Addiction
TRUE OR FALSE
Addiction is a treatable, chronic medical disease involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment, and an individual’s life experiences. People with addiction use substances or engage in behaviors that become compulsive and often continue despite harmful consequences
TRUE
An average cost of a 1st DUI is $10,000.
What are you spending $10,000 on right now?
Be CREATIVE!
TRIVIA TIME!
Name a song, movie, or book that talks about or depicts Opioid use.
If you are stumped, tell the group your current favorite song, movie, or book for FULL points!
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A pack of JUUL pods cost $3,650 a year.
What would you spend $3,650 right now?
Smoking marijuana, among other drugs discussed today, has become a very popular negative coping skill among adolescents.
What are 2 positive coping skills that you use when you are feeling stress out with school, work, relationships, etc?
deep breathing, counting, reading, videogames, movie, hang with friends, shower, talk with parents, listen to music, sports, work out, puzzle, etc.
What are the functional units of DNA that make-up your genome?
What are Genes
Alcohol is an intoxicating ingredient found in beer, wine, and liquor. It is produced by the fermentation of what?
yeast, sugar, and starches
The federal penalty for a 1st time arrest for possession for a controlled narcotic is $5,000,
What are you spending $5,000 on right now?
Be CREATIVE
__________ is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability, and death in the United States
What is cigarette smoke
TRUE or FALSE
Marijuana is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States, with approximately 22.2 million users each month.
TRUE
Name 5 things that you can be addicted to
cigarettes, alcohol, e-cigarettes, pills/drugs, coffee/caffeine, shopping, gambling, fast food, sweets/sugar, gym, plastic surgery, cell phone, electronics, social media, video games, etc
Alcohol is a _______ nervous system depressant that is rapidly absorbed form the stomach and small intestine
What is Central
Opioid medications travel through your blood and attach to _______ receptors
What are opioid receptors
What is the addictive chemical found in tobacco products?
What is Nicotine
What main ingredient in marijuana is believed to produce the psychoactive effect?
What is THC
What are the four domains that researchers have included in the "environment" that enables addiction?
1.Family domain
2.Peer domain
3.Work or School domain
4.Community domain
According to the NSDUH, how many estimated adolescents has had Alcohol Use Disorder?
What is 414,000
What are two short-term health effects of Opioid use?
Pain relief, drowsiness, nausea, constipation, euphoria, slowed breathing, death, etc
Each day, about how many youth try their first cigatette?
~ 1,600 youth
In the brain, THC connects to specific sites called _________ receptors
What is cannabinoid receptors