THE ADDICTED BRAIN
ADDICTION TERMINOLOGY
FIVE RIDDLES
RANDOMS
DOOZIES
200

Which class of drug greatly amplifies sensations within the brain (i.e the difference between someone whispering vs. shouting into a microphone)

A) Amphetamines (Crystal Meth, ADHD medications)

B) Cocaine

C) Marijuana

D) A and B

E) All of the above

D) A and B

200

Normal neurobiological event characterized by the need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. A state in which a drug produces a diminishing biological or behavioral response; in other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same effect experienced initially.

Tolerance

200

What part of roads do ghosts love to travel?

dead ends

200

Tests are now available that see how high risk an individual for becoming an alcoholic by, 

A) incorporating genetic and family history

B) testing an individual's dopamine levels 

C) testing their BAC

D) testing an individual's willingness

A) incorporating genetic and family history

200

Silent forces behind many of your actions and decisions are called _________s.

VALUES!

400

___________ is the fastest addicting drug

NICOTINE!

400

Creating a needle exchange or safe injection site is a form of _____________?

A) 12-STEP RECOVERY

B) MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT

C) A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN

D) HARM REDUCTION

E) DRUG SEDUCTION

D) HARM REDUCTION

400

What can you hold in your left hand but not in your right?

Your right elbow

400

How many times more likely are kids of alcoholics to become an alcoholic?

A) 1/2

B) 2 TIMES

C) 4 TIMES

D) 10 TIMES

E) 100 TIMES

C) 4 TIMES

400

This is not an auditory hallucination rather it’s positive silent voice in your head guiding you in which way you should go _____.

Conscience

600

Which part of the brain is primarily responsible for memory and negatively impacted by abuse of drugs/alcohol?

A) THE FRONTAL OBLONGATA

B) THE FRONTAL CORTEX

C) THE FRONTAL LOBE

D) THE MADULA OBLONGATA

E) THE HIPPOCAMPUS

E) THE HIPPOCAMPUS

600

___________ and _________ are the only two types of drugs that can have a lethal withdrawal without proper medical detox.

A) Alcohol and Benzodiazapines

B) Alcohol and Opiates

C) Benzodiazapines and Opiates

D) Alcohol and Opiates

D) Ecstasy and Opiates

E) All of the above have a lethal withdrawal without proper medical detox.

A) Alcohol and Benzodiazapines

600

The highest mountain on earth before Mount Everest was discovered.

Mount Everest

600

Alcohol disrupts the parts of the brain responsible for memory and __________________________.

A) FINANCE

B) SMELL

C) DIGESTION

D) PROBLEM SOLVING

E) FAITH

D) PROBLEM SOLVING

600

This singer/songwriter experienced a 20-year drug and alcohol addiction that he said saw him spending about $16,000 a week on heroin in the 1970s.

A) Elton John

B) Snoop Dogg

C) Eric Clapton

D) Kurt Cobain

E) Mike Tyson

C) Eric Clapton

He chose to get clean and change his path after the death of his 4 year old son.

800

What's the name of the system in the brain that addiction affects?

A) The Main Brain

B) The Front Cortex

C) The Glutimus Maximus

D) The Spinal Cord

E) The Pleasure Center

F) None of the above

E) The Pleasure Center

800

Repetitive ritualistic behavior such as hand washing or ordering or mental acts such as repeating words silently that aims to prevent or reduce distress or prevent some dreaded event or situation.

compulsions

800

Why is Europe like a frying pan?

Because it has Greece at the bottom.

800

WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN ONE IS SCARED OF ANIMALS?

A) zoophobia

B) acrophobia

C) belonephobia

D) gamophobia

E) barkophobia

A) zoophobia

800

What are the four classes of drugs?

Stimulants

Depressants

Opioids (Painkillers) 

Hallucinogens

1000

What behavioral repercussion is commonly associated with marijuana?

HINT: Behavioral repercussion = reaction to the drug

PARANOIA!

1000

Comprised of three components: recognition that one has an addiction and/or mental illness, compliance with treatment, and ability to re-label unusual mental events as pathological.

A) insight

B) foresight

C) hindsight

D) judgment

E) none of the above

A) insight

1000

You just bought a cute rabbit at a pet store. The rabbit can breed once every month, and deliver 7 babies at a time. How many rabbits do you have after 12 months?

One, it takes two rabbits to breed.

1000

__________ focuses on connection between behavior and thoughts.

A) NOBODY

B) REALITY TESTING

C) MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING

D) SHOCK THERAPY

E) COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

E) COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

1000

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. (Hint: it's a hallucinogen that you don't hear about very often anymore.)

PCP