A trigger leads to a thought which leads to a ---------which leads to use.
What is a craving?
100
This is a factor in more than ½ of all car accidents.
What is alcohol?
100
This is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. It has a chemical in it called tetrahydrocannabinol, better known as THC
What is marijuana?
100
Cocaine is made from this plant
What is a cocoa plant?
100
The number one triggers for people are.
What are people, places and things?
200
In order to avoid relapse after experiencing a trigger, it is necessary to develop this.
What is a plan?
200
About what % of the population in the United States are problem drinkers.
What is 15%?
200
Marijuana smoke contains 50-70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do, which affects this part of the body.
What are the lungs?
200
This is a mix of cocaine and baking powder (sodium bicarbonate) which comes as small lumps or 'rocks'.
What is crack cocaine?
200
Long-term effects of consuming large quantities of alcohol, especially when combined with poor nutrition, can lead to permanent damage to these vital organs.
What are the brain and liver?
300
People, places, objects, feelings, and times that cause cravings.
What is a trigger?
300
When alcohol use is stopped, withdrawal symptoms may occur, these include nausea, sweating, shakiness (especially the hands), and anxiety. The symptoms are usually relieved by drinking more alcohol.
What is physical dependence?
300
Long-term marijuana abuse can lead to this: that is, compulsive drug seeking and abuse despite its known harmful effects upon social functioning in the context of family, school, work, and recreational activities.
What is addiction?
300
Preparing pure cocaine for injecting or smoking, usually by dissolving and drawing out the impurities with a strong alkali.
What is free basing?
300
THC acts upon specific sites in the brain, called cannabinoid receptors, kicking off a series of cellular reactions that ultimately lead to this feeling that users experience when they smoke marijuana.
What is "high"?
400
It is necessary to change this in order to avoid triggers that will cause cravings.
What is a behavior?
400
The person has an increasing need for higher amounts of alcohol to feel the same effects as they felt with previous usage.
What is alcohol tolerance?
400
Young people who use marijuana weekly have double the risk of what mental health disorder later in life.
What is depression?
400
Cocaine stays in the bloodstream for this amount of time.
What is 72 hours?
400
This can cause a number of physical responses, such as rise in arterial pressure, tachycardia, ventricular arrhythmias and seizures.
What is long term use?
500
Allowing oneself to continue thinking about drug or alcohol use is choosing to start this.
What is a relapse?
500
Alcohol is created when grains, fruits, or vegetables are fermented, a process that uses yeast or bacteria to change the (blank) in the food into alcohol.
What are sugars?
500
Marijuana increases heart rate by this percentage shortly after smoking; this effect can last up to 3 hours.
What is 20-100%?
500
The variations of using cocaine include: chewing, smoking, sniffing and…
What is injection?
500
A chronic but treatable brain disorder in which people lose the ability to control their need for alcohol or other drugs.