Drug Types
This type of drug increases alertness, attention, and energy.
Stimulant
A condition in which higher doses of a drug are required to achieve the desired effect.
Tolerance
About 32% of all traffic crash fatalities in the United States were caused by this drug.
Alcohol
The return to drug use after an attempt to stop. This indicates the need for more or different treatment.
Relapse
These factors can have an effect on someones drug use/Addiction
Environmental factors and genetic factors
This type of drug is usually prescribed to treat anxiety, panic, acute stress reactions, and sleep disorders. These drugs slow brain activity, which can cause drowsiness, slurred speech, poor concentration, especially when misused.
Depressant
Occurs when a person uses enough of a drug to produce a life-threatening reaction or death.
Overdose
This drug is 100 times more potent than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin.
Fentanyl
Can be used to manage withdrawal symptoms, prevent relapse, and treat co-occurring conditions.
Medication
These programs are mutual support groups and alone are not considered treatment. They help many people, but do not work for everyone.
A drug that distorts perception, thought, and feeling. This term is typically used to refer to drugs with hallucinogenic effects.
Psychedelic
Symptoms of this can include negative emotions such as stress, anxiety, or depression, as well as physical effects such as nausea, muscle aches, and cramping. These symptoms often lead a person to use the substance again.
Withdrawal
Voluntary use; infrequent; based on curiosity or peer pressure
Experimentation
This is the practice of clearing toxins from the body of the patient who is dependent on substances of abuse.
Detoxification
This type of therapy is the best available treatment for treating addiction to stimulants (cocaine, meth).
Behavioral therapy
These are used as medicines because they contain chemicals that relax the body and can relieve pain.
Opioids
This condition can occur with the regular use of illicit or some prescription drugs, even if taken as prescribed. It is characterized by withdrawal symptoms when drug use is stopped.
Dependence
Besides alcohol, this drug is most commonly used among Americans 12 or older. 45% have used this drug at least once in their lifetime.
Marijuana
A process of change through which people with substance use disorders improve their health and wellness, live self-directed lives, and strive to reach their full potential.
Recovery
Many addicts struggle with some form of this. *Hint there are many different types and forms of this.
Mental health disorders
Human-made, mind-altering chemicals that are either sprayed on dried, shredded plant material so they can be smoked (herbal incense) or sold as liquids to be vaporized and inhaled in e-cigarettes and other devices (liquid incense) to produce a high.
Synthetic Cannabinoids
Chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use despite harmful consequences, as well as long-lasting changes in the brain.
Addiction
Characterized by use on a regular basis; continued use with friends or acquaintances or even when alone; predictable and consistent pattern of use (weekends, certain situations or events...)
Regular/social drug use
This type of treatment helps a person modify their attitudes and behaviors related to drug use and increase healthy life skills
Behavioral Counseling
These gaps happen when a person drinks enough alcohol that it temporarily blocks the transfer of memories from short-term to long-term storage—known as memory consolidation—in a brain area called the hippocampus.
Alcohol-Induced Blackouts