Depressants
This drug is the most commonly abused depressant.
What is alcohol?
These are 3 symptoms of a stimulant/"upper" drug overdose. If someone is experiencing any of these and you are unsure or know they consumed a substance, call 911.
What are the following symptoms of: Chest pains, increased pulse, jerking muscles, paralysis/rigid limbs, loss of breathing, vomiting, overheating/sweating, paranoia/anxiety, hallucinations, loss of consciousness, seizures, and fatal heart attacks/strokes?
A dangerous drug laced in opioids and sometimes stimulants that accounts for over 60% of opioid overdose deaths.
What is fentanyl?
In 2020, Alaska lost 146 people to overdose, and over half had fentanyl in their system.
This substance, when used in high amounts, is also considered a hallucinogen.
What is marijuana?
1 in 3 included alcohol.
Approximately how many fatal motor vehicle crashes in Alaska involved alcohol? (2012-2015, Alaska Dept. of Health & Social Services).
In Fairbanks, this version of the stimulant is more commonly abused.
What is crack cocaine?
It is also more common in Anchorage over powder cocaine due to these areas being urban (Alaska State Troopers, 2017).
Loss of consciousness, shallow breathing, unresponsiveness, and blue skin.
What are (some of the) opioid overdose symptoms?
In Alaska, nearly 70% of drug-related deaths are from this.
How many overdose deaths are from opioids? (NIH 2018).
The spirit and liquor consumption rate in Alaska(compared to the national average).
What is 1.5x higher in Alaska than the national average (from 2010-2015)? (Alaska Dept. of Health and Social Services 2019).
Because of one of the drugs in it, this medicine is monitored and regulated even though it can be bought over-the-counter.
What is Sudafed? (ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, contained in them, can be derived into methamphetamine in high quantities)
Also half credit for cold or allergy medicine as this is what it is commonly used to treat.
Collapsed veins, infection of the heart lining and valves, abscesses (swollen tissue with pus), constipation and gastrointestinal cramping, and liver or kidney disease.
What are long-term effects of heroin use?
9 out of 10 deaths in Alaska.
In 2019, what ratio of leading causes of death were related to substance abuse? Or, how many deaths are related to drug use.
"Overdose" +100 points.
This includes premature death and years of potential life lost, such as chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, homicide, suicide, and unintentional injury, which were strongly associated with substance abuse.(Alaska Dept. of Health & Social Services)
The number of standard drinks per hour men and women can have.
What does a rate of 1 or 2(men) and 1(women) per hour refer to?
*This does depend on bodyweight, composition, and tolerance, though!.
The name of a drug-related disorder that can cause permanent psychological damage (often thought to exhibit similar symptoms to schizophrenia).
What is stimulant psychosis?
A life-saving overdose reversal medication.
What is Naloxone?
(Or Narcan/Evzio) If administered in time, it prevents 93% of deaths. Project HOPE in Alaska has distributed tens of thousands of these kits across AK!
Over 5200 people in Alaska live with this disease which can be caused by high-risk ingestion methods of drugs.
How many people have Hepatitis C (HCV)?
In 2017, 86.6% of new acute HCV cases in Alaska indicated use of drug injection as the underlying cause.
Three dry states in the U.S. (require extra approval to sell, use, or own liquor).
What are Kansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee considered?
Alaska has 129 dry towns and villages!
This process mixes drugs with cheaper substances, making it less potent and often more dangerous.
For example, talcum powder, baking soda, or flour in place of cocaine.
What is "cutting"?
$23 million in 2017.
What is the cost of hospital visits related to opioid use in Alaska?
The scientific name of LSD.
What is Lysergic Acid Diethylamide?