Cigarettes/Nicotine
After consumption, how long before Nicotine reaches the brain?
10 Seconds
The amount of THC in these products can be hard to measure
What are edibles
Drinking too much alcohol too quickly can result in this
What is Alcohol Poisoning
Alcohol poisoning can
slow your breathing (10 seconds or more between breaths) and heart rate,
decrease body temperature to hypothermia, (causing blue tinged skin due to hypoxia)
inhibit your gag reflex (making aspiration of vomit more likely) and
potentially lead to a coma and death
2018 data shows that every day, 128 people in the United States die after overdosing on this prescription drug class?
What are Opioids?
The misuse of and addiction to opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—is a serious national crisis that affects public health as well as social and economic welfare.
despite FDA-approved treatments for nicotine, alcohol, and opioid addiction, more than ______ of individuals will relapse after initiating treatment?
Choose one of the following
10%, 25%, 50%, 65%, 80%
65%
This old cartoon made a commercial to promote cigarettes
What is the Flintstones
In recent years smoking marijuana has ______, and eating marijuana has ________?
What is
Decreased
Increased
Consuming a large amount of alcohol is called?
What is Binge Drinking
In what decade did the current Opioid Crisis begin?
In the late 1990s?
Pharmaceutical companies reassured the medical community that patients would not become addicted to prescription opioid pain relievers, and healthcare providers began to prescribe them at greater rates. This subsequently led to widespread diversion and misuse of these medications before it became clear that these medications could indeed be highly addictive.
Understanding your relapse ______ as well as having a ______ in the place for them are the first steps toward prevention.
Triggers, Plan
Method to deliver Nicotine without also delivering other harmful substances
What is Nicotine Gum or Patches
THC overdose happens more frequently with this type of consumption
What are edibles
Contributing factors include
Longer digestion time (1-3 hrs to notice effect). Because of this, people may consume more not yet feeling the effects
Metabolism rates are different for everyone. Especially if other medications are present. These factors can increase the effects of THC up to 5 fold
Sales of this have seen a year to date 32% increase since May 2019
What are Alcoholic Beverages
Roughly 21-29% of people prescribed this drug class (used for management of chronic pain) will end up misusing them.
What are Opioids?
The most common cause of relapse is?
What is Stress? Many people who struggle with addiction turn to their substance or activity of choice as a maladaptive way of coping with it.
In fact, research indicates that there is an increased "wanting" for the drug, alcohol, or addictive activity during stressful situations—especially if the substance or activity was the person's primary coping mechanism.
This medication can help reduce nicotine cravings
What is Buproprion or Wellbutrin
Name the most common food type/preparation people THC/marijuana in
What are brownies
People who both smoke and consistently consume 400g of alcohol are 4x more likely than the average person to develop this very painful condition
What is Pancreatitis?
Once pancreatitis has occurred, chances for pancreatic cancer (especially if habits continue) increase by 20 times when compared with the average person.
Misuse, dependence, or addiction to Opioids can lead to use of this street drug
Fear, guilt, shame, anger and depression are common _______ triggers?
What are internal triggers.
If you feel criticized or belittled, you might want to turn to substances to numb those feelings or push them aside. Positive feelings can also serve as internal triggers.
At high doses, Nicotine is a
What is a Nerve Poison
Signs/Symptoms of THC Overdose include
What are
Certain kinds of hand sanitizers metabolize to this "deadly" chemical if consumed
What is Formaldehyde
More than 30 percent of overdoses involving opioids also involve this class of medication
What are benzodiazepines?
Benzos are a type of prescription sedative commonly prescribed for anxiety or to help with insomnia.
Common benzodiazepines include diazepam (Valium), alprazolam (Xanax), and clonazepam (Klonopin), among others.
Benzodiazepines work to calm or sedate a person, by raising the level of the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA in the brain.
Underlying ________ or _________ conditions can be a potential relapse trigger.
What are Medical, Mental Health conditions?
Drugs and alcohol may seem to provide temporary relief for pain or mental illness symptoms; however, in actuality, substance abuse interferes with treatment and ultimately makes symptoms worse.
By working to treat both disorders, recovery may be sustained. Integrated treatment models that treat co-occurring disorders simultaneously are ideal in helping to manage both disorders and therefore foster a long-term recovery for both issues. By treating both disorders at the same time, symptoms can be improved and relapse may be avoided.