Intro
The disease in which a person cares more about getting the drug than anything or anyone else, despite facing negative consequences
What is Substance/Drug addiction?
The brain is particularly vulnerable to damage from alcohol while it is still developing. The brain continues to develop until:
A. Age 1
B. Age 18
C. Well into the 20s
D. Around age 35
B. Well into the 20s. Alcohol affects the brain’s structure and function (how well it processes information), causing cognitive/learning problems later in life, ESPECIALLY when you start young and drink heavily.
Possible side effects of this class of medications which treat anxiety and depression include headache, stomachache, and increased suicidal ideation.
What are SSRIs?
Uppers and downers can lead to depression.
FACT! - Cocaine, meth, and MDMA can make a person feel energized and euphoric while intoxicated, but afterwards depression and anxiety can stick around for months.
In a social setting where their peers are smoking, who’s more likely to be motivated to smoke?
A. Adults
B. Teens
B. Teens are more likely than adults to be influenced to smoke in a social setting where their peers are smoking. Peer pressure can be a powerful influence on teens, but there are ways to resist it.
What is the use of illicit substances or prescription non-medically and in excess called?
What is Substance Abuse?
A teen’s brain is (A) more, (B) equally, or (C) less sensitive to the effects of smoking tobacco, compared with an adult’s brain.
A. The teen brain is more sensitive to the effects tobacco than the adult brain. Earlier use (of any drug), predicts progress to more serious use.
You should continue to take SSRIs for ______ after you feel like yourself again.
9-12 months
I am supposed to feel relaxed and better after a therapy session or it’s not working.
FICTION – therapy provides a space to explore thoughts or feelings, but is hard work and can bring up painful truths, vulnerability, and frustration
Smoking causes more deaths every year than:
A. Alcohol use
B. Illegal drug use
C. Car accidents
D. Guns
Trick question! Smoking causes more deaths every year than all of these other causes combined!!!!
A co-occurring condition is when a person has a drug problem and another mental health issue (like depression) at the same time. It is best to:
A. Treat the anxiety or depression first.
B. Treat the drug use disorder first.
C. Treat them both at the same time.
C. Treat all mental health illnesses at the same time. *Having co-occurring mental illness and drug use makes both harder to treat.
The basal ganglia (found in the center part of your brain) plays an important role in feeling motivation and ____________.
What is pleasure? In teens, the basal ganglia develops faster than the area for decision-making. The teen brain learns faster than adult brains and addiction is a form of learning, which means teens become addicted more easily than adults.
Treatment of depression with medication works best in combination with this.
What is Therapy?
The percentage of underage drinkers (ages 12-20) who drink has increased over the last 10 years.
FICTION - The percentage of underage drinkers (ages 12-20) who drink has decreased by 1/3 in the last 10 years.
Smoking oils (extracts) taken from the marijuana plant, which are much stronger than dried MJ.
What is dabbing?
Some people use this substance to help them get better sleep, but it suppresses their bodies’ melatonin (sleep hormone), causes decreased REM sleep and more awakenings during the night, and did NOT help them sleep more quickly.
What is alcohol?
Short-term effects of marijuana use include paranoia, learning and memory problems, and sleep problems. Name 2 long term health effects.
What is risk of addiction, long-term learning and memory problems, bronchitis, schizophrenia in some people with genetic risk, and recurrent nausea and vomiting?
Some medications are prescribed to be taken PRN, which means ___.
In medical contexts, it means "AS NEEDED"
"Pro re nata" - Latin for "For the thing born"
Fentanyl is an especially dangerous drug because: only a tiny bit can cause an overdose.
FACT - Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid similar to morphine but 50-100 times more potent. It’s cheap to add to other drugs & sell on the street. Many people don’t realize it’s been added, leading to overdose.
66% users believe this is the only thing in their e-cig. Meaning they don't believe it contains nicotine - just ____________.
What is “just flavoring”? Manufacturers aren’t required to report ingredients so most people don’t know what’s really in it!
Exposure to this substance plus bright light 3 hours before bedtime can delay sleep by 1 hour 45 minutes!
What is caffeine?
This area of the brain helps you think, make decisions, and control your actions. Drugs impair its functioning.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
Unlike “natural” medications (e.g. supplements, vitamins), prescription drugs go through rigorous testing and are monitored by this government entity.
What is the FDA? (Food and Drug Administration)
Cocaine and methamphetamine are both in a class of drugs called stimulants. This means that they achieve their effects in the same way
FICTION - Both can cause extreme energy and decreased appetite, but the brain responds differently to each. Meth causes the release of dopamine. Cocaine has a different structure and stops the from clearing excess dopamine.
True or False: Electronic vaping devices like e-cigarettes can help keep teens away from real cigarettes.
What is FALSE? - Studies show that teens are very likely to start smoking real cigarettes after being introduced to the nicotine in e-cigs, as soon as within 1 year for students who used e-cigs by the start of 9th grade.