"Pot" Pourri
Rehab lab
Defining Moments
This is Your Brain on Drugs
Hollywood Overdoses
100
Marijuana users might pass this test because THC, unlike other drugs, is stored primarily in fat tissue making it slower in exiting the body.
What is a Urine Drug Test (UDT).
100
True or False. The addict has to "want" help.
What is False
100
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, individuals who exhibit 3 or more of the following have this diagnose: Drug tolerance, withdrawal, using more than intended, continued use despite adverse consequences, peristant desire or unsuccessful attempts to cut down, and extending a lot of time obtaining, using or recovering from the drug,
What is dependent.
100
low memory, dejavu, procrastination,
What is marijuana.
100
1963 - 2012 Singer and Actress who died from drowning due to heart disease and the "cocktail of cocaine and prescription drugs found in her system."
Who is Whitney Houston
200
Out of the nation's top five, Oregon holds this rank for past year marijuana use.
What is 5th.
200
A type of treatment, usually administered in an office setting, involving the in-office administration of oral medication that diminishes the addicts desire for drugs like heroin or prescripton opiates, and involved random drug screening.
What is Suboxone.
200
A person can still be arrested and charged with this crime in Oregon even if their Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) level is below the legal limit just by displaying signs of impairment.
What is Driving Under the Influence (DUI)
200
Though users perform better on tasks when taking a small amount of this drug, users who consume the drug at a rate faster than their body can eliminate will experience speech slurring, stumbling, and may pass out.
What is alcohol.
200
1958-2009 Cardiac arrest. Personal physician administered lethal dose of propofol along with lorazepam, diazepam and midazolam.
Who is Michael Jackson
300
Often mistaken as "non-addicting", according to research conducted by NORML, this drug is addictive in approximately 8% of it's users.
What is marijuana.
300
Often confused with rehab, attending these type of meetings is not actually treatment. However, attending these will provide the addict recovery support.
What is AA (or NA)
300
Up to 5 years in prison and $100,000 in fines can result if this schedule drug is found in your possession without a prescription.
What is a Schedule II Drug
300
Muscle tension, sweating, rapid eye movement, and teeth clenching
What is ecstasy
300
A famous singer and guitar player, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and had the opportunity to headline for the music festival, Woodstock. Throughout his life, he experimented with drugs such as LSD, marijuana, speed, and sleeping pills. He died 9/18/1970 in London as a result of taking sleeping pills and alcohol which later caused asphyxiation by his own vomit while sleeping.
What is Jimmie Hendrix
400
Overdose does not occur with marijuana because there are relatively low THC receptor sites in this part of the brain responsible for basic vital life functions like breathing and heart beat.
What is the brain stem.
400
This race/ethnicty leads the nation in rehab accoutning for 59.8% of all admissions.
What is the White race.
400
The chronic and progressive disease that includes problems controlling your drinking, being preoccupied with alcohol, continuing to use alcohol even when it causes problems, having to drink more to get the same effect (physical dependence), or having withdrawal symptoms when you rapidly decrease or stop drinking.
What is Alcoholism.
400
Findings to date suggest that the use of this drug has both acute and long-term effects on cognitive performance. Neuropsychological data indicate deficits in attention, concentration, recall, visuospatial skills and psychomotor speed with both acute and chronic use of the drug.
What is opiates
400
1945 - 2011 This former Baltimore Colts defensive end who also played for the Houston Oilers ad Oakland Raiders died from extreme phentermine intoxication (diet pills).
Who is Bubba Smith
500
As of April 1, 2011 Oregon had approximately 40,000 people who had been issued a medical marijuana card by this percent of participating physicians.
What is approximately 25%
500
According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) National Survey on Drug Use and Health, this drug leads the nation in rehab admissions
What is marijuana (17% of all drug and alcohol admissions)
500
Created in 1912 as an "appette depressant", the DEA (federal Drug Enforcement Administration) issued an emergency scheduling of this hallucinogenic drug which enhances one's feeling of well being in 1988 due to the number of deaths. At the time, it was primarily being abused by those over 40.
What is ecstasy.
500
Short term affects of this class of drugs include dialated pupils, increased heart rate, body temperature, blurred vision, and increased blood pressure.
What are stimulants.
500
1856 - 1939 Credited as the founding father of psychoanalysis as well as the terms "id" and "ego" , this cigar smoking neurologist died as a result of euthanasia by physician assisted morphine overdose.
Who is Sigmund Freud.
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