Substances
This is the most commonly abused substance in the world
What is Alcohol?
This is the approximate percentage of the Canadian and U.S. population aged 12 or older that has a substance use disorder.
What is 10%
This term describes a return to substance use or addictive behaviors after a period of abstinence.
What is Relapse?
Things that increase a person's chances of developing substance abuse or dependency.
What are risk factors?
This major organ is directly affected by addiction
What is the brain?
This highly addictive stimulant is derived from the coca plant.
What is Cocaine?
True of False: Addiction can develop at any age.
True>Addiction can begin when a person abuses drugs, but addiction involves more than just using a lot of drugs.
This term refers to the behaviour of repeated, compulsive seeking or use of a substance despite consequences, and a need for an increased amount of the substance, as time goes on, to achieve the same effect.
What is addiction?
Name 5 risk factors for addiction.
Genetics, environment, early age, stress/trauma, and mental health hx..
At what age is the brain finished developing?
What are the early 20s upto age 24?
This class of drugs includes heroin, morphine, and oxycodone.
What are Opioids?
What happens with dopamine over time as drug use progresses?
What is a decrease?
Over time the brain releases smaller amounts of dopamine thus, increasing cravings for drug use.
This is the overarching term for addictions that don't involve substances but rather compulsive behaviors.
What are process addictions or behavioral addictions?
________ can decrease a person's chance of developing an addiction.
What are
True or False: Addiction is treatable and addicts can maintain sobriety
True>Individuals can get proper treatment for the disease of addiction.
This is the active ingredient in marijuana that causes the "high."
What is THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)?
This is the estimated number of people worldwide who die each year due to substance use disorders.
What is approximately 585,000?
This term is the process by which a poison or toxin is removed from the body and generally is a medically supervised treatment designed to purge the body of intoxicating or addictive substances.
What is detox?
True or False: Addiction is usually progressive and continues to worsen over time.
True> Addiction ranges from "pre-addiction" to the advanced stages of dependence.
_____, ______, or ______ are three specific areas of the body that can be affected by drug use.
What are the Mouth, Liver, Throat, Lungs, Skin, Kidney, Bladder, Heart, or Brain
This medication is commonly used in medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction.
What is methadone (buprenorphine), suboxone, or sublicade?
This is the term used to describe the co-occurrence of addiction and another mental health disorder.
What is dual diagnosis or comorbidity?
This neurotransmitter in the brain is triggered by substances and causes a repeat in behaviors?
What is dopamine?
True or false: Whether physical and/or psychological, addiction can be arrested and treated.
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True>initial goals are to cut back on drug use, improve a person's ability to function, and reverse or stop any use to improve medical problems associated with drug use.
______ and ______ are two diseases or illnesses that can result from drug use.
What are: Hepatitis, Heart Disease, Obesity, Mental Health, HIV, Cancer, a Stroke, etc.