Vocabulary
This term is when someone takes a medication inappropriately (such as taking prescription medication without having a prescription)
What is drug misuse?
The brain is not fully developed until age(s)
What is mid 20's (25-27)?
True or False: Prescription drugs are used by doctors, which means even if someone is misusing them, they are safer than other street drugs.
What is false?
Fentanyl is in this class of drug which includes prescription pain medication, morphine, and other pain relievers.
What are opioids?
A class of prescription drugs that have side effects similar to cocaine. Adderall is one example.
What is a stimulant?
The term that describes when you need a higher or more frequent amount of a drug to get the desired effects.
What is tolerance?
Teens who reported nonmedical use of prescription drugs to get high were significantly (more or less) at risk to smoke cigarettes, use marijuana, drink alcohol, and misuse other drugs.
What is more?
Two-thirds of teens who misused pain relievers in the past year say they got them from who?
What are their family and friends?
True or False: If someone buys prescription drugs from dealers, they may unknowingly have fentanyl in them.
What is true?
A class of prescription drugs that can cause drowsiness, nausea, and high risk for overdose. It is most often used for pain, and can act on the same parts of the brain as heroin.
What are opioids?
This term describes the adverse effects of stopping a drug if someone has become dependent on it. Symptoms can include: muscle pain, bone pain, sleep problems, uncontrollable leg movements, severe pain, stomach issues, and more.
What is withdrawal?
The total number of deaths caused by this (and involved synthetic opioids) was greater than 258,000 from 2013-2021. This happens when someone takes in too much of a substance and the body begins to shut down.
What is overdose?
This is a term used to describe what teens may do when misusing their own or others' prescriptions to help treat things like pain, anxiety, or insomnia outside of the care of a doctor.
What is self-medicate?
Fentanyl increases the risk of this happening. This occurs when someone's body takes in too much of a substance and begins to shut down, causing life-threatening symptoms.
What is overdose?
Mixing RX drugs with this commonly found substance can increase risks of adverse effects such as overdose or even death.
What is alcohol?
A type of opioid that is created in a lab and affects the same parts of the brain as natural opioids to produce pain relieving effects.
What are synthetic opioids?
This drug is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100x more potent than morphine.
What is fentanyl?
RX misuse in adolescents can increase the risk of this happening in adulthood
What is dependence?
The most important step to take if you suspect someone has overdosed.
What is call 911?
This class of drugs can cause slurred speech, shallow breathing, and seizures upon withdrawal from chronic use. Some prescription drugs in this class are clinically used to treat anxiety or sleep disorders. Alcohol also falls under this class of drug.
What are depressants?
This type of disorder is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use that can be difficult to control, despite harmful consequences. Typically occurs after a person experiences dependence on a drug.
What is Substance Use Disorder?
This class of drug are the most common drugs involved in drug overdose deaths in the US.
What are opioids (specifically synthetic opioids)?
This part of the brain develops last, and allows us to set priorities, control impulses, and allocate attention. Misusing RX drugs greatly impacts the development of this part of the brain.
What is prefrontal cortex?
The name of the medication that can help reverse an overdose of fentanyl and other opioids.
What is Narcan or Naloxone?
This is a subclass of depressant drugs. It includes medications commonly used for treating anxiety disorders. Drugs in this class include Xanax, Ativan, and Klonopin.
What are benzodiazepines?