Tobacco
Addiction
Addiction and the Brain
Alcohol Facts
Alcohol and the body
100
The addictive ingredient in tobacco products
What is nicotine?
100

Myth or fact? Drugs changes the way the brain works.

Fact

100

The state of emotionally or mentally needing a drug in order to function normally. 

What is psychological dependance?


100
This is formed through a process called fermentation
What is ethanol?
100
The organ that metabolizes alcohol
What is the liver?
200

How long it takes nicotine to reach the brain

What is 10 seconds or almost instantaneous. 

200

Lonely, depressed, bored, curious, peers, family, role models, to fit in, etc.

What are reasons young people experiment with drugs?

200
The hormone that is release that causes a person to experience pleasure
What is dopamine?
200
The classification of alcohol
What is a depressant?
200

_______ of the liver, poor eyesight, slowed reaction time, emotional mood swings, violent crimes, loss of relationships

What is cirrhosis

300

________ is smoke that is inhaled through a tobacco product and exhaled by a tobacco smoker. 

What is mainstream smoke

300
Needing an increasing amount of a drug to get the same effect
What is tolerance?
300
Physical symptoms that result from a person stopping using a drug that he/she is dependent on
What is withdrawal?
300

The condition in which a family member or friend sacrifices his or her own needs to meet the needs of an addict. 

What is codependency?

300
A impairment of short-term memory causing a person to have an inability to recall events.
What is a blackout?
400
The classification of this drug
What is a stimulant?
400
A downward spiral in which a person will sacrifice anything for the drug
What is addiction?
400

The state in which body relies on a given drug in order to function properly 

Physical Dependance 

400
The amount of alcohol present in a person's blood
What is blood alcohol concentration?
400

Identify the number one cause of death among teens.

Car accidents.
500

______ is the smoke that escapes from the tip of a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. 

What is sidestream smoke.

500
When a drug addict who has given up the drug begins using again
What is relapse?
500

A set of physical and mental defects that affect a fetus that has been exposed to alcohol. 

What is fetal alcohol syndrome

500

Alcohol is a leading cause of this disease which causes a decrease in brain function that includes personality change and memory loss

What is dementia?

500

What are the 4 risk factors for alcoholism

Age, Social Environment, Genetics, Risk-Taking personality.

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