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Addiction Terminology
Misc. Definitions
Stimulants
Depressants
Wild Card
100
Addiction is _______. Which means it gets worse over time.
What is progressive. Without treatment, addiction typically does not go away, nor does it stay at the same level of intensity. For most people, addiction becomes more severe over time, causing increasingly worse physical, emotional and social problems.
100
_______ occurs when use of a mood altering drug interferes with a person's life, resulting in negative effects on a person's physical, psychological, social, legal, emotional, occupational, or educational well-being.
What is Drug Abuse ( Other acceptable answers addiction or drug dependence.)
100
___________ is a stimulant found in coffee, tea and soda.
What is caffeine.
100
_______ is the most commonly used depressant.
What is Alcohol
100
_________ _______ also know as kindling, occurs when the user's body becomes extremely sensitive to a drug, causing an extreme reaction, such as seizure or a psychotic episode
What is Reverse Tolerance.
200
Addiction involves __________. Meaning people think excessively about using a substance, getting more of a substance or when and where they will next use.
What is obsession, compulsion or preoccupation.
200
_______ ___________ results from prolonged exposure to a mood altering drug. Cells in the body become accustomed to the drug and begin to adapt to the presence of that drug Once this happened, the body appears to be in balance only when the drug is present.
What is Physical Dependence.
200
_________ is a stimulant found in cigarettes and chewing tobacco.
What is Nicotine.
200
___________ __________is a form of mental or nervous system changes that occurs when a person stops drinking alcohol after drinking heavily
What is Delirium Tremens
200
____ ____ is an unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of the drug
What is side effect/ or secondary effect.
300
Addiction involves ___________, which is an unconscious defense mechanism that protects people from seeing the harsh reality of their addiction.
What is Denial.
300
__________ occurs when individuals with psychical dependence to alcohol or other drugs cut down or stop taking the drug experience symptoms that are typically the opposite of the effect produced by the drug.
What is Withdrawal.
300
Ephederine, drain cleaner, pencil lead, battery acid, and antifreeze are common ingredients in this very addictive stimulant.
Meth
300
____________ is a drug that can reverse the effects of an opiate overdose
What is Naloxone
300
___________ and _________ are the only two types of drugs that can have a lethal withdrawal without proper medical detox
What is Alcohol and Benzodiazapines.
400
Addiction is __________, meaning it persists over time.
What is chronic. Addiction cannot be cured but can be managed.
400
_______ is the process in which the same amount of a drug begins to have less effect or when the amount of a drug needs to be increased to have the same effect as before.
What is tolerance.
400
The ________-_________ ________ occurs when individuals use both a primary drug and one or more secondary drugs (a stimulant and a depressant). The effects of the stimulant and depressant counteract each other causing the person to not feel intoxicated leading the person to use large amounts of both drugs.
What is the upper downer cycle
400
___________ is 50 to 100 times stronger than morphine.
What is Fentanyl
400
Withdrawal symptoms after initial acute withdrawal
What is Post Acute Withdrawal syndrome (PAWS).
500
Addiction involves a loss of control over 3 things __________, ____________, and ____________.
What is amount being used, ability to stop using, and behavior.
500
Occurs when two drugs have similar psychical effects and one is often substituted for the other when the drug of choice is not available. If the second drug has the same drug effect and can keep withdrawal symptoms from occurring the 2 drugs are said to be ______ ____________.
What is cross tolerant/ Cross tolerance.
500
Withdraw effects from cocaine include:
What are: agitation, anxiety, depression etc.
500
Depressants do what to the nervous system?
What is slow it down.
500
_____ ______ is the term for enhancement of one agent by another so that the combined effect is greater than the sum of the effects of each one alone.
What is Potentiation Effect