The brain & addiction
_______________ is a treatable, chronic medical disease involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment, and an individual’s life experiences.
A. PTSD
B. Addiction
C. Codependency
True or False
Because marijuana is a plant it is not harmful.
False!
◦Modern marijuana is often contaminated with fungi, pesticides, and heavy metals. It can also be laced with different chemicals. Marijuana may be from a plant but so are the following:
◦Heroin, morphine, and codeine(Opium poppy)
◦Cocaine (Coco Leaves)
◦Ecstasy (Sassafras Root)
◦Meth/Sudafed (Ephedra Sinica)
◦Shrooms (Psilocybin mushroom)
On average, alcohol plays a role in the deaths of roughly _________ young people under age 21 every year.
A. 2,349
B. 4,358
C. 5,211
B. 4,358
These deaths include:
What percent of adult smokers started before the age of 21?
95%
Myth or Fact
"If you have an addiction, you don’t have enough willpower."
Myth.
Modern science has shown that addiction is a disease, not a choice.
If you are living with an addiction, it doesn’t mean you’re weak. It simply means you need help. Finding a medical treatment plan or recovery support community can help you heal.
https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/drug-addiction/9-myths-substance-addiction/
When someone uses drugs repeatedly, their brain ___________.
a)becomes trained to crave the drug
b) becomes smaller than before
c)is not changed
A: Becomes trained to crave the drug.
The brain is wired to remember feelings of pleasure, including those produced by drugs unnaturally. The brain then strives to repeat those feelings, which the drug user experiences as a craving for the drug.
◦Fact or Fiction?
Marijuana is NOT Addictive.
◦Fiction
◦People become dependent on Marijuana for a number of reasons. People who begin using marijuana before the age of 18 are four to seven times more likely to develop a marijuana use dependence/addiction than adults. People who use marijuana frequently often report irritability, mood and sleep difficulties, decreased appetite, cravings, restlessness, and/or various forms of physical discomfort that peak within the first week after quitting and last up to 2 weeks. Marijuana dependence occurs when the brain adapts to large amounts of the drug by reducing production of and sensitivity to its own endocannabinoid neurotransmitters.
People who begin drinking before age 15 are how many times more likely to develop alcoholism than those who begin at age 21?
A.2 times
B.3 times
C.4 times
C. 4 times
People who begin drinking before age 15 are FOUR TIMES more likely to develop alcoholism than those who begin at age 21.
True of False?
No one has ever found harmful chemicals in vape juice?
False
Myth or Fact:
"Addiction only happens to certain kinds of people."
Myth!
Addiction can happen to anyone, no matter their upbringing, personality type, or grade point average. There are genetic, social, and psychological risk factors that put some at greater risk—but it has nothing to do with a person’s character.
Which of the following can you be addicted to - select all that apply:
A. Herion
B. Gambling
C. Alcohol
D. Video Games
All of them!!
True or False
Marijuana use doubles the risk of car crashes.
True!
Marijuana use affects the parts of the brain that are important for driving, including impairment and reaction time.
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/does-marijuana-use-affect-driving
Which of these should you do if you suspect you or someone you know has alcohol poisoning?
A. Call 911 and seek medical help immediately
B. Take a cold shower
C. Drink strong coffee
A. CALL 911 and seek medical help immediately!!!!
If you suspect someone has alcohol poisoning, call 911 and get medical help immediately. Cold showers, hot coffee, or walking will NOT reverse the effects of alcohol overdose and could actually make things worse.
What are the main ingredients found in vape juice?
A. Propylene Glycol
B. Vegetable Glycerin
C. Nicotine
D. Flavorings
E. All the above
E. All the above
CAN be found in vape juice but might not be in all vape juices.
Myth or Fact
"Addiction is a choice"
Myth!
A person starts out as an occasional drug user, and that is a voluntary decision. But as times passes, something happens, and that person goes from being a voluntary drug user to being a compulsive drug user. Why? Because over time, continued use of addictive drugs changes your brain -- at times in dramatic, toxic ways, at others in more subtle ways, but virtually always in ways that result in compulsive and even uncontrollable drug use.
https://archives.drugabuse.gov/exploring-myths-about-drug-abuse
Is chemical dependency a primary or secondary disease?
Primary disease: A disease arising spontaneously and not associated with or caused by a previous disease.
Secondary disease: A disease that follows and results from an earlier disease.
PRIMARY
Chemical Dependency is not related to any other diagnosis
Studies have linked employee marijuana use with which of the following things?
A. increased absences
B. tardiness
C. accidents
D. Both A and C
E. A, B, and C
E. A, B, and C
Studies have linked employee use with increased absences, tardiness, accidents, workers' compensation claims, and job turnover.
An alcohol ___________ is a gap in a person’s memory for events that took place while he or she was drinking.
A. Hangover
B. Withdrawal
C. Blackout
C. Blackout
When a blackout happens, a person’s brain does not create memories for these events as they are happening. For people who have had a blackout, it can be frightening to wake up the next day and not remember what they did the night before.
True of False?
The FDA has approved both Propylene Glycol and Vegetable Glycerin as generally safe to inhale?
False,
Propylene Glycol and Vegetable Glycerin are “generally recognized as safe” for use in food NOT generally safe to inhale.
Myth or Fact:
"Prescription drugs are safe drugs"
Myth.
When used under a doctor’s supervision, prescription drugs can be effective for treating pain or other conditions. However, these drugs can be dangerous when abused, especially by teens and young adults. According to a report by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, among young adults aged 18–25, 14% used prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons within the past year.
https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/drug-addiction/9-myths-substance-addiction/
Drug abusers develop “tolerance” for drugs, meaning they need _____________________.
◦a) more drug to get the same effect
◦b) less drug to get the same effect
◦c) neither A or B
◦A: more drug to get the same effect
◦Drug tolerance makes people need more and more of the same drug to get the same effect because, over time, drugs will cause the brain to produce less dopamine, the neurotransmitter that produces feelings of pleasure. Drug abusers may need more of the drug than before to reach the same level of dopamine to get the same “high.”
The following symptoms are common in marijuana withdrawal except?
A. anxiety
B. increased tiredness
C. appetite changes
D. depression
B. increased tiredness
Withdrawal from symptoms that include irritability, anxiety, insomnia, appetite disturbances, and depression.
_________ Drinking is a pattern of heavy drinking when a male or female rapidly consumes five (men) or four (female) alcoholic drinks within two hours. An alcohol ______ can occur over hours or last up to several days.
A. Underage
B. Binge
C. Serious
B. BINGE
◦Binge drinking is a major cause of alcohol poisoning. You can consume a fatal dose before you pass out. Even when you're unconscious or you've stopped drinking, alcohol continues to be released from your stomach and intestines into your bloodstream, and the level of alcohol in your body continues to rise.
Over Under
There have been just over or under 2,000 cases of lung injury as a result of e-cigarette or vaping products as of November 14th.
As of November 14, 2019, 2,172* cases of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI) have been reported to CDC from 49 states (all except Alaska), the District of Columbia, and 1 U.S. territory.
Myth or fact
"More than anything else, drug addiction is a character flaw."
Myth!
Drug addiction is a brain disease. Every type of drug of abuse has its own individual mechanism for changing how the brain functions. The drug becomes the single most powerful motivator in a drug abuser's existence.