Drug Use
True or False There is no single factor that determines whether a person will become addicted to drugs.
What is True
Fever, sweating, chills, pain, nausea, headaches, insomnia, changes in breathing, and changes in heart rate are just a few of the symptoms you may experience.
What is The Fear of Withdrawal
BAC stands for
Blood Alcohol Concentration
Frequently misuses substances despite the negative consequences.
What is the 2nd stage of addiction
Most commonly used illicit substances among youth
What is marijuana
DAILY DOUBLE
Drug route of administration, drug effects, early use, availability, and cost are all factors that contribute to this neurological process.
What is Brain Mechanisms and Addiction
The six stages of addiction in order
What is Initial use, abuse, tolerance, dependence, addiction, relapse
Eight or more drinks for women, or 15 or more drinks for men during a week.
What is Heavy Drinking
Substance use disorder can be passed down through genes.
What is A Family History of Addiction
This is the percentage of teenagers who have misused a drug at least once
What is 50%
In general, the more of these a person has—such as family history, peer pressure, or early use—the greater the likelihood that drug use will lead to addiction.
What are risk factors
This stage occurs when the brain adjusts to the substance and requires more of it to achieve the same effect
What is Tolerance
DAILY DOUBLE
Four or more drinks for women, or five or more drinks for men during an occasion.
What is Binge Drinking
Compulsively seeking and using the substance despite significant negative consequences.
What is Addiction
In 2019, this type of drug was responsible for the highest number of overdose deaths in the U.S.
What is an opioid
These are four common reasons people may begin experimenting with drugs.
What are To feel good, to feel better, to do better, curiosity and societal pressure
Addiction is now understood as this kind of medical condition. It affects memory, motivation, and reward systems in the brain
What is Chronic Brain Disease
Measuring the amount of alcohol within a 30- to 70-minute period.
What is the BAC calculator
Continued use of drugs and/or alcohol lessen the brain’s neurotransmitters, which makes it harder to feel happy.
What is The Rewired Brain
DAILY DOUBLE
Washingtons Alcohol Use in the Last Month Among 12-17-year-olds
What is 9.8%
Brain scans show that people with a history of cocaine use have lower levels of this dopamine receptor.
What is the D2 dopamine receptor
A prescription for pain, a drink at a party, or pressure from friends are just a few of the many reasons this choice is made for the first time.
What is trying drugs and alcohol
Major loss of motor control or little or no balance.
What are symptoms of impairment for a BAC Level of .15+
The inability to stop using, Intense cravings, Putting yourself in dangerous situations
What is Trapped by the Substance
In Washington state, this was the percentage of teens reported to be using drugs
What is 11.11%