA
They increase energy, improve attention and alertness, and elevate blood pressure, heart rate, and respiratory rate. They decrease the need for sleep, reduce appetite, improve confidence and concentration, and lessen feelings of self-consciousness.
What is the definition of a stimulant?
reduced inhibitions, enhanced mood, reduced anxiety and stress, slowed reaction time, impaired judgment, slowed breathing, increased risk of accident or injury, impaired judgment and coordination, vomiting, irregular or shallow breathing, blackouts and memory loss, unconsciousness, coma, death are
What is the effects of depressants
A small dose can be extremely fatal
What is Fentanyl
8 things that you should work on while addressing your substance habits
What is 8 dimensions of wellness
*Can you name them?
What is can be happening when the following is presented in a person using a drug: Aggressiveness and/or agitation, Increased body temperature, high blood pressure, and irregular heartbeat, Loss of muscular coordination, An inability to control movements, A catatonic-like presentation where an individual does not move at all, Hyperactivity, if there is no catatonia, Nystagmus (uncontrolled side-to-side eye movements), Severe hallucinations and delusions, Potential coma or unconsciousness, and Potential seizures
What is an PCP Overdose
Intense feelings of happiness, increased energy/sociability and self-esteem, improved attention, increased sexual desire and performance, opened breathing passages/easier breathing, suppressed appetite are considered as
What are short-term side effects of Stimulants
Someone starts to do or show the follow vomiting, awake but not responsive, limp body, pale or clammy face, blue fingernails or lips, slow breathing or not breathing at all, slow heartbeat, choking or gurgling sounds, unconsciousness they might
What is an opioids overdose
A tool I can use to help deal with cravings
What is urge surfing, box breathing, calling a sponsor/ support system, H.A.L.T., etc.
To be successful in this program here, you must have?
What is a decrease or stop substance use
*Depending on your reasons for being in care, not everyone in the group is here due to legal circumstances and has different goals.
A Drug that is not considered an addictive drug--that is, it does not produce compulsive drug-seeking behavior as cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine do. However, those who use this drug may develop tolerance to the drug, meaning that they must consume progressively larger doses of the drug in order to continue to experience the hallucinogenic effects that they seek.
What is LSD
This high can last between 20 minutes and 2 hours. It will remain detectable in tests of your blood and saliva for up to 2 days (48 hours), in urine for up to 4 days (96 hours), and in hair follicles for up to 90 days.
What is Cocaine
Doing this can cause damage to the parts of the brain that control thinking, moving, vision, and hearing. Cognitive abnormalities can range from mild impairment to severe dementia. Mostly seen your children as a harmless act with balloons and markers
What are inhalants
What is an inpatient or detox center
*Can you name some within the DMV area?
Something you want to do at least once a year to make sure your overall health is in good standing
What is a physical?
*If you do not have a primary care doctor, the front desk can assist you with getting you connected so you can have a medical home when needed
This focus on sensory distortions, creating vivid visual, auditory, and sometimes tactile hallucinations.
Examples: LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, DMT
What is Hallucinogens or classic hallucinogens
This boosts dopamine in the brain. You may feel the effects for 8-24 hours. However, it may remain in your urine or blood for approximately 72 hours and in your hair for up to 90 days.
What is Methamphetamine?
This drug slows down the central nervous system and may cause sleepiness, mild euphoria, lack of restraint, relief of anxiety, impairment of memory, judgment, and coordination; irritability; and paranoid and suicidal ideation. Tolerance develops quickly, and larger doses are then needed to produce the same effect, increasing the danger of an overdose.
What are the effects of Barbiturates
This can be used to save someone's life who is showing signs of an overdose from an opiate, and it is not harmful if you use it on a non-opiate overdose.
What is Narcan?
*If you are out in the community and someone appears to be having an overdose and is unsure of what substance they have used, Narcan will not hurt them if you use it on them, and always call 911 while in the process of helping.
These are places or numbers to call when I need help addressing my mental or substance use
What's FMCS, 988 - suicide and crisis lifeline, 35 K Street NE (stabilization center), ARC 75 P Street NE, RAP 1959 4th st NE, Siber Sidekick (App)
It causes a feeling of detachment from one's body and surroundings, often accompanied by a "dreamlike" state.
Examples: Ketamine, PCP, DXM
What are Dissociatives
Headache, Heart palpitations, Hypertension, Rapid breathing, Dizziness, Restlessness, Confusion, Hallucinations, Panic states, Muscle cramps, Tremors, Fast or labored breathing, Increased body temperature, Nausea or vomiting, Chest pain, Seizures can indicate
What is a Stimulant Overdose
The following prescription drugs Valium®, Xanax®, Halcion®, Ativan®, and Klonopin®. are considered
What is Benzodiazepines
Having extreme confusion, anxiety, paranoia, panic, fast heart rate, delusions or hallucinations, increased blood pressure, severe nausea or vomiting are signs of
What is a cannabis overdose
*We acknowledge the likelihood being lower, but it can happen, especially after doing an edible that can take up to 2 hours to affect the body, and smoking or taking more do to "not feeling anything"*
During this journey, it's important to do what's (think something positive)
What is to celebrate and acknowledge all wins, no matter how big or small they may be