Drug Abuse
What is nicotine?
3 factors that affect a person's blood alcohol level
What is gender, weight, and time
The most commonly used illegal drug in the U.S.
What is marijuana?
This medication temporarily reverses the effects of an opioid overdose
What is naloxone (narcan)
Urea, which is found in urine, is used to flavor cigarettes. True or False
What is true
What are two signs that a person has developed an addiction?
What is the intoxicating ingredient in alcohol?
What is ethanol?
What category of prescription pills is the most addiction?
What is opiates? (oxycodone, codeine, percocet, morphine)
4 main withdrawal smptoms of marijuana
What is insomnia, irritability, change in appetite, and depressed mood
Black & Milds have less nicotine than cigarettes. True or False
What is false? Black & Milds have 100mg and cigaretts have 10 mg
People, places, and things can cause ___________ for a person in recovery.
What are triggers?
How long does it take for the brain to start reacting to alcohol after consumption (under 15 minutes).
5 - 7 Minutes
On average, what percentage of drug overdoses are caused by prescription drug use (range 10%)
What is 50%
This law protects people who overdose or seek help for someone overdosing from being charged/prosecuted for drug possession
What are the 3 main chemicals that tobacco contains?
Tar, carbon monoxide, nicotine
What is it called when you develop a tolerance to a drug and there is an onset of withdrawal symptoms that occur when consumption is ended and intoxication wanes.
What is physical dependence?
Between 1 and 5, alcohol ranks as the _______ highest preventable cause of death in the United States.
3rd.
#1 Tobacco, #2 poor diet
What percentage of traffic accidents involve alcohol or drugs (range of 10%)
What is 50%
Withdrawal from these 2 drugs can be fatal
Alcohol and benzodiazepines
How long does it take for nicotine to reach the brain upon inhalation (under 30 seconds)
What is 8-10 seconds
What are 5 ways that drugs are taken into the body?
Orally, intranasally (snorting), smoking, injection, and absorbtion
On average, a drunk diver will drive ___ times under the influence before their first arrest? (range of 10)
What is 80.
What are the 3 main brain areas impacted by drug/alcohol abuse?
1. limbic system 2. brain stem 3. cerebral cortex
If you have someone who is experiencing an overdose, you should place them in this certain way
What is the recovery position
Buying a pack of cigarettes a day in MN costs about how much money for a year
$3,832
Average pack costs 10.49