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Drug Effects
Effects on the Brain
Drug Statistics
100
Why do different drugs effect the body in different ways?
Chemical Structures
100
Although initial drug us may be voluntary, drugs have been shown to alter brain chemistry, which interferes with an individual's ability to what?
Make decisions
100
One out of how many dollars is spent on the nation's health care bill to treat those suffering from smoking-related illness?
14
200
Drugs can change a person's body and brain in ways that last long after the person has stopped taking drugs, sometimes how long?
permanently
200
Drugs have been shown to alter brain chemistry which can lead to what?
Compulsive craving, seeking and use.
200
Drug offender account for what percent of the growth in the state prison population since 1985?
one third
300
When drugs enter the brain, they can actually change how the brain what?
Performs its jobs
300
All drugs of abuse effect the brain's what?
"reward" circuit
300
What percent of domestic violence victims report that their assailant had been drinking or using illicit drugs at the time of the incident?
75%
400
Changes in how the brain performs its jobs can lead to what?
Compulsive drug use
400
Drugs hijack this "reward" system, causing unusually large amounts of what to flood the system?
Dopamine
400
In what year were there 38,329 deaths from drug overdose?
2010
500
The impact of drug abuse and dependence can be far-reaching, affecting almost every what in the human body?
Organ
500
An example of a drug of abuse is what?
Nicotine/cocaine/marijuana/etc.
500
How often do 105 people die from drug overdose?
Daily