ALCOHOL
Drinking over 4 drinks in an hour
What is Binge Drinking?
This powerful drug, 50 to 100x stronger than morphine, has led to over 100 thousand overdose deaths in the US
What is Fentanyl
The active ingredient in marijuana that is mostly responsible for making the user feel "high"
What is THC?
A condition where a user of a drug needs more and more of the substance to achieve the same feeling or "high"
What is Tolerance
One of several "date rape" drugs that, when in liquid form, can easily be put in someones drink
What are Ketamine and GHB
The amount of alcohol in your blood which rises during consumption
What is your Blood Alcohol Content?
Vaping (especially with products like JUUL), delivers the user a much higher content of this addictive chemical, way more than received by smoking a traditional cigarette.
What is Nicotine
Users can sometimes over consume marijuana when its in this form, because it can take hours until the user feels the effects
What are edibles
A physical condition caused by chronic use of a tolerance-forming drug, in which abrupt or gradual drug withdrawal causes unpleasant physical symptoms.
What is physical dependence
Cocaine, Adderal, and even Caffeine- fall into this category of drugs- substances that increase the activity of your central nervous system
What are stimulants
A dangerous condition that can be caused by excessive drinking-usually causing decreased respiration, confusion and vomiting.
What is Alcohol Poisoning?
A medication that can be administered as a nasal spray to help reverse the affects of an opioid overdose
What is Narcan or Naloxone
Marijuana is typically referred to as this type of drug; one that opens up the door for a user to eventually go on to use more illicit drugs.
What is a Gateway Drug?
Mild or Severe symptoms that a user can experience when they begin detoxification (or detox) from a drug.
What is withdrawal
MDMA or Ecstasy, releases a flood of this specific neurotransmitter that is highly associated with mood regulation, appetite, and sleep. Afterward, users are left depleted of this neurotransmitter-leading to (in some cases), depression.
What is Serotonin
The class of drugs Alcohol fall into-the ones that slow your central nervous system down.
What are Depressants?
This region of the brain, which finishes its' development in your mid 20's, is particularly vulnerable to drug use/abuse in the teenage years.
What is the prefrontal cortex
The non-psychoactive chemical found in Marijuana smoke that is known to relieve anxiety and improve sleep disorders
What is CBD
A substance or agent that is capable of causing cancer
What is a carcinogen
A neurotransmitter released in the brain when a person does almost any sort of drug- the same neurotransmitter is released when someone receives "likes" or "views" on social media platforms
What is Dopamine?
A dangerous "effect" caused by mixing pills or other medications and alcohol.
What is the Multiplier (or Synergistic effect?
Drugs that come from a type of poppy and are used medically as painkillers.
What are opiates
THC, the active ingredient in marijuana; much easier than pronouncing the full, non abbreviated term.
What is Tetra Hydro Cannabinol?
Frequent Marijuana use can cause this condition, in which the user feels like they need to smoke or consume the drug in order feel normal.
What is psychological dependence/addiction
MDMA or Ecstasy, can cause this dangerous condition (the opposite of Hypothermia), where a persons' body heat rises to extremely high levels
What is Hyperthermia