Your Brain & Drugs
Paranoia, anxiety, irritability, etc.
What are acute effects of cannabis?
Mixed messages on risk/benefit, legalization, it's not addictive, etc.
Why has risk perception changed?
Tremors, problems with sleeping and feeding, seizures, developmental problems, behavioral problems, etc.
What is a baby born addicted to substances?
Providing clients and families with knowledge and information regarding Substance Abuse.
What is psychoeducation?
Legal age to smoke marijuana.
IQ decline, impaired memory and concentration, difficulty learning and retaining information.
What are cognitive effects of Cannabis?
Increases a person's chance for abusing substances.
What are risk factors?
Increases the risk of heart disease and lung cancer.
What is exposure to secondhand smoke?
Providing clients and families with coping skills, resources, and emergency assistance for addiction/substance use.
What is safety planning?
This makes marijuana illegal in the state of Massachusetts.
What is federal law?
ICD-10 depressive illness was nearly 4X higher among those with a cannabis use disorder, compared to those without a depressive illness.
What are rates of Co-Morbidity between Cannabis Use and MDD?
Aggressive behavior in childhood, poor social skills, community poverty...
What are risk factors?
Failure to fulfill roles, use in risky situations, legal run-ins, use despite persistent adverse effect on relationships.
What is substance abuse disorder?
A place just for teens affected by someone else’s substance abuse.
What is Ala-Teen?
I am allowed this amount of marijuana on my person.
Up to 90% of those with schizophrenia used cannabis during adolescence, Associated with risk for developing schizophrenia, earlier onset of schizophrenia and more severe sxs, Link is particularly strong for those with genetic risk for schizophrenia.
What are Robust Association between Cannabis and Schizophrenia?
Good self-control, positive relationships, neighborhood resources...
What are protective factors?
Injection drug use.
When applied to substance abuse, _________ accepts that a continuing level of drug use (both licit and illicit) in society is inevitable and defines objectives as reducing adverse consequences.
What is Harm Reduction?
Companies are still allowed to perform these on perspective employees.
What are drug tests?
The complete cessation of drug or alcohol use.
What is Abstinence?
Changes in mood, incoherence, bloodshot eyes, problems at school, etc...
What are warning signs?
Evidence of tolerance, evidence of withdrawal, use at a higher dose for a longer period than intended, persistent desire or inconsistent efforts to cut down, etc.
What is substance dependence disorder?
Pervasive, consistent messages to young people about drugs and alcohol can prevent substance abuse. This requires that the same messages about alcohol, drugs, and tobacco be delivered by multiple messengers--schools, parents, peers, and the community--repeatedly throughout childhood and adolescence.
What is Prevention?
I cannot ingest marijuana in these areas.
What are federal or public areas?