Drug Addiction
Inability to control the use of a substance
What is Substance Addiction?
An addiction to the feeling you get while on the internet, gambling, or shopping
What is Behavioral Addiction?
Attempts to stop addiction cause
What is Withdraw & Relapse?
Drugs have a ___ - term effect of your body
True or False
Drugs cause no physical harm on your body
False
Warning Signs
Hiding how much time spent online, Neglecting time with family & friends, Putting internet hobbies before other hobbies
Both cause the release of this hormone
What is Dopamine?
____ Restrictions cause drugs to be less accessible
What is Age?
Only way to cure intoxication
What is Time?
Addiction to gambling is also called
What is Compulsive Gambling or Ludomania?
Dopamine _____ the addiction the all these activites
What is Reinforcing?
Support groups for drug addiction
What is NA/AA?
As the drug is overused a person's tolerance to the drug ______ (Increase or Decrease)
What is Increasing?
People addicted to the internet tend to have lower
What is Self Esteem?
Teens succumb to ____ ________ on the internet or with a drug
What is Peer Pressure?
Warning Signs
Large/Small pupils, Bloodshot eyes, Insomnia, Sudden weight loss or gain
Effects What 3 Parts of the Brain?
Prefrontal Cortex, Amygdala, & The Basal Ganglia
Online Influences
Body Image, Lack of Privacy, Cyberbullying
3 Similar Effects
Academic Difficulties, Peer Problems, Depression or Anxiety
3 Physical Effects Drugs Cause
Lung Cancer, Liver Damage, Kidney Failure