Brain & Addiction
What is a drug?
A substance that can change the way a person feels or functions.
The ingredient in marijuana that makes a person feel "high"?
What is THC
Where teens mostly get prescription drugs they misuse.
What are friends and relatives.
A popular way to inhale nicotine, without lighting a cigarette.
What is vaping/ what are e-cigarettes
People inhale chemical in these products to get "high"
What are houshold products
Drugs can damagenerve cells in this organ?
What is the brain.
They might look like brownies or candy but contains marijuana.
What are edibles.
They can make a person feel relaxed, sleepy, and uncoordinated.
What are depressants
The legal age to buy tobacco/nictotine products
What is 21
Inhalants can prevent this organ from getting enough oxygen
What is the brain
The neurotransmitter in the brain commonly affected by drugs?
What is dopamine.
A relatively new way to inhale marijuana without smoking it
What is marijuana vaping
They have effects similar to cocaine when misused.
what are stimulants.
The type of tobacco absorbed through mouth tissues
What is smokeless tobacco
Spray paint, hair spray, deodorant spray, fabric protector spray.
What are aerosol inhalants
When a person needs more of the same drug just to feel normal.
What is tolerance
Its made in a lab to look like marijuana, but it isn't.
(K2/Spice), Also known as herbal or liquid incense.
Legal drugs closely related to heroin
What are prescriion pain medicines(opiods).
the addictive chemical in tobacco
What is nicotine
Paint thinner, nail polish remover, felt-tip markers, glue
What are volatile Solvents
Returningto drug use after quitting?
It has increased in potency over the past few decades.
What is the amount of THC in marijuana.
When you can't stop using the drug despite negative consequences.
What is addiction
The leading, preventable cause of disease, disabiliy, and death in the U.S.
What is tobacco
Chemical odors on breath or clothing.
What are signs of inhalants use.