Brain Chemicals
This chemical regulates moods, enhances pleasure, and is involved with movement, reward and reinforcing behaviors, motivation, and attention.
Dopamine
This is the name for the psychoactive chemical in marijuana
delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (TCH)
Long term abuse of alcohol can lead to this sort of damage
Brain, kidney, or liver
Opiates work by binding to these receptors and triggering the release of dopamine, inducing a powerful high that often leads individuals to “chase the high” to recreate, leading to reinforcing behaviors.
Opioid
Any 1 of these are considered a commonly used stimulant
Cocaine, meth, amphetamines (adderall, ritalin)
This chemical is responsible for stabilizing moods and regulating emotions.
Serotonin
Cannabinoid receptors: involved in a variety of physiological processes including...
appetite, pain-sensation, mood, and memory.
Wide spread alcohol abuse across the US in the early 19th century eventually led to this short-lived change to the constitution.
18th Amendment / Prohibition
After long term use of opiates, the brain ceases to create this mood regulating chemical
Dopamines
It is not unusual for people to do this with cocaine to extend the high--usually associated with drinking at college parties
binging
This chemical lessens the stress response and lowers anxiety levels as well as slows down functions of the central nervous system.
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
This part of the brain manages short-term memory, meaning that marijuana use can impede recollection of recent events.
Hippocampus
The movement of alcohol across the country during the 1920's, and the need to escape police cars led to this modern-day popular sport.
NASCAR
Opiates depress this essential body function directly connected to the brain stem through the spinal cord.
The Central Nervous System
Crashing from a stimulant high often leads to any one of these feelings
fatigue, hunger, irritability, mental confusion, depression, and intense cravings
This chemical speeds up the central nervous system in response to the “fight-or-flight” response. It also homes focus and attention while increasing energy levels.
Norepinephrine
These 2 parts of the brain helps to control coordination and involuntary muscle movements.
Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia:
Long-term alcohol abuse can lead to a shrinking of this organ
Overdosing can lead to the severe depression of this function, another name for breathing.
Respiration
Long term use of this stimulant is often associated with hallucinations, anxiety, and confusion
Meth
This organization defines addiction as a disease affecting brain chemistry and circuitry, which then leads to compulsive drug-seeking and using behaviors.
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
Marijuana also interferes with levels of ______ in the brain, causing an euphoric “high.”
Dopamine
This acronym is a potential long-term consequence of alcohol abuse includes mental confusion, paralysis of the nerves that move the eyes, difficulty with muscle coordination, and persistent learning and memory problems.
Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome (WKS)
Long-term heroin use can lead to the destruction of this particular, but all-encompassing part of the brain--responsible for regulating stress, emotions, and decision making.
White matter
Claiming that white Southern women were in mortal danger of being attacked by cocaine-addled black men, the Harrison Act became law in this year, and was one of the first pieces of American legislation on the issue of drug regulation.
1914