Alcohol & Marijuana
What is the most dangerous holiday of the year because of consuming alcohol?
New Year's Eve
What are Hallucinogens?
A diverse group of drugs that alter a person's awareness of their surroundings as well as their own thoughts and feelings.
What are opioids?
Opioids are powerful drugs that act on the central nervous system in order to provide pain relief.
What are sedatives?
Central Nervous Depressants, a class of medications slow down brain activity, resulting in feelings of drowsiness or relaxation.
They are regularly used in medical settings, many types have the potential for abuse.
What is Tobacco?
A plant grown for its leaves, dried and fermented before being put in tobacco products.
What is Binge Drinking?
This typically happens when men consume 5 or more drinks or women consume 4 or more drinks in about 2 hours.
Peyote
What neurotransmitters are triggered by Opioids?
Dopamine
What are stimulants?
any drug that excites any bodily function, but more specifically those that stimulate the brain and central nervous system. Stimulants induce alertness, elevated mood, wakefulness, increased speech and motor activity and decrease appetite.
How do people use tobacco?
Smoke, Chew, or Sniff
Name consequences of Marijuana Use
Impaired Short Term Memory
Impaired attention or judgement
anxiety or paranoia
psychoisis
PCP
Ketamine
Define Withdrawal
When the drug is removed as the centers in the brain have become accustomed to receiving the drug to achieve effects.
Name the two categories of Sedatives?
Barbiturates
Benzodiazepines
How does Tobacco affect the brain?
The nicotine in any tobacco product readily absorbs into the blood when a person uses it. Upon entering the blood, nicotine immediately stimulates the adrenal glands to release the hormone epinephrine (adrenaline)
Name an area of the brain impacted by marijuana
Hippocampus
Frontal CortexCerebellum
nucleus accumbens
Define Drug Tolerance
Long term use can cause some people to develop a tolerance which means that they need higher and/or more frequent dose of the drug to get the desired effects.
What mental illness is often connected to Opioid use?
Depression
Cortisol
Can a person overdose on nicotine?
Nicotine is poisonous and, though uncommon, overdose is possible. An overdose occurs when the person uses too much of a drug and has a toxic reaction that results in serious, harmful symptoms or death
Symptoms of Alcohol Poisoning
Confusion or Delirium
Vomiting
Reduced, irregular or slow breathing
Hypothermia
Cold, Clammy Skin
Unconscious or passing out
Could Hallucinogens be medicines?
Potentially, some hallucinogens have been studied for possible therapeutic benefits in treating depression
Name 3 symptoms of drug withdrawal?
Late symptoms of withdrawal include:
There are three forms of Cocaine (Name 2)
Freebase
Crack
Name some myths about tobacco use among people with mental illness.
Tobacco cessation efforts might prevent treatment of other addictions.1