Brain and Addiction
A substance thar can change the way a person feels or functions?
What is a drug?
The ingredient in marijuana that makes a person feel "high"
What is THC?
Where teens mostly get the prescription drugs they misuse
What are friends and relatives?
A popular way to inhale nicotine, without lighting a cigarette
What is vaping/what are e-cigarettes?
People inhale chemical in these products to get "high"
What are household products
Drugs can damage nerve cells in this organ?
What is the brain?
They might look like brownies or candy but contain marijuana
What are edibles?
They can make a person feel relaxed, sleepy, and uncoordinated
What are depressants?
The legal age to buy nicotine/tobacco products
What is 21?
Paint thinner, nail polish remover, felt-tip markers, glue
What are volatile solvents?
The neurotransmitter in the brain commonly affected by drugs?
What is dopamine?
A relatively new way to inhale marijuana without smoking it?
What is marijuana vaping?
They have effects similar to cocaine when misused
What are stimulants?
The type of tobacco absorbed through mouth tissues
What is smokeless tobacco?
Chemical odors on breath or clothing
What are signs of inhalant use?
When a person needs more of the same drug just to feel normal?
What is tolerance?
It's made in a lab to look like marijuana, but it isn't.
What is synthetic cannabinoids (K2/Spice), also known as herbal or liquid incense
Legal drugs closely related to heroin
What are prescription pain medicines (opioids)?
The addictive chemical in tobacco
What is nicotine?
Spray paint, hair spray, deodorant spray, fabric protector spray
What are aerosol inhalants?
Returning to drug use after quitting?
What is relapse?
It has increased in potency over the past few decades
What is the amount of THC in marijuana
When you can't stop using the drug despite negative consequences
What is addiction?
The leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the U.S.
What is tobacco use?
Inhalants can prevent this organ from getting enough oxygen
What is the brain?