Vocabulary
A substance that alters physiological functioning.
What is a drug?
The part of the brain that is involved in pain and touch sensations.
What is the Parietal Lobe?
The neurotransmitter that influences alertness and arousal.
What is Norepinephrine?
Cannabis is at this level on the DEA's Schedule.
What is Schedule l?
To qualify for this stage of change, a person must make a "commitment statement".
What is Determination (Planning or Preparation)?
Continued use despite negative consequences.
What is Addiction?
Which part of the brain receives and sends info between brain and body.
What is the Spinal Cord?
The "happy", well-being neurotransmitter.
What is Serotonin?
This level contains drugs that are used medically, but have the highest potential for abuse and addiction.
What is Schedule ll?
If a person is in this stage of change, you will want to raise their awareness of the problem.
The user requires an escalating dose to achieve desired effects.
What is Tolerance?
The part of the brain responsible for motor coordination
What is the Cerebellum?
The neurotransmitter thought to most influence addiction.
What is Dopamine?
Illegal "street drugs" are found in this schedule.
What is schedule l?
The person has returned to the unwanted behavior.
What is Recurrence or Relapse?
A healthy state (normal balance) that is maintained by the constant adjustment of the body.
What is Homeostasis?
This is where impulses are controlled (or not controlled).
What is the Frontal Lobe?
Certain anti-anxiety medications, sedatives, and alcohol act on this neurotransmitter.
What is GABA?
This level of drugs has no accepted medical use.
What is Schedule l?
If a person is in denial, they are in this stage.
What is Precontemplation?
User needs drug to function normally. Without drugs withdrawal symptoms occur.
What is Dependence?
A path where chemical messages move through the brain reinforcing, remembering pleasurable behaviors.
What is the Mesocortical or Reward Pathway?
Almost all abused drugs activate production of and inhibit reuptake of this neurochemical.
What is Dopamine?
The DEA's Schedule of Drugs was created because of this law enacted in 1970.
What is the Controlled Substance Act?
A person in this stage is ambivalent.
What is contemplation?