Drugs Of Abuse
Brain Science
Risky Business
Social Media
Addiction
100

Herion, Morphine, Oxycontin...

What are Opioids?

100

Not fully developed in humans until ages 23-25, this controls decision making and is responsible for impulse control.

What is the Pre-Frontal Cortex?

100

By doing this, which is NOT doing, is the way to protect yourself from an STI.

What is Abstinence?
100

Designed to keep you on the screen longer, design features such as notifications and photo-tagging give you a neuro-transmission hit of this.

What is Dopamine?

100

Stored inside your brain are all the past instances, telling you that if you do this, you will be rewarded.

What is Memory?

200

This naturally occurring pleasure and pain killer is activated when we experience trauma, or a "runner's high"...it also releases dopamine.

What are Endorphins?

200

Acetylcholine, dopamine, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), glutamate, histamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin

What are Neurotransmitters?

200

You can only treat the symptoms with medicine, BUT the infection is incurable with medicine.

What are sexually transmitted VIRAL infections.

200

These are the three goals for any Social Media Application.

What is Attention (Time), Growth (Recommendations), and Revenue (Advertising)?

200

Connected to areas of the brain that control behavior and memory, the neurons hardwire connections between the activity and the pleasure, ensuring that we will repeat the behavior.

What is the Reward Pathway?

300

Amphetamines, and  Cocaine will do this to the nervous system.

What is Excite or speed up?

300

When released in the synaptic cleft, it is the reward for doing something necessary for your survival. 

What is Dopamine?

300

This age group, contributes for more than 1/2 of all NEW STI infections each year.

What are ages 14-25?

300

These are used to show you content that keeps you on the screen longer...eventually being able to predict your every move...

What are Algorithms?

300

This is drug seeking behavior.

What is Addiction?

400

This psychoactive drug can cause problems in memory related specifically to trouble encoding memories while high, and having problems with short-term recall...It can also cause Psychosis.

What is Marijuana?

400

This status is attempted to be achieved as your body and brain attempt to produce counter-measure neurotransmitters to keep you alive and functioning while having drugs of abuse in your system.

What is Homeostasis?

400

Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis are all forms of this.

What are Bacterial STI's

400

This class is taught at Stanford University which teaches the manipulation of peoples mind and behavior through the use of technology.

What is Persuasive Technology?

400

The condition that occurs when the body gets used to a drug so that either more drug is needed to reach the "high".

What is Tolerance?
500

In 2020 this synthetic drug killed 53,483 people in the United States. It is now being found sprinkled on Marijuana.

What is Fentanyl?

500

Evolutionary speaking, the prefrontal cortex developing in a particular way, was necessary for humans to leave the family unit and keep the genetic pool healthy. In order to leave the family unit, one must OVER and UNDER estimate these.

What is Risk and Reward?
500

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is the end state after aquiring this.

What is H.I.V.?

500

Many teens become depressed seeing all the "fun" their friends are having from selected posted pics online, causing this FEAR?

What is Fear Of Missing Out or F.O.M.O?

500

Physical and mental symptoms that occur after stopping or reducing intake of a drug.

What is Withdrawal?