Category 1
In what drug is THC the physchoactive ingredient?
Marijuana
Needing more and more of the same drug to get the same effect that you once had... what it being described?
Tolerance
Flu like symptoms a drug user may experience when they stop using the drugs...
Withdrawal
A set of skills designed to help a person get out of a risky/uncomfortable situation.
Alcohol
A general term for a drug that impacts a user's thinking, feeling and perceptions of reality...
Psychoactive Drug
When the body develops a chemical need for a drug...
What type of dependency is this known as?
Physiological Dependence
What part of the body must a drug get to in order for the drug to have the effect on the body?
Brain
What classification of drug is heroin and prescription pain killers such as oxycodone?
Opioids/Narcotics
Which classification of drugs is known to have an extremely high and rapid addictive factor?
Opioids/Narcotics
Another word for illegal is...
Illicit
Nicotine Products, Alcohol, Marijuana, Prescription Medications
They are thinking something is happening when it is not.
How do we know that a person has a physiological dependence to a drug?
When they don't have the drug they start to experience withdrawal symptoms.
Extreme mood swings with angry feelings that are brought on by anabolic steroids.
What is being described?
Roid Rage
Give 2 examples of illegal stimulants.
Cocaine and Methamphetamine
What is the term being described?
A person believes a drug is needed in order to feel good or function normally.
Psychological Dependency
Why can't we tell the amount, strength and exactly what may be in an illegal drug?
Because it is not regulated by the FDA.
What is the name of the syndrome that can cause death to someone who is using inhalants?
Sudden Sniffing Death
Tell us 3 different refusal skills
Say no and give a reason.
Make an excuse.
Offer another suggestion.
Ignore the situation and create a distraction.
Say no repeat yourself.
Walk away or leave the situation.
According to our notes, drugs are made up of what 3 general things?
Chemicals, poisons and toxins
The Limbic System
Benzodiazepines
Using drugs for a medicinal use, as a means to an end.
What is the term?
Instrumental Drug Use
What are the 5 different ways a drug may enter the body?
orally,
inhalation,
injection,
topical (skin),
snorting