Substance use 101
This is the percentage of cannabis users who have cannabis use disorder.
What is 3 out of 10?
This is a person, place, thing or event that can result in psychological and then physical relapse.
What is a trigger?
This is what people call it when you quit a substance all at once rather than gradually.
What is cold turkey?
Just as the medical profession has recognized pre-diabetes and pre-hypertension as early signs of risks for these diseases, this term describes early signs of risk for addiction.
What is pre-addiction?
This is the number to call for emergency crisis intervention.
What is 988?
These are substances found in e-cigarette vapor.
What are heavy metals and other harmful chemicals (propylene glycol, benzene, acetaldehyde, cadmium, lead, etc)?
This is the needing to increase the dose of a substance over time to get the original effect.
What is tolerance?
What is 75%
Percentage of addiction caused by genetic predisposition.
What is 40-60%?
This medication is used intranasally to reverse an opiate overdose.
What is Narcan?
This is considered the deadliest drug
What is alcohol?
This type of addiction is when the body itself feels a direct need for the drug.
What is physical dependence?
This age group has the highest rate of substance use disorders.
What is young adult (18-25)?
Score developed by researchers that identifies childhood stressors that can lead to higher risk of addiction as well as other chronic diseases.
What is the ACE score?
True or false: Compliance rates are higher in those undergoing treatment for substance use than those undergoing treatment for asthma or high blood pressure.
Defined by the CDC as having at least four drinks for women or five drinks for men within a two hour period.
What is binge drinking?
This type of addiction is when the mind sends the body a message that it needs more of the drug.
What is psychologic dependence?
Percentage of 18-25 year olds with substance use disorder who resist seeking treatment.
What is 95%
These are risk factors for addiction.
What is genetics, environment, early age of use, and mental health history?
These are things that can decrease a person's chance of developing an addiction.
What is complete abstinence, delayed use, drug education, healthy coping skills
These three substances are the most commonly abused drugs in America
What are alcohol, nicotine and marijuana?
This is the major organ directly affected by addiction.
What is the brain?
These are some of the criteria in the DSM-5 for substance use disorder
This describes how some marginalized groups, such as LGBTQ+ individuals, and others with specific cultural, religious, or socioeconomic backgrounds, may not have the same access to substance use treatment as others.
What is health inequity and bias?
This word is considered to be the opposite of addiction.
What is connection?