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What did the Romans used to use for mouthwash?
Urine
In the early 1900s, addiction treatment centers in the United States only treated addiction to 3 substances.
What were they?
(100 points for each correct answer)
Alcohol, nicotine, morphine
How long does it take our brain to unconsciously process a stimuli emotionally, prior to processing it rationally?
1/20th of a second
What percent of the world's population is left-handed?
10%
What 2 colors of confetti dropped after the superbowl?
blue and yellow
The lingering effects felt after a drug leaves the body, but you are medical determined to be safe from the initial detoxification , that can be noticed for weeks or months following initial sobriety
post acute withdrawal
At the beginning of 1902, how many addiction treatment centers were there, in the United States?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! (400 points)
100
These are ways of thinking that are flawed, based off of our own experiences, perspectives, biases, or lack of access to information.
Cognitive Distortions
What is the only living organism whose brain has the ability to grow and shrink in size?
humans
The State Department on Feb. 12 ordered all but a “core team” of its diplomats and employees to leave the American Embassy in _________ , the capital of Ukraine, over fears that Moscow would soon mount a major assault.
Kyiv
What animal headbutts their female counterpart until she pees, then tastes the pee to determine whether she is ovulating or not?
Giraffe
Prior to addiction being portrayed as a disease, alcoholics were placed in insane asylums. In the late 1800s, places called "inebriate asylums" were open. The first "inebriate asylum" was opened in 1864 in the USA. Which state was this this in?
New York
When we respond to a prompt with the first thing that comes to our mind, what are we engaging in?
Free association
What food is considered the cause more weight gain than any other food in history?
Potato chips
The 2022 Oscar nominations were announced last week. Which film received the most nominations, including one for best picture?
The Power of the Dog
How old was the oldest person to ever live?
122
Opiate addiction is first documented during which historical event?
Civil War - It is estimated that 60-80 thousand soldiers were addiction to morphine
After we experience a traumatic event, we tend to respond to similar environmental cues, with the same traumatic response. What part of the brain is responsible for processing a percieved threat?
amygdala
Other than spouses, who does more housework, that husbands?
Boyfriends
The Justice Department said on Feb. 8 that it had seized over $3.6 billion worth of stolen ______ and arrested a married couple accused of laundering it.
DAILY DOUBLE: 800 points
Bitcoin
What was used to create the first bowl for eating?
Human skulls
7000 BC is the earliest documentation of substance about. Two, mind altering substances are recorded at this period of time. One is alcohol. What is the other?
Mushrooms
How long does it take for tolerance to begin to diminish for opioids?
(DAILY DOUBLE: 1000 pts)
72 hours
What percent of the world's population is estimated to never have made or received a phone call?
50%
Why were koalas in the news this week?
Australian government declared them an endangered species