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Which treatment approach involves group meetings and sharing experiences to overcome substance abuse?
12-step programs
Alcoholics Anonymous, emphasize peer support and accountability through sharing experiences to maintain sobriety.
Fact or Fiction:
Drug overdose deaths have more than doubled from 2012 to 2022
Fact
Drug overdose deaths have skyrocketed from around 40,000 in 2012 to more than 107,000 in 2022, reported the National Institute on Drug Abuse
LSD is a depressant that can cause memory blackouts?
False
Alcohol acts as a central nervous system depressant, interfering with memory formation and potentially causing blackouts during heavy consumption.
What is the term for the physiological and psychological symptoms that occur when a person stops using a substance?
Withdrawal
Withdrawal refers to the symptoms that occur when a person stops using a substance.
What is a long-term health risk of tobacco use?
Lung cancer
Tobacco smoke contains carcinogens that damage lung tissue over time, significantly increasing the risk of developing lung cancer and other respiratory diseases.
Most common abused substance amoung teenagers in the US?
What is alcohol
DEA lab testing reveals that five out of every ten fake pills with fentanyl contain a potentially lethal dose.
Fact – This figure fell from seven in ten in 2023.
True or False: The earlier an adolescent starts using substances, the higher the risk of developing a substance use disorder later in life.
true
The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), discusses that adolescents who start substances at an early age are way more likely to have substance abuse disorders later on as it messes with the development of the brain.
What effect does substance abuse have on the brain’s reward system?
Floods the brain with dopamine
Substance abuse triggers an excessive release of dopamine in the brain’s reward pathway, reinforcing the behavior and leading to cravings and addiction.
Which class of drugs includes substances like LSD, psilocybin, and mescaline?
Hallucinogens
Evidence suggests that nearly __% of people struggling with a substance use disorder also suffer from a co-occuring mental health disorder?
46%
Fact or fiction:
Eight percent of people aged 12 or older have a substance use disorder.
Fiction
In 2023, 17.1 percent of people aged 12 or older had a substance use disorder, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
If you ask Siri, “How many bottles of beer are there on the wall?” she will sing the entire “100 bottles of beer on the wall” song.
False, we think. We’ve never tried it.
Which substance is most commonly associated with overdose deaths in the United States?
Opioids
This including prescription painkillers and heroin, are linked to the majority of overdose fatalities due to respiratory depression and slowed breathing.
What is known as the first stage of addiction according to the substance abuse cycle?
Experimentation
Which is typically the initial stage where a person tries a substance out of curiosity, which can progress to regular use and eventual addiction.
What percentage of genes account for a persons risk for addiction?
Roughly 40-60 percent
Alcohol ciculates through every organ, tissue and gland in the body?
Alcohol enters the bloodstream and is carried to the entire body which means that every area of the body is affected by alcohol.
Alcohol and drugs contribute to over 80% of all domestic violence cases.
True. This statistic is scary.
What happens to a person who drinks too much in a short period?
binge drinking.
Vomiting, passing out, difficulty waking up, and slow, shallow breathing are all signs of alcohol poisoning. Alcohol poisoning can result in coma or death.
What substance is classified as a stimulant and can lead to increased heart rate and alertness?
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant that blocks the reuptake of neurotransmitters like dopamine, resulting in heightened energy, euphoria, and potential cardiovascular risks.
Which substance can lead to “flashbacks” even after use has stopped?
LSD
A hallucinogen, that can cause unpredictable flashbacks, where users re-experience effects long after the drug has left their system.
Fentanyl is five times more potent than heroin and ten times more potent than morphine.
Fiction
Fentanyl is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine.
Stilton cheese can cause extremely frightening psychedelic dreams. It comes from England and smells like feet.
True. Best to avoid.
What mental health disorder shows a higher rate with substance use disorder?
Anxiety
What are designer drugs?
They are man-made, illegal drugs that are not regulated, so you don’t ever know what is in them. They can be used as a rape drug so you should never leave your drink unattended. Some examples include Ecstasy, Rohypnol (roofies), LSD, and Ketamine.