side effects
tennagers that drink have difficulty doing what?
creating new lasting memories
we lose ___ many people to drinking a day
415
what is euforia
a good feeling
addiction is also called what?
Substance use disorder
you feel less cortanated after how many drinks?
3-4
The ___ and the ___ are affected by drug use
Limbic system and the cortex
what age are even more susceptible to alcohols negative effects
tennagers
when someone takes a drug what happens in the middle of the brain?
youforia comes in and makes you feel good
there are how many steps about getting addicted
2
the prefrontal lobe continues to change when?
early 20s
If alcohol hits your hippocampus you might have a hard time what?
learning new information like someones name you just met
alcohol is a depressant that effects both what?
inhibitory and excitatory neurotransmitters
the frontal cortex is where what lives?
decision-making and impulse control live.
___ in 7 people will suffer from addiction some point in there life
1
each day we lose ____ number of people to drug overdose
174
effects on the brain from alcohol are what?
slurred speech, poor judgment, confusion, slowed reaction times, worsened motor performance and blurry vision.
Alcohol are boosters to certain chemicals to the brains internal reward system which is what gives you the what feeling.
Relaxed feeling
the Amygdala and the hippocampus does what?
records a memory of something so we can seek it again
addiction use to be a _____ _____ back in the 1950s
brain disorder
over ____ people nationwide suffer from addiction
21 million
there is more youforia in a non-drug-users brain than a drug users brain so if you are an addict the youforia doesn't as long the more you use a drug so what do they do?
they take more and more of it to make the 'good feeling" to last longer.
if too much alcohol hits you ___ you might lose balance and fall
cerebellum
our limbic system is responsible for what?
our basic survival instincts
Recent increases in the use of ___ have compounded the problem of addiction
opioids
those with substance use disorders commonly initiate first use between where?
12 and 18 years old