LIFE'S TERMS
This is the journey of “kicking the habit, staying clean, and leveling up your life” — basically hitting reset and upgrading your mind, body, and soul.
What is Recovery?
Too much can fry your memory, make motivation vanish, and turn your short-term goals into “short-term forget-me-nots.”
What is Marijuana?
GRASS, MARY JANE, PURPLE HAZE, DEVILS LETTUCE, REEFER, CHRONIC OR WEED?
What is also known as...MARIJUANA?
Is it legal to take someone else’s prescription medication?
NO! Prescription medication is only legal for the person for whom it is prescribed. It is also illegal to sell your own or someone else’s prescription medication.
What is Thanksgiving?
This is the “body spring cleaning” — getting the toxins out, handling the shakes and sweats, and starting your recovery off on the right foot.
What is Detoxification? (Detox, Withdrawal Management)
Using “DIY bongs” made from light bulbs, soda cans, or broken glass might seem cheap and creative, but it can lead to
What are burns, cuts, infections, and mercury poisoning?
SPEED, PEP PILLS, PIXIES, DIET PILLS, BLACK BEAUTIES, BENNIES, ZOOMERS?
What is also known as...Amphetamine?
TRUE OR FALSE? Is it safe to use dollar bills (cash, money, banknotes) to snort drugs?
FALSE: Using banknotes to snort substances can lead to bacterial and/or fungal infections.
NOS, GLUE, POPPERS, OR WHIPPETS?
What are also known as...INHALANTS?
This is when family and friends “team up for a tough love check-in” to get someone into treatment — also the name of a TV show where dramatic interventions play out on screen.
What is an Intervention?
Long-term snorting of this white powder can “wreck your nose and roof your mouth” — think septum erosion, palatal holes, and a face that even Stevie Nicks’ crystal ball wouldn’t want to predict.
What is Cocaine?
CHINA WHITE OR BLACK TAR?
What is also known as...HEROIN?
TRUE OR FALSE? Cannabis is natural. If it comes from a plant, it must be safe?
FALSE: The chemicals found in cannabis impact brain development and mental health, regardless of how it is consumed (smoked, eaten, vaped, etc.). In addition, cannabis smoke has cancer-causing toxins that can cause damage to the lungs if smoked or vaped and can cause impairment that can lead to injury.
According to a 2012 study of people in treatment for alcohol dependence, which gender was more likely to report that their most serious suicide attempt happened during heavy drinking—men or women?
Men (80.2% of men compared to 43.8% of women)
This is the “safety net plan” for when quitting cold turkey isn’t happening — a set of strategies to cut the damage from using and keep your life from derailing.
What is Harm Reduction?
This prescription “chill pill” can slow your breathing, make you super sleepy, and in high doses, your body might feel like it’s “on pause without a remote.”
What is Xanax (Alprazolam)?
M30S, BLUES, OR DIRTY 30S?
What is also known as...COUNTERFEIT OXYCODONE PILLS CONTAINING FENTANYL?
Which is the least harmful (safest) way of taking a substance: eating, smoking, or injecting?
Eating, because it takes longer for the body to absorb it and it can also be puked or pumped out if necessary.
DAILY DOUBLE: Why are smoking and injecting substances more harmful?
A slang term for "Synthetic Cannabinoids."
What is Spice?
This is when someone “keeps handing out fuel to the fire” — helping an addict keep using, covering up the mess, or making it easier for them to chase the next high.
What is Enabling?
This “rave favorite gone wrong” can make your body overheat, mess with your kidneys, and leave your heart pounding like the bass at Coachella.
What is Molly (MDMA)?
BRUNO MARS, GINA, MONKEY JUICE, OR G?
What is also known as...GHB (Gamma-Hydroxybutyric Acid)?
TRUE OR FALSE? Marijuana isn't addictive.
FALSE: Chronic marijuana use can lead to addiction. Research shows that approximately 9 percent, or about 1 in 11, of those who use marijuana will become addicted. This goes up to 17 percent in those who start using while young (in their teens) and increases to 25-50 percent of daily users. (National Institute on Drug Abuse. National Institutes of Health.)
During the 2000s and early 2010s, which caused more overdose deaths in the U.S.—prescription opioids (like hydrocodone and oxycodone) or the combined total of heroin and cocaine?
Prescription opioids caused more overdose deaths than heroin and cocaine combined.