Vaping
What is the substance exhaled from vapes that people mistake for water vapor?
Aerosol
Give an Example of an Addictive Drug.
Nicotine, Opioids, Alcohol, Caffiine, Heroin, Weed, Fentanyl
Chemical in your brain that's released when feeling pleasure
Dopamine
What is the long term affects of Vaping?
Permanent Respiratory and Cardiovascular Affects.
What is the Short term affects of Vaping?
a spike in heart rate and blood pressure, airway inflammation, coughing, shortness of breath, and dry mouth or throat.
What is the most common vape brand?
JUUL
What classifies a substance as a drug?
Any substance that intentionally alters your physical or mental state.
Nicotine
What is the long term affects of Marijuana?
Respiratory and Mental Issues
What is the short term affects of Marijuana?
Colors appear brighter, sounds seem sharper, and spatial appreciation becomes distorted, Distorted Time Perception, Impaired Memory and Learning
How long does it take for nicotine to reach the brain?
10 seconds
How does Narcan work?
It is a life-saving medication that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose.
Withdrawl
How does Aerosol affect the lung's?
trigger lung inflammation, reduce the lungs' immune defenses, and can cause permanent damage to the airways?
What is the short term affects of Fentanyl?
Drowsiness, Nausea, and Respiratory and Cardio issues.
How many teens vape on average in the US?
1.63 million on average
Lasting affects of opioids.
increased risk of heart attack and heart failure. Opioids can cause blood pressure fluctuations and irregular heart rhythms
Your brain is not done growing until what age?
25 years old
What are the Long term health affects of Nicotine?
Addiction, Permanent cognitive changes, Cancer, Gum disease, Vascular issues
What are the short term health affects of Nicotine?
Increased heart rate, Mood alteration, Dizziness, Nausea
How do E-Cigarettes work?
Battery operated, heats a liquid into aerosol for the user to inhale
What is the Good Samaritan Law?
You can call 911 about someone else that Passed out or is drunk or OD'd and not get arrested.
The need for more and more of a substance to produce the same affect
Tolerance
What is the long term affects of Fentanyl?
Respiratory and Mental Issues that include emotions and decision making.
What is the short term affects of Cocaine?