Addiction Facts
At what age can you purchase alcohol and/or marijuana?
What is 21?
These things increase a person's chances of developing substance abuse or dependency.
What are risk factors?
Which major organ is directly affected, or hijacked, by addiction?
What is the brain?
A drug that is very common in which the user has lack of judgement, slurred speech, loss of balance and memory and blackouts.
What is Alcohol?
Behaviors characterized by the repeated, compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite consequences
What is addiction?
True or False: If you are prescribed a medication, you can still become addicted.
What is true?
Name 3 risk factors for addiction.
What are: Genetics, environment, early age, stress/trauma, and mental health hx..
Age the brain is finished developing
What is the mid 20's?
This drug blocks inhibitory transmitters and releases dopamine to connect to the receptors. Typically making the user feel "high".
What is Marijuana?
The need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. In other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same effect experienced initially.
What is tolerance?
People addicted to the internet tend to have a lower ____ than others.
What is self esteem?
Examples of things that can decrease a person's chance of developing an addiction.
complete abstinence, drug education and healthy coping skills
Three areas of the body affected by drug use
What are: Mouth, Liver, Throat, Lungs, Skin, Kidney, Bladder, Heart, Brain?
Class of drug that increases heart rate, blood pressure, dilated pupils, and an increase in activity level.
What are stimulants?
A neurotransmitter in the brain that is triggered by substances and causes a repeat in behaviors
What is dopamine?
What percentage of people are addicted to alcohol or other drugs?
What is 10%
The younger people use substances, the less chance they have at becoming addicted. True or false?
False. The younger one begins using the more chance they have at becoming addicted.
Three illnesses or diseases that can result from drug use
What are: Hepatitis, Heart Disease, Obesity, Mental Health, HIV, Cancer, a Stroke, etc.
It usually takes the form of a white odorless and bitter-tasting crystalline powder, readily soluble in water or alcohol. Usually snorted. It is known as Ice when in a crystal-like rock form.
What is methamphetamine?
The process by which a poison or toxin is removed from the body and generally medically supervised treatment designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances.
What is detox?
This drug has been linked to the highest number of deaths of all substances of abuse.
What is alcohol?
Name at least 3 reasons people use drugs/alcohol
What is/are: To feel better (stress, depression, etc) To feel good (socially, pleasure, relaxation) Curiosity (peer pressure, seeking a thrill, etc) Fear of withdrawal (using to avoid feeling ill/dope sick/ hungover) ex: drinking as an "eye opener"
Even though life may be spiraling out of control with dependency clearly increasing, some people may believe that they are not addicted just because they may be obtaining drugs this legal way.
What is through prescription?
A drug that is very common but often not seen as addictive. This drug releases dopamine and increases alertness
What is caffeine?
This is the word to describe the disease of addiction continuing to get worse over time.
What is progressive?