Classify This
Withdrawal
Wild Card
The Messengers
Brain at Work
100

Cocaine, nicotine, caffeine

What is Stimulants

100

Withdrawal from this substance can cause agitation, fever, hallucinations, seizures, and severe confusion.

What is alcohol

100

To politely yet firmly stand up for yourself when facing a trigger or difficult situation is called this.

what is assertiveness

100
Gives sense of well-being, emotional stability
What is serotonin
100
Executive branch; planning and decision maker
What is the frontal cortex
200
Ethanol, barbiturates, opiates
What is depressants
200

Withdrawal from this substance can cause anxiety, muscle aches, increased tearing, insomnia, runny nose, sweating, and yawning.

what is an opiate

200

This recovery network was established in the 1940s and started in California. It asserts that its therapeutic value for aiding people in recovery is that the program is based on people helping people.

What is narcotic Anonymous

200
Gives sense of pleasure; involved in movement and perceptions
What is dopamine
200
Involved in motor coordination
What is cerebellum
300
Hemp, hash, pot
What is cannabis
300

Withdrawal from this drug can cause restless behavior, depressed mood, fatigue, increased appetite, vivid and unpleasant dreams and slowing of daily activity.

What is cocaine

300

After just one use, this drug can be seen in the brain and in toxicology screens for three to six weeks.

What is Marijuana

300
Helps with concentration and wakefulness
What is norepinephrine
300
Reward-pleasure center
What is midbrain/ VTA & Nucleus Accumbens
400
LSD, acid, ecstasy
What is hallucinogens
400

Withdrawal from this substance can cause headache, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, depressed mood, and difficulty concentrating.

What is caffeine

400

This term refers to an emerging family of drugs containing one or more synthetic chemicals related to an amphetamine-like stimulant found naturally in the Khat plant. Some users experience paranoia, agitation, and hallucinations; some even display psychotic and violent behavior, and deaths have been reported in several instances.

What is "bath salts"? (Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse)

400
Induces a state of relaxation
What is GABA
400
Involved in sleep
What is Hindbrain/ Pons
500
Glue, gasoline, aerosols
What is inhalents
500

Withdrawal from this substance can cause headaches, nausea, constipation or diarrhea, falling heart rate and blood pressure, fatigue, drowsiness, insomnia, irritability, difficulty concentrating, and anxiety.

what is nicotine

500

This drug as an approved anesthetic in humans and was discontinued in 1965 because patients often became agitated, delusional, and irrational while recovering from its anesthetic effects.

What is PCP

500
Influences arousal, attention, and learning. Also released in response to an allergic reaction.
What is histamine
500
Controls vital reflexes like breath and heart rate
What is Hindbrain/ Medulla