Drug Abuse
Most easily addictive drug
What is Nicotine?
What is the intoxicating ingredient in alcohol
What is ethanol?
What does HALT stand for?
H. Hungry
A. Angry
L. Lonely
T. Tired
This medication temporarily reverses the effects of an opioid overdose
What is Naloxone (Narcan)?
This class of drugs are natural and synthetic drugs that distort thinking, awareness and the senses.
What are hallucinogens?
How long does it take for the brain to start reacting to alcohol upon consumption
(Range of 3 minutes)
What is 10 minutes?
Making a list of warning signs, social supports, and coping skills to avoid relapse is called what?
What is a Relapse Prevention Plan?
This law protects people who overdose or seek help for someone overdosing from being charges/prosecuted for drug possession
What is The Good Samaritan Law?
What are the 4 classes of drugs?
Stimulants, Depressants, Opioids (Painkillers), and Hallucinogens
Between 1 and 5, alcohol ranks as the _____ highest cause of preventable death in the US
What is 3rd?
1. Tobacco
2. Poor diet
What category of prescription pills is the most addictive
What is opiates? (Oxycodone, Codeine, Percocet, Morphine)
Withdrawal from these 2 drugs can be fatal
What is alcohol and benzodiazepines (ie. Xanax, Valium, Ativan)
Coca Cola used to contain small amounts of cocaine in it until what year?
A) 1903
B) 1947
C) 1924
D) 1933
A) 1903
Three main factors that affect a person's blood alcohol content (BAC)
What is gender (women have less enzymes that break down alcohol in the stomach), weight (lower amounts of body fat will have lower BAC - fatty tissue doesn't absorb alcohol), and time (the faster alcohol is consumed, the faster the BAC will rise)?
These 2 measurable & physical experiences would be signs that one has developed an addiction.
What is tolerance and withdrawal
What are the psychological and mood-related symptoms experienced after detoxification that relate to the body & brain healing from substance use called?
What is Post Acute Withdrawal Symptoms? (PAWS)
5 ways that drugs are taken into the body?
On average, a drunk driver will drive ____ times under the influence before their first arrest? (Range of 10)
What is 80?
What is the percentage of people in the US that struggle with a substance use disorder each year?
(RANGE OF 5%)
What is 15%?
(Around 39 million people)
If you have someone who is experiencing an overdose, you should place them in this certain way.
What is the recovery position?