Substances
The clear, flammable liquid found in beer, wine, or spirits.
What is alcohol?
The chemical the feels like a reward to our brain.
What is dopamine?
What is alcohol?
The lowest risk choice to make with all substances.
What is zero?
Another name for the moment when addiction develops.
What is a trigger point?
The addictive chemical found in all tobacco products.
What is nicotine?
What is marijuana (THC)?
Name two ways THC affects the body.
Feeling "high," affects brain communication, coordination, memory loss, blood pressure and heart rate increase, slower reaction times, permanently changes brain function.
The quantity (amount) of marijuana is safe for anyone to use.
What is zero?
Something that cannot be changed on the path to addiction.
What is biology?
This substance is found in edibles, vape devices, and wax form.
What is THC (marijuana)?
Any substance-induced change in our mental, emotional, or physical functions that increases our risk for problems.
What is impairment?
The legal form of this substance is a powerful pain reliever but can easily cause an overdose in it's illegal form.
What is fentanyl?
The number of drinks per week that is low risk for adults over 21?
What is fourteen (2/day)?
Two of the personality types that can be contribute to a substance addiction.
What is gregarious (outgoing), rebellious, sensation-seeking, and impulsive?
A synthetic chemical 50 times more potent than morphine.
What is fentanyl?
This type of tolerance tricks us into thinking we're functioning well.
What is high tolerance?
Two symptoms of tobacco use.
The legal age after which some substances are legal.
What is 21 years old?
Everyone's path to addiction is the same length. (True or False)
What is false?
Dependence on a safe or harmful substance that provides the reward chemical to our brain.
What is addiction?
The age at which our brain stops developing - four years past the legal age of some substances.
What is 25 years old?
List two of the five positive responses of THC use.
What are high, happy, relaxed, silly, laughter? (When more are present with use, the higher the risk of dependence.)
The number of people who died from fentanyl overdose in 2021.
What is 100,000?
Two types of risk regarding substances.
What are risks we can change (choices) and risks we cannot change (biology)?