Nicotine/Tobacco
What is nicotine?
A toxic substance that gives tobacco products their addictive quality
What is alcohol?
An addictive drug that is known as a depressant
What is the difference between drugs and medications?
A drug is any substance that causes physical or psychological change in the body. Medications are used to treat illness, or to cure or manage a disease
What are 3 ways to prevent tobacco use and addiction?
Build healthy relationships, learn to manage stress, think critically about the media messages, and use refusal skills
Triggers
reminders that cause people to feel a strong desire for a substance
What are the 3 types of tobacco products that nicotine is found in?
Vapes, Cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco
What BAC level is considered legally impaired?
0.08
What are the two types of medications and what are their differences?
Over the counter (OTC) you can buy st any store. Prescription you have to have a doctors notes to purchase
How can alcohol be treated?
Detoxification, support groups (AA), and self management strategies
Addiction
Physical and psychological need for a substance or behavior
What is created when the e-liquid or tobacco is heated in a vaping device?
Aerosol
How does alcohol affect your body systems?
If affects every single organ in your body in a negative way
What are some health risks of medication misuse/abuse?
Death, intense high, addiction, anxiety, depression, mood swings, change in sleep pattern, hyperactivity, and difficulty concentrating
What are some skills or strategies you can use to stand up against peer pressure?
Refusal strategies: walk away, just say no, change the subject, talk about the negative effects.
Inhibition
self control that keeps people from taking dangerous risks
What are the 3 major health conditions that a person is at risk for developing through tobacco use or misuse?
Cancer, heart disease, respiratory conditions
How does alcohol affect your body systems? Short and long term.
Short term: hangover, impaired judgement, loss of coordination, difficulty thinking, slurred speech. Long term: affects every single organ, dementia, stroke, confusion, and cirrhosis of liver
How do drugs affect your brain?
Drugs cause a high that triggers the brain to release dopamine; in response your brain starts producing less dopamine naturally, leading to less pleasure without the drug.
How can we prevent medication and druge misuse/abuse?
Promote mental health, avoid situations where drugs are involved, think ahead on your response over drugs, use refusal skills, educate and advocate
Enabling
Encouraging a person's unhealthy behaviors, either intentionally or unintentionally
How does nicotine affect your body systems?
Highly addictive substance, brain will release dopamine, lungs become inflamed, decrease the body’s ability to process food, make bones weak, heart and blood pressure will increase, and weakens your immune system
What are the different types of alcohol use? Which category does most young adults fall under?
Moderate drinking "social drinking", binge drinking, heavy drinking. Most young adults fall under binge drinking
What are the most commonly misused and abused medications?
Depressants, Opioids, Stimulants, diet pills, and PEDS (performance enhancing drugs)
How can we treat drug and medication addication?
Rehab program, residential treatment programs, outpatient treatment programs, medication-assisted treatment, skills training, support groups, and sober living communities
Substance use disorder
Mental illness in which a person continues using a substance despite negative effects on health and life