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Do You Know
100
What is BAC?
Blood Alcohol Content represents the percentage of alcohol to blood.
100
What is the colorless, odorless, highly addictive drug found in tobacco?
Nicotine
100
What happens when the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects?
Tolerance
100

________________ is the pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction

what is dopamine

100

In The United States, which substance is most often abused?

Alcohol, about 6 Americans die from alcohol poisoning every day
200

The legal limit in MA is a BAC of what?

.08%

200
Is nicotine a depressant, stimulant, narcotic or hallucinogen?
Stimulant
200

These two places of the body are where you look for cyanosis.

What are the lips and the finger tips?

200
The continued need for the effects of a drug even though those effects harm the body, mind, and relationships is called what?
Drug Dependence
200

This action is performed to a person if they are not breathing or unresponsive after calling their name loudly.

What is a sternal rub?

300

What is it called when an individuals blood alcohol level (the percentage of alcohol circulating in the bloodstream) rises to a danger point in which the individual loses consciousness and goes into a coma and in the worst cases, the drinker dies?

Alcohol poisoning

300
What is the term for exhaled smoke and sidestream smoke otherwise known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or passive smoke; a mixture of two forms of smoke from burning tobacco products?
Secondhand smoke
300
What are two types of drug dependence?
1. Physical dependence is when someone develops a tolerance for a drug or shows withdrawl symptoms without it 2. Psychological dependence is a strong emotional desire to continue using a drug.
300

This position places a person on their side with their top leg and arm crossed over their body

What is the rescue position?

300

This gender is more likely to die from an overdose.

Who are Men?

400
How long does it take for alcohol to enter the bloodstream?
Alcohol enters your bloodstream within 5 to 10 minutes of being consumed. It passes from your stomach into your bloodstream and then travels throughout your entire body-affecting nearly every organ system in the body.
400

Of the 4000 chemicals found in cigarette smoke, this number of them cause cancer.

What is 43?

400
What are the four ways in which drugs enter the body?
By mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption
400

three possible signs that a relapse may be approaching?

What is: Interacting with old using friends, Engaging in cross addiction, Going to old using places, Irritation, Poor emotional control, Isolation, Stop going to meetings/talking to sponsor 

400

This chemical found in cigarettes is also a preservative for corpses.

What is formaldehyde?

500
Name at least 3 long term affects of alcohol on the body and mind.
1.Lead to cancer of the mouth, esophagus, pharynx and larynx, liver, stomach, ovaries, breast, prostate, and small intestine. 2. Affects parts of the brain and nervous system that control breathing, heartbeat, and related body functions which causes many deaths. 3. Associated with cardiovascular disease, and neurological damage 4. Psychiatric problems such as depression, anxiety, and antisocial personality disorder
500
Name at least 3 smoking-related conditions and diseases
1.Cancer 2. Emphysema 3. Chronic Bornchitis 4. Asthma
500
Name at least 3 factors that determine the effects a drug might have on the mind and body.
1.The way the drug enters the body 2.The dose or amount of a drug taken at one time 3.The weight, age, and health status of the person 4.The emotional state of the person 5.Whether the person is taking more than one drug at the same time.
500
What are the 5 stages of change

Pre-Contemplation, Contemplation, preparation, action and maintenance

500

This chemical found in cigarettes is also found in car exhaust.


What is carbon monoxide?