Stimulants
A legal stimulant that millions of people drink daily?
What is caffeine.
The drug classification for alcohol?
What is a depressant.
What is the classification of opiates?
What is a depressant.
Who created AA?
Bill W. and Bob Smith
When a person is curious about using or is pressured to use by friends.
What is the experimental stage.
What country invented amphetamines?
Germany
What is used to measure the amount of alcohol in the body?
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration
What plant is the precursor for opiates?
The poppy plant.
A protective layer around the brain.
What is the blood brain barrier?
When using the substance has become a habit.
What is continued use?
What is the precursor for cocaine?
Coca
A disease that effects the liver due to years of drinking?
What is cirrhosis of the liver.
What is the difference between a opiate and opioid?
What is a opiate is extracted from the poppy plant and natural. What is a opioid is synthetic.
These drugs are used to help get people off of heroin.
What is methadone and suboxone?
At this stage the person needs to take more of the drug to feel the original high.
What is tolerance.
A neurotransmitter that is effected by methamphetamine?
Dopamine
Signs and symptoms from that can happen after drinking are called what?
What is a hangover.
What opioid was made because of a shortage of pain killers in WWII?
What is methadone?
What is the psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms.
What is psilocybin?
At this stage the user will experience withdrawals when they stop using the drug.
What is dependence.
A chemical that is needed to make a drug?
What is a precursor.
Someone who drinks five drinks daily for more than a week in the past 30 days?
What is a heavy drinker.
A soft tissue infection that is common for heroin IV users?
What is an abscess.
The classification for marijuana.
What is an all arounder?
At this stage it is nearly impossible to stop using without treatment.
Addiction