Categories of Drugs
Any substance other than food or water that changes the way your body functions.
What are drugs
Type of addiction when your body is so used to the drug that it needs it to function properly
What is physical addiction
What has the long term consequences of lung disease, heart disease and many types of cancer
What is smoking
The most commonly used drug
What is alcohol
The pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction
what is dopamine
The main ingredient in cigarettes, cigars, and dip. It is a leaf that has the drug nicotine in it and you have to be 18 or older to buy it
What is tobacco
Removal of the drug from the body that may have unpleasant side effects
What is withdrawal
What drug has the long term consequences of heart attack, liver failure, cirrhosis, kidney disease
What is alcohol
A group for people who have a desire to stop using drugs or alcohol ex. AA NA CA
What is a 12 step fellowship
Increase your bodies heart rate and overall function
what are stimulants
Alcohol is classified as a...
What is a depressant
It can take your brain up to 3 weeks to recover to full function after using this drug only once
What is weed
long term use of this drug results in significantly lowered pain tolerance
What are opioids
A prayer that is often used in recovery settings bonus 100 points recite it
what is the serenity prayer
What is the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana
what is thc
The fastest addicting drug
What is nicotine
Drug that causes profound distortions in a person's perceptions of reality
What are hallucinogens
Increased respiratory problems, drug induced psychosis, cardiovascular problems, risk for HIV, HEP C, and TB, Damage to physical appearance
What is methamphetamine/ cocaine addiction
60% of overdoses in 2010 were related to this drug group
What are opiods
Slows down your bodies systems such as respiratory and circulatory
what are depressents
Type of medication that categorizes pills such as Valium, Ativan, Xanax, and Klonopin
What are benzodiazepines
Alcohol affects your judgment and decision making because it depresses this part of your brain
What is the frontal lobe
Use can result in bone marrow damage, liver and kidney damage, black outs, limb spasms hearing loss and loss of brain cells
what are inhalants
The us is 5% of the world population but uses ___% of the prescription drugs
What is 75%
Chemicals in cigarettes that reduces the amount of oxygen to your body and makes it hard for you to exercise and be good at sports
what is carbon monoxide