Depressants
The most commonly used depressant. An estimated 2 billion people worldwide consume this substance.
What is Alcohol
______________ is the central active ingredient of the coco plant and is the most powerful natural stimulant known.
What is Cocaine
___________________ is one of the most famous and powerful psychedelic hallucinogen drugs
What is LCD or Acid
________________ percent of unemployed adults currently use an illegal drug, compared to 8% of full-time employed workers and 11.5 percent of part-time employees.
What is 17%
_________________ therapy is when individuals are repeatedly presented with an unpleasant stimulus at the very moment they are taking a drug.
What is Aversion Therapy?
Sedative-Hypnotic drugs are anxiety-reducing drugs that produce feelings of relaxation and drowsiness. Barbiturates and ____________, such as Xanax, are the two main types of sedative-hypnotic drugs.
What are benzodiazepines?
Millions more people use__________, a form of cocaine that has been boiled down into crystalline balls.
What is crack?
_____________ is a stimulant and a hallucinogen drug known as a “club drug” in which 6.5% of all high school students have used within the past year.
What is MDMA or Ecstasy?
Psychodynamic theorists believe that people with substance use disorders have powerful__________ needs, also known as reliances, that can be traced to their early years.
What is Dependency?
____________ prevention training is for clients to gain control over their substance related behavior in order to prevent using the substance again.
What is Relapse Prevention Training?
__________ is where all opioids are derived from including morphine and heroin.
What is the Opium Poppy?
_____________ are stimulant drugs that are manufactured in a laboratory and include Benzedrine, Dexedrine and Methedrine.
What are Amphetamines?
People with cannabis use disorder compulsively smoke marijuana becoming dependent on the main chemical_________ ,known for producing the main effects of cannabis.
What is THC?
Operant conditioning plays a key role in substance abuse disorder because the substance pleasures the brain activating the________ center of the brain.
What is reward?
The most common opioid maintenance-drug program is the ___________ maintenance program.
What is Methadone?
__________ are neurotransmitters that help relieve pain and reduce emotional tension. They are often referred to as the body’s own opioids.
What are endorphins?
Almost 6 percent of all persons over the age of 11 in the United States have used the street stimulant called_____________.
What is methamphetamine or crystal meth?
This type of drug can easily be found at home in products such as cleaning supplies.
Inhalant
When parents have substance use disorders, children are more likely to have them also due to_____________.
What is genetic predisposition or genetics?
The most widespread self-help group for alcoholics is called ____________.
What is Alcoholics Anonymous?
________ percent of people with opioid use disorder die under the drugs influence, usually from overdose.
What is 2%?
__________ is the world’s most widely used stimulant with around 80% of the world’s population consuming it daily.
What is Caffeine?
____________ is a tolerance for a substance that one has not taken before as a result of using another substance similar to it.
What is cross-tolerance?
_________ is a chemical in the brain that produces feelings of pleasure when activated.
What is Dopamine?
Residential___________ centers are drug-free environments where people undergo individual, group, and family therapies while transitioning back into community life.
What is Treatment?