Alcohol
Cocaine
Marijuana
Brain
Random
100
This is the main alcohol in beverages
What is ethanol?
100
This is the main chemical used in cocaine
What is Dopamine?
100
This is the main chemical used in marijuana
What is THC?
100
These are what transport messages throughout the brain
What are neurotransmitters?
100
This is how long euphoria lasts
What is ten minutes?
200
These are the type of cells ethanol targets
What are nerve cells?
200
This is what allows neurons to absorb reabsorb dopamine?
What are Dopamine transporters?
200
This is what THC stands for
What is tetrahydrocannabinol?
200
This part of the brain is associated with involuntary actions
What is the medula?
200
The Hippocampus's main role is in this
What is long term memory?
300
This is why messages are slowed down when alcohol is in the brain.
Ethanol binds to nerve cells which mess up the messages that the nerve cells are trying to send
300
This is what blocks Dopamine transports allowing dopamine to flood the brain
What is cocaine?
300
This is the type of receptor that THC bonds to
What is a cannabinoid receptor?
300
This is the part of the brain that regulates the pituitary gland
What is the hypothalamus?
300
This system is responsible for regulating emotions (not a part of the brain)
What is the limbic system?
400
This is the percent of alcohol that is absorbed in to the blood stream
What is 20%?
400
This is what is stimulated in order to release dopamine naturally
What is a neuron?
400
Marijuana gives this type of brain a much worse affect
What is a developing brain?
400
These two chemicals work together in order to form tons of different signals throughout the brain
What is glutamate and GABA?
400
The Hypothalamus regulates the intake of this two things
What are food and water?
500
These are two affects of having too much alcohol
What is loss of memory, emotional, slurred speech?
500
This is why cocaine is a much more dangerous drug than marijuana
What is addiction?
500
Three things that are affected when marijuana is smoked
What is time perception, concentration, coordination, movement, thinking, and memory?
500
This is the lobe that the Hippocampus is located in
What is the medial temporal lobe?
500
When smoked, how long does it take marijuana to get to the brain
What is 8 seconds
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