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This is the active chemical compound in alcohol.
What is ethanol?
What should you do if a medication is not working?
Call a doctor, stop taking the medication, etc.
This is a medical emergency in which a person consumes more alcohol than the body can break down.
What is alcohol poisoning?
What is an allergic reaction?
When the body treats a particular substance as if it is harmful. Can lead to anaphylactic shock, hives, or death.
This is the inability to stop using a substance or engaging in a behavior, even though it is causing psychological or physical harm.
What is addiction?
Why is alcohol not measured by the amount of liquid in one drink?
Because different types of drinks have different amounts of alcohol in them.
Explain the difference between medication abuse and medication misuse.
Medication abuse is intentional, whereas medication misuse is accidental.
This is a buildup of scar tissue in the liver that can be caused by excessive alcohol intake.
What is cirrhosis?
Give 3 examples of a side effect from a medication.
hallucinations, dizziness, stomach bleeding, ulcers.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse found that how much of a person's risk for addiction is based on genetics?
What is half?
What is one factor that contributes to the way alcohol affects different people?
Gender, Weight, Food Consumption... etc.
What is withdrawal?
The body becomes addicted to these drugs and begin to crave them when they are not being taken. The symptoms include depression, anxiety, severe fatigue, sleeplessness, seizures, and hallucinations.
This is a set of health conditions that affect the baby born to a person who has consumed alcohol during the pregnancy.
What are Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders?
How does medication abuse affect the brain?
Some medications stimulate the brain to release dopamine. The brain then cannot produce dopamine naturally which can lead to depression, anxiety, and lack of motivation.
Explain the mental health and addiction cycle.
Addiction increases the severity of mental health conditions. Mental health conditions cause addiction to progress quickly and more severely. Therefore, a person may feel the need to use drugs or alcohol to cope with their mental health condition.
What type of drug is alcohol?
What is a depressant?
Describe the difference between OTC and prescription medications.
OTC are medications that can be bought without recommendation from a doctor. Prescription medications can only be given by a doctor or other healthcare professional.
Explain some conditions that are a result of FASD?
Poor growth, decreased muscle tone, poor coordination, delayed intellectual, speech, physical, and social development, heart conditions, changes in facial development.
What is euphoria
Intense high
Some drugs are more addictive than others and have stronger withdrawal symptoms.
What BAC indicates that a person is legally impaired?
What is 0.08%?
A combination of these two types of medications can lead to death.
What are sleep medications and pain medications?
answers may vary.
Choose one drug that we learned about and explain what it is, how it effects the brain, and the side effects.
Answers may vary.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism determined that adults between the ages of ____ and ____ are most likely to have both alcohol use disorders and other drug addictions.