Dependence & Addiction
Depressants
Stimulants
Hallucinogens
Influences on Drug Use
100
A person who rarely drinks alcohol gets tipsy on one can of beer, while an experienced drinker shows few effects until the second 6-pack.
What is Tolerance?
100
Name one depressant.
What is (alcohol, barbiturates, or opiates)
100
Triggers the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine, which stimulates brain cells that enhance energy and mood.
What is Methamphetamine?
100
Name one hallucinogen.
What is (LSD, marijuana)
100
True or False: Adopted individuals are more susceptible to alcohol dependence if one or both biological parents have a history of it.
What is True?
200
Users who stop taking psychoactive drugs may experience undesirable side effects.
What is Withdrawal?
200
Drugs that slow body functions.
What are depressants?
200
The worlds most widely consumed psychoactive substance.
What is Caffeine?
200
Major active ingredient in marijuana?
What is THC
200
A physiological need for a drug marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued.
What is psychological dependence
300
A compulsive craving for a substance despite adverse consequences.
What is Addiction?
300
What category of drugs do depressants fall under?
What is psychoactive drugs?
300
Stimulates the central nervous system to release other neurotransmitters that calm anxiety and reduce sensitivity to pain.
What is Nicotine?
300
What does the acronym LSD stand for?
What is lysergic acid diethylamide
300
Which culture has the highest percent of weekly alcohol use between the U.S., Canada, and Britain?
What is Britain (58%).
400
The drug with the highest chance of getting addicted with the least amount of use.
What is Tobacco?
400
What is the root word of opiates?
What is opium?
400
Drug that offers a "fast track" from euphoria to crash.
What is Cocaine?
400
What neurotransmitter does LSD block?
What is seratonin
400
Since 1975 what has been the trend in alcohol and marijuana use among high school seniors.
What is declined?
500
Three major categories of psychoactive drugs.
What are Depressants, Stimulants, and Hallucinogens.
500
Which type of depressant is a tranquilizer?
What are barbiturates?
500
Known as the "love drug", is a stimulant as well as a mild hallucinogen.
What is Ecstasy (MDMA)?
500
Explain why marijuana is sometimes used therapeutically for pain & nausea. (Medicinal marijuana)
The main ingredient in marijuana (THC molecules), bind to morphine receptors and the result is a natural control of pain.
500
Define peer influence.
What is not only what friends say or do, but what teens believe their friends are doing?
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