The Science of Addiction
Illegal Drugs
Prescription Drugs
Alcohol, the Brain, and Addiction
Steroids and Energy Drinks
100
How much a person uses before they feel the effect of the drug.
What is tolerance or tolerance level?
100
Different ways in which drugs can be administered.
What is injected, snorted, smoked, swallowed.
100
These deaths outnumber deaths from heroin and cocaine combined.
What are prescription drug deaths.
100
A neurotransmitter that is released in the brain that gives you pleasure or a good feeling when a drug is used.
What is dopamine?
100
It builds up muscle fibers quicker than your body does on it's own.
What are PED's steroids or reasons why people use steroids?
200
Physiological and psychological dependence on a drug.
What is addiction or steps in the cycle of addiction?
200
Often known as the "gateway drug" because it could lead to other drugs.
What is marijuana?
200
A type of medication that is used to eliminate pain.
What is an opioid?
200
The heart, liver, and pancreas.
What are the major organs affected by alcohol?
200
Roid rage, males taking on female characteristics, females taking on male characteristics, organ damage, and acne.
What are the effects of steroids?
300
User develops a chemical need for the drug. When the drug wears off, withdrawal symptoms will occur.
What is physiological dependence?
300
More lethal than illegal drugs.
What are prescription drugs?
300
To prevent overdoses, lessening the effect of birth control, or misuse.
What are reasons why you should read prescription drug labels.
300
Damage to organs, loss of relationships, imprisonment, and scars.
What are long term effects of addiction.
300
Side effects from energy drinks.
What is high blood pressure, rapid heart beats, arrhythmia, mood changes, seizures?
400
A condition that happens over time that makes you think you need the drug to feel good. When the drug is absent emotional withdrawals occur.
What is psychological dependence.
400
Often called the "date rap drug" and can be associated with sexually transmitted diseases.
What is Rohypnol (or Roofies)?
400
A substance often combined with prescription drugs which could result in death.
What is alcohol?
400
The age of 24.
What is the age in which the brain is fully developed?
400
One can of an energy drink has about he same about of caffeine as _____ cups of coffee.
What is 5?
500
The Cycle of Addiction.
What is..... Use--->Abuse--->Psychological Dependence--->Physiological Dependence.
500
Ways in which someone can get help with drug addiction.
What are Hospitals, Hotlines, Websites, Schools, Anonymous Groups etc.
500
The most common type of prescription drug addiction.
What is opioid addiction?
500
A hangover, loss of memory, impaired decision making, loss of balance, double vision.
What are short-term effects of alcohol?
500
A hormone found in steroids that cause muscles to grow at faster rate than if it were done naturally.
What is testosterone?
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