Substance Use and Society
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 organized the control of drugs into five _____
schedules
If you are trying to engage in recovery, then you should probably monitor your ____, _____, and _____. Specifically, you should focus on how they impact each other.
Hint: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
thoughts (cognitions), feelings (combinations of emotions), and behaviors
First synthesized in 1944 and was approved for medical use in the United States in 1955, ______ is a stimulant drug used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy.
Ritalin
a recovery program for people who suffer because someone close to them is abusing drugs or alcohol.
Al-Anon
__ ____ is a 2000 American comedy-drama film starring Sandra Bullock. The plot involves a newspaper columnist who enters rehabilitation for alcoholism.
28 Days
Drugs for _____ (condition) saw the biggest spike, jumping 34.1% during the pandemic, which was more than double the number of insomnia aids (14.8%), and almost twice as high as antidepressants (18.6%).
Anxiety
A powerful & strong psychological desire to consume a substance or engage in an activity
craving
is an FDA-approved medication with the active ingredient, dronabinol, a synthetic form of THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), used to treat chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients that don’t respond to other therapies,
Marinol
What is the only requirement for membership in AA?
a desire to stop drinking
Diagnosed with terminal cancer, a high school teacher tries to secure his family's financial future by producing and distributing crystal meth.
TV show
Breaking Bad
______ the first state in the nation to decriminalize drug possession.
Oregon
Finding your _____ in life may assist you in creating an existence that is more ______.
purpose, meaningful
"Magic mushrooms" are naturally occurring and are consumed for their hallucinogenic effects.
Name the drug found in "magic mushrooms".
Psilocybin
What are the last names of the two men who are credited as being the founders of AA?
Smith and Wilson
______ is an American dark comedy-drama television series that aired on Showtime from August 8, 2005 to September 16, 2012. Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker), a widowed mother of two boys Silas (Hunter Parrish) and Shane (Alexander Gould), begins selling cannabis to support her family.
Weeds
According to the recently released Uniform Crime Report from the FBI, more people were arrested for ____ in 2019 than for all violent crimes put together.
cannabis
the term used to describe the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses to events that are appraised as threatening or challenging
Stress
“___ ____” are substituted cathinones, which are synthetic, concentrated versions of the stimulant chemical in Khat. Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), mephedrone and methylone are the chemicals most often found in ____ ____.
Bath Salts
Step 10 advises that we continue to watch for what?
hint: four different words
selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, fear
page 84, paragraph 2, line 9
____ is a 2001 American biographical crime film, directed about American cocaine smuggler George Jung.
Hint:
Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz
Blow
Study of the origin, use, and chemistry of drugs and their acctions and effects in body systems.
pharmacology
What are SMART Recovery's Four Points?
-building and maintaining motivation
-coping with urges
-managing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
-living a balanced life
Zolpidem is a sedative, also called a hypnotic. What is this drug's brand name?
Hint: Sleep, Tiger Woods
Ambien
Bill W. was a "____" by Trade
stockbroker
This is the synopsis for ______ _______ (movie).
Teenager Nicolas Sheff seems to have it all -- good grades, editor of the school newspaper, actor, artist and athlete. When Nic's addiction to meth threatens to destroy him, his desperate father does whatever he can to save his son and his family.
Hint: recent, starring Steve Carell
Beautiful Boy
Members of the _____ family own Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin.
Sackler
______ _____ _____ (_ _ _) is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Its main goals are to teach people how to live in the moment, develop healthy ways to cope with stress, regulate their emotions, and improve their relationships with others.
dialectical behavior therapy
_____ also known as the tea, the vine, and la purga — is a brew made from the leaves of the Psychotria viridis shrub along with the stalks of the Banisteriopsis caapi vine. This drink is used for spiritual and religious purposes by Amazonian tribes.
Ayahuasca
From the pages of the Big Book....
Name the four horsemen.
terror, bewilderment, frustration, despair
page 151, paragraph 2, line 9
After the wildly popular success of his roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) and Knocked Up (2007), Seth Rogen teams up with Judd Apatow and Adam Goldberg to write the comedy _____ _______.
Pineapple Express