Introduction to Drugs
What is any chemical substance that changes the way a person thinks, feels, or acts?
What is a drug
When an individual can’t stop using the drug despite negative consequences.
What is an addiction
Give an example of a drug that is a stimulant.
What is Nicotine, Cocaine
The ingredient in marijuana that makes a person feel “high”
What is THC
This occurs when a person really believes he/she needs the drug.
What is psychological dependence?
Which drug causes the greatest numbers of deaths in our country?
What is tobacco
Drugs can damage nerve cells in this organ.
What is the brain
Give an example of a drug that is a depressant.
What is Marijuana, Alcohol
A relatively new way to inhale marijuana without smoking it.
What is marijuana vaping
Which organ in our body breaks up alcohol?
What is the liver
Which drug causes the second greatest number of deaths each year?
What is alcohol
This drug can make a person feel relaxed, sleepy, and euphoria (high).
What is marijuana
These drugs speed up heart rate and increase alertness.
What is Stimulants
How long does it take for marijuana to leave the body?
What is 30 days (a month) because marijuana hides in the body. It gets stored in fat and muscle. It slowly gets released, can take up to 3-5 weeks, but depends on your weight, body fat, and muscle.
This is the deliberate use of a drug for other than its intended purpose.
What is drug abuse
What is a need for increased amounts of the substance to achieve the desired effect?
What is tolerance
Smoking affects which 3 parts of the body?
What is the heart, blood vessels and lungs?
These drugs slow down heart rate and slow down brain activity.
What is Depressants
Which organ in our body metabolizes marijuana?
What is the liver
The neurotransmitter in the brain commonly affected by drugs
What is dopamine
Define withdrawal and give two examples of classic withdrawal symptoms.
What is the process of giving up the use of a drug that the body is addicted to. The same or a similar drug is taken to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms. For example, Flu, Fever, Cold Sweats, Nausea, Vomiting, Seizure, Shakes, Agitation, Headache.
This substance/drug can cause cirrhosis of the liver.
What is alcohol
Is alcohol a depressant or a stimulant? Explain why.
What is a depressant because your heart rate slows down and your brain activity also slows down as well, that is why you feel tired and sleepy while drinking, but also why many people black out or lose consciousness when they are very drunk.
What are the consequences of Marijuana?
What is Cancer of the respiratory tract, throat, mouth, and lung, lung disease and lung damage. In addition, blunt paper have 10-20 times as much tar as cigarettes.
It’s made in a lab to look like marijuana, but it isn’t.
K2 or Spice, it is a liquid with herbs that look like marijuana, but are not.