Stimulants
5 million Americans are current users of this drug.
What is Cocaine?
The most common type of depressant is _______.
What is alcohol?
These types of drugs can dramatically change _______ and thoughts.
What is emotions?
These drugs makes you feel MORE or LESS relaxed, free, and open?
What is more?
The term preferred which describes the use of a substance over time that causes negative effects.
What is "problematic substance use" or "substance use problem"?
These drugs INCREASE or DECREASE heart rate, blood pressure and breathing rate.
What is increase?
Depressants depress the areas in the brain that control your _________, so they can make you feel less nervous and more relaxed.
What is behaviour?
Side effects include dizziness, light-headedness, faster __________, fever, and nausea.
What is heartbeat?
These drugs have a mixture of _______ and depressant effects.
What is stimulant?
What is physical, emotional, and social?
Side effects include paranoia, fainting, violent behaviour, ______ and ________.
What is seizures and vomiting?
Side effects include nausea and vomiting, drowsiness, weakness, and ______ _________.
What is troubled speaking?
These drugs makes you ____, _____, and _____ things different from what is real.
What is see, hear, and feel?
Side effects include SHORT-TERM or LONG-TERM memory loss, paranoia, and lung damage.
What is short-term?
The presence of one or more of these factors can be a sign of a substance use problem:
1. Feeling out of control of how much or how often you use a substance.
2. Feeling a compulsion (urge) to use a substance
3. Using a substance despite negative effects
4. ______________
What is craving a substance?