Stages of Drug Abuse
Definitions
Statistics
Effects of Drugs
Quitting
100
What is the most influential variable in substance abuse?
Peer Pressure
100
What is the definition of drug adiction?
a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences
100
What percent of highschool students report driving after drinking alcohol in the past month?
10%
100
Name 2 of 3 leading causes of death among adolescents where substance abuse is a major contributor.
accidents homicides suicides
100
Name 2 of 3 ways that abusers can get help with there drug abuse.
Intervention Support Groups Therapy
200
Name one characteristic that makes a person vulnerable to drug abuse?
Deppression/ Lonliness
200
What are drugs?
Chemicals that mimic natural neurotransmitters in the brain.
200
What percentage of all hospital reports of kids ages 12-17 are marajuana or alcohol related?
32%
200
Name a ways the drugs effect a persons economic situatution?
Losing your job Taking time off from your job Making poor financial choices
200
Name 2 symptoms of a withdrawl.
autonomic over-activity hallucinations delirium seizures
300
What percent of depression cases are related to substance abuse.
24%
300
Name 2 ways drug abuse can affect your health.
Lung cancer Brain damage Breast cancer Emphysema Bronchial disorders Cardiovascular diseases
400
22%
What percent of sexually-active high school students report having used alcohol or other drugs before their last sexual experience
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