Risk Factors
Living in this economic condition is considered a social risk factor for substance use disorders
What is poverty?
Before a drug can affect brain chemistry, it must first travel to the brain through this system
What is the bloodstream?
This synthetic drug is commonly used as a substitute for herion in medication-assisted treatment.
What is methadone?
More than 200 Canadians die by suicude due to this type of addiction
What is a gambling addiction?
This term refers to the fact that addictive behaviours tend to be repeated for pleasure or relief, making them likely to continue
What is reinforcement?
People with this type of illness are at a higher risk for developing a substance use disorder
What is a mental illness?
Compared to oral injection, these two methods allow for a drug to reach the brain much faster
What are injection and inhalation?
Medication-assisted treatment works by doing one of these two things to the drugs effects
What are reducing cravings or blocking opposing effects?
A compulsive exerciser is usually preoccupied with this aspect of themselves
What is body image?
This term refers to the overwhelming need or "irresistable hunger" to perform an addictive behaviour.
What is compulsion or craving?
When someone is under the influence of drugs, their physical and mental functioning are impaired. This condition is called this
What is intoxication?
The faster a drug reaches the brain, the more likely this event becomes
What is addiction?
Treatment often begins with this process, which clears the body of drugs
What is detoxification?
This is the inability to recognize significant risk or other problems in behaviour, relationships, or emotions
What is denial?
When one person can no longer resist and urge to stop themselves from repeating a behaviour, they have lost this
What is control?
This opioid drug is the most commonly injected illegal drug
What is heroin?
Cocaine affects this neurotransmitter that plays a role in reinforcement and reward
What is dopamine?
Recovery groups often use this number of steps in their recovery model
What is 12?
This term refers to when the body adapts to a drug and no longer responds to the initial dose
What is tolerance?
Addiction leads to changes in these parts of the brain that handle reward or pleasure
What are brain cells and reward pathways?
According to Statistics Canada, this was the rate of police-reported drug offences per 100 000 Canadians in 2016
What is 263 incidents?
Most drugs leave the body through this system
What is the urinary system?
This term refers to when a person is controlled by the addictive behaviours of someone close to them
What is codependency?
Compulsive internet use can negatively impact these four areas of life
What is social, academic, job, and financial
As tolerance builds, more of the substamce is needed to get the same effect. This pattern is called
What is escalation?