Understanding Drugs
What kind of drugs can doctors prescribe?
What is legal drugs
What does the word peer pressure mean?
Peer pressure means to be pushed into something because of the influence of people your own age.
What is harm reduction? Name one harm reduction approach we discussed.
What is a public health strategy and set of practical approaches aimed at minimizing the negative consequences associated with various behaviors, particularly those related to substance use. The focus is on pragmatic, non-judgmental interventions that prioritize the well-being and safety of individuals.
What is the leading cause of unnatural deaths among youth?
What is drug overdoses
What is the definition for the word drug?
What is anything you put in your body that changes you emotionally, socially, or physically.
What are the two primary physical impacts drugs have on the body?
What is addiction and dependence
What is a local addictions outreach place serving Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows?
What is Alouette Addictions
What two cities are currently tied for the fourth spot in all of BC for drug overdoses?
What is Maple Ridge and Kamloops
What happens when the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects?
What is tolerance
What system of the body do drugs effect?
What is central nervous system
What medication can be given to reverse an opioid overdose? Who can give this medication?
What is Naloxone. Anyone can give it (prefilled nasal spray and injectable)!
Canadian supervised injection sites saw around this many visits between 2017-2019.
What is 2 million visits
What are two types of drug dependence?
1. Physical dependence is when someone develops a tolerance for a drug or shows withdrawal symptoms without it 2. Psychological dependence is a strong emotional desire to continue using a drug.
This is a biological response to when the human body receives too much of a substance or mix of substances.
What is an overdose
What is the main goal of an addiction outreach center?
What is to increase access to information about and participation in substance abuse treatment programs and services.
There are this many Canadian Supervised Consumption Sites currently in operation?
What is 39.
What are the four ways in which drugs enter the body?
What is by mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption
What are two health risks associated with specific drugs?
What is respiratory problems and liver damage
Describe the harm reduction strategy of drug checking?
What is the practice of testing substances to identify their composition and purity.
The top three culprits in overdoses currently are?
What is Fentanyl, methamphetamines, and benzodiazepines.