The Numbers
The number of days it can take for an individual to become addicted to opioids?
What it 5 days?
Street names for different prescription pills that can be misused and abused. They are all narcotics, or opioids.
What are VICS, OXY, PERKS, and OCs?
This part of the brain, which develops during infancy, is responsible for understanding what the eyes are seeing and visual processing information.
What is the occipital lobe?
This is the best way to avoid an opioid addiction.
What is never start using?
In the US, an opioid overdose occurs this often (minutes)
What is 12 minutes?
A powerful opioid that is most commonly injected directly into a vein by the user. There is no medical use for it.
What is Heroin?
This part of the brain, which develops as a toddler, is responsible for processing sensory information (taste, temperature, and touch).
What is the parietal lobe?
These are the short term effects of opiate use. Must name at least 2 to get points.
What are feelings of calm, sleepiness, confusion, slowed or stopped breathing, nausea, vomiting, and constipation?
The drug Fentanyl is this many times stronger than Heroin.
What is 50 times stronger?
An opioid drug that is 50 times more powerful than heroin. Medically, it is used to treat extreme pain and for surgeries. Now it is also made illegally and is sometimes mixed with other drugs, leading to overdose.
What is Fentanyl?
This lobe of the brain, which develops in the preschool years, is responsible for processing auditory information, selective listening, language development, and memory.
What is the temporal lobe?
These are the long term effects of opiate use. Must name at least 2 effects to earn points.
What are addiction, heart infection, lung infection, and muscle pain?
This is what happened to the number of overdoses in the US over the past 20 years.
What is increased dramatically?
These drugs (ex. Morphine, Darvon, Codeine, Demerol) are prescribed for moderate to severe pain, such as after surgery or dental work. This term has also been used to refer to any illegal drug or drug control effort like a drug department of a police force.
What are Narcotics?
This part of the brain, which isn't fully developed until age 25, is responsible for insight, judgement, organization, planning, impulse control, and decision making.
What is the frontal lobe?
Who to talk to if you are concerned about someone's opioid use. Must name 3 to get points.
SAC, trusted adult, In a crisis call 911 (person turning blue, not breathing or responding)