4 commonly abused
Effects of stimulants and depressants
What is stimulants increase heart rate, reaction time, and decrease appetite? What is depressants decrease reaction time and central nervous system activity and slow us down?
Prescription
What are drugs that are prescribed by a doctor?
Antibiotics, insulin
Opioids, amphetamines
Definition of Risk Factor
What is a variable that increases the risk of somebody developing a certain condition, in this contest drug addiction?
Tolerance
What is the bodies ability to get used to a substance in the body and requiring more of it to get the same effect? Needing 8 beers to get the same effect that 2 used to do.
What is distort thoughts, emotions, and perception of time?
OTC
Ibuprofen, Advil, Laxatives, Acne medication, Pepto-Bismol, etc..
Definition of Protective Factor
Withdrawal
What is coming off a substance and the bodies reaction to that is called a withdrawal? Headaches, sweating, nausea, vomiting, body aches, etc..
Effects of opioids
What are block your brains ability to feel pain? They don't heal anything, they don't reduce inflammation, they just numb your brain to the pain. Also, EXTREMELY addictive.
Legal
What are drugs that people have to be a certain age to buy and that are sold only by licensed retailers?
Alcohol, Cannabis
What do you think a risk factor for developing obesity would be, and a protective factor?
What is family history of obesity, friend group who eats calorically dense food and doesn't move often, sedentary behavior, inadequate school meals? What is healthy role models, active friend group, well rounded school meals?
Relapse
What is being addicted, coming off a substance for any amount of time, and then going BACK to that substace is a relapse?
Name one of the most commonly abused legal depressants
What is alcohol? Alcohol is one of the most commonly abused drug and it can lead to a host of personal and family problems.
Illicit
What are drugs that are made and sold illegally with no regulation?
Heroin, Meth, Ecstasy
Why is it important to be aware of your own risk and protective factors
What is so we can identify certain protective factors and foster those more (spend more time with family and positive friends, continue playing sports all through high school and beyond, etc.) and so we can identify risk factors and avoid those as much as possible (avoid our risky friend group, seek out help for mental health issues, understand how to stand up to peer pressure, etc.)
Overdose
What is taking too much of a substance where it causes immediate negative and life threating effects?
Too much opioids slows and can stop peoples breathing.
Too much stimulants can mess with our heart rate and lead to death.
What is the most commonly abused stimulant in the world?
What is caffeine?
Just because a drug is legal does that make it harmless, are all drugs from DOCTORS harmless, can heroin from a guy on the street and oxycodone from your dentist put you in the exact same spot?
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Name one protective and one risk factor that you think are the most influential and explain why
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Draw the tolerance line
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