Stimulants
Exposure to this substance during adolescence can cause long-term changes to brain structure and function, which can impact learning, memory, attention, and behavior.
What is Nicotine?
To name a few, this substance can cause high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, as well as weakening of the immune system, memory problems, and dementia in later years.
What is Alcohol?
Physically addictive substances used daily can bring these uncomfortable physical symptoms.
What is Withdrawal?
This substance is an herbal extract that comes from the leaves of an evergreen tree(Mitragyna speciosa) grown in Southeast Asia. It's extract can be used to make a liquid product. The liquid form is often marketed as a treatment for muscle pain, or to suppress appetite and stop cramps and diarrhea.
What is Kratom?
Zendaya played this character in the show "Euphoria" on HBO. This character struggled heavily with addiction and recovery throughout season 1 & 2, though the actress herself does not struggle with any type of addiction that we know of.
Who is Rue?
Following the rush of euphoria that is associated with this substance's use there is a major crash resulting in feelings of physical exhaustion, large amounts of sleep, and depression lasting several days.
What is Cocaine?
Using this substance can cause an increased risk of stroke, heart disease, psychosis, cancer, and loss of memory over time.
What is cannabis?
It takes more and more of a substance to get the same effect which often fuels the desire and need for using larger amounts.
What is Tolerance?
This substance is one of the most widely used drugs in the world.
What is Alcohol?
This 21 year old rapper had a long struggle with addiction prior to his death in 2019 after having a seizure related to a drug overdose while on a flight to Chicago.
Who is Juice WRLD?
These are a class of drugs that speed up messages traveling between the brain and body.
What are Stimulants?
Common side effects of this substance include: cognitive dysfunction, drowsiness, memory impairment, insomnia, and dementia in later years. This substance can also cause life threatening seizures when the body is physically dependent on the substance.
What is Xanax?
Failure to recognize the truth about a problem, particularly an addiction, is often referred to as this
What is Denial?
These substances reduce stimulation. They affect the central nervous system, slowing down the messages between the brain and body.
This hip-hop artist was shot at least 10 times on 03/31/2019 near a clothing shop that he owned in Los Angeles.
Who is Nipsey Hussle?
The effects of this substance are like cocaine, but their onset is slower, and the duration is longer.
What is Amphetamine?
Long-term effects of using this substance are: liver, kidney, and lung damage, severe tooth decay/and or loss, premature skin aging, permanent blood vessel damage in heart or brain, psychosis, depression, and malnutrition.
What is methamphetamine?
Every bad choice we make can mean we have to face these later. Addiction can cause people to foolishly ignore these repeatedly
What are consequences?
These substances are highly effective in treating anxiety and insomnia due to the sleep-inducing, sedative, and muscle-relaxing properties. While considered safe for short-term treatment, long-term or illicit use can lead to the development of a tolerance, addiction, and withdrawal symptoms upon cessation or rapid reduction in use.
What are Benzodiazepines?
This rappers addiction was heavily documented throughout his music career prior to his death from an overdose on fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol at age 26 in his Hollywood home. The man who provided him these substances was recently charged and accepted a 17 year prison sentence.
Who is Mac Miller?
Long-term use of this substance can cause many damaging effects including addiction. Chronic users can exhibit violent behavior, anxiety, confusion, insomnia, and psychotic symptoms including paranoia, aggression, visual and auditory hallucinations, mood disturbances, and delusions—such as the sensation of insects crawling under their skin.
Effects of this substance are: liver disease, pulmonary infections, collapsed veins, depression, kidney disease, heart infections, skin infections, hepatitis, HIV, deterioration of white matter in the brain, and lack of stress control skills.
What is Heroin?
When you spend too much, use too much or too often and life problems are steadily piling up, it is a good sign you have lost this
What is Control?
There are several different substances in this category, including legal prescription medications such as codeine and hydrocodone, and illegal street drugs, such as heroin.
What are Opioids?
In 2018 this artist was gunned down in an apparent robbery as he left a motor-sports store in Florida. Four men were arrested for his murder.
Who is XXXTentacion?