Types of Drugs
This is the most commonly used and abused depressant drug in the United States.
What is alcohol?
This is the organ most commonly damaged by chronic alcohol abuse.
What is the liver?
This is the first step in most addiction treatment programs.
What is detoxification or "detox"?
This TV series follows a high school chemistry teacher who starts cooking and selling methamphetamine.
What is "Breaking Bad"?
This is the body of laws that governs military members and includes articles punishing illicit drug use and alcohol-related offenses.
What is the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)?
This class of drugs, which includes cocaine and methamphetamine, speeds up the body's systems.
What are stimulants?
Chronic drug use can cause long-term changes in this organ, affecting decision-making and impulse control.
What is the brain?
This type of therapy helps people in recovery learn to identify and change problematic behaviors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)?
This rock band's song "Under the Bridge" is about the lead singer's past struggles with heroin addiction.
Who are the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
The Department of Defense has this strict stance on the use of illegal drugs by service members
What is a "zero-tolerance" policy?
These drugs, such as heroin and fentanyl, are powerful painkillers that can be highly addictive.
What are opioids?
An overdose on this class of drugs can slow or stop a person's breathing.
What are opioids or depressants?
This medication can be used to reverse an opioid overdose.
What is naloxone (Narcan)?
This musician, who died of a heroin overdose in 1970, is a member of the "27 Club."
Who was Janis Joplin or Jimi Hendrix?
Failing this mandatory screening can lead to disciplinary action and/or administrative separation from the service.
What is a urinalysis (or drug test)? OR DDRP (Drug Demand Reduction Program)
This is the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.
What is THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)?
This is a serious risk of injecting drugs, especially with shared needles.
What is HIV or Hepatitis C transmission?
This is a plan that helps a person in recovery avoid or cope with triggers that might lead to a relapse.
What is a relapse prevention plan?
The "War on Drugs" was a term popularized by this U.S. President.
Who was Richard Nixon?
A service member can lose this, which is critical for many military jobs, due to drug or alcohol-related incidents.
What is a security clearance?
Often found at parties, drugs like Ecstasy and Molly are known by this classification.
What are club drugs or designer drugs?
This is the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for driving in most US states.
What is 0.08%?
This is a harm reduction strategy that provides clean needles to injection drug users.
What are needle exchange programs?
This was the period in US history from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited.
What was Prohibition?
This specific article of the UCMJ makes the wrongful use, possession, or distribution of controlled substances a punishable offense.
What is Article 112a?