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100

What is the biggest planet in our solar system?

Jupiter.

100

What is the world’s largest retailer?

 Walmart

100

The 2002 movie “8 Mile” is a semi-biographical story of what rapper?

Who is Eminem

100

What are the most common withdrawal symptoms addicts experience? Name 4

Sweating, Depression, racing heart, anxiety, halluciantions. nausea. headaches, ittitability, insomina

100

What term is used to describe the phenomenon where an individual needs increasing amounts of a substance to achieve the same effects?

Tolerance

200

How many colors are in a rainbow?

There are seven colors in a rainbow. They appear in this order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. (Some say we should only recognize six distinguishable colors, as blue and indigo can look so similar.)

200

What is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters that reads the same backward as forward?

Palindrome

200

How many ghosts chase Pac-Man at the start of each game?

what is four

200

How many uses does it take for a person to become addicted to drugs or alcohol?

Just once

200

This neurotransmitter is often associated with mood regulation and is affected by many drugs of abuse.

Serotonin

300

Which is the most abundant element in the universe?

Hydrogen.

300

What is the most common surname in the United States?

Smith

300

What company was originally called "Cadabra"? 

What is amazon

300

An orchestrated attempt by one or many people – usually family and friends – to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic event or crisis, or other serious problem.

What is an intervention?

300

This is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction This is the neurotransmitter (brain chemical) that is most effected by substance use. 

What is Dopamine

400

What is the hardest natural substance on Earth?

 Diamond.

400

Which is the only continent with land in all four hemispheres?

Africa

400

In which country was Elon Musk born?

What is South Africa

400

Cannabis smoke contains over how many known chemicals?

over 400. Smoke from cannabis has been shown to have many of the same toxic chemicals as tobacco such as fine particles, heavy metals, and carbon monoxide. Breathing in secondhand cannabis smoke could negatively affect the health of those exposed.

400

This brain region, often associated with decision-making and impulse control, plays a crucial role in regulating addictive behaviors.

Prefrontal Cortex

500

What is the heaviest organ in the human body?

 The liver.

500

Which country has the highest life expectancy?

Hong Kong, Japan

500

This famous diva uttered the now famous phrase, "Crack is Wack".

Who is Whitney Houston?

500

 This percent of drug users also have at least one diagnosed mental illness.

37 percent of alcohol abusers and 53 percent of drug abusers also have at least one serious mental illness. Of all people diagnosed as mentally ill, 29 percent abuse alcohol or drugs.

500

People with severe PTSD have been found to have a smaller WHAT than a less severe sufferer.

Hippocampus

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