Vocabulary
A behavioral syndrome or condition of being addicted to a particular substance and a need for an increased amount of the substance, as time goes on, to achieve the same effect.
What is Addiction
The first stage of addiction
What is experimentation
Ecstasy and LSD are examples of what type of drug?
What are Hallucinogens
Feeling of euphoria, elevated mood, and increased energy
What is Cocaine
Increase feelings of energy and alertness while suppressing appetite.
What are stimulants
Using on a regular basis
What is regular use
Opium, heroin, codeine, and morphine.
What are narcotics
Results in sedation, pain relief, and drowsiness
What is opioids
A chemical substance that affects the processes of the mind or body.
What is a drug
What is the third phase of addiction called
What is dependency
Cocaine/crack and methamphetamine.
What are stimulants
The "rush", feeling heavy sensation in body parts, a reduced sensation of pain, conscious and semiconscious periods
What is heroin
An addictive drug, such as opium, that relieves pain, alters mood and behavior and causes sleep or feelings of mental numbness.
What is a narcotic
Give two examples of characteristics of the total dependency stage of addiction
needs drug to function normally, loses control in actions, loses interest in priorities, physically and emotionally exhausted
The colorless, odorless, highly addictive drug found in tobacco
What is nicotine
Rapid/Irregular heartbeat, increased attention, decreased fatigue, hyperthermia
What is methamphetamine
What are the four ways in which drugs enter the body?
What is by mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption
If the problem goes un treated accidental or intended _________ may occur
What is overdose
What kind of drug is alcohol?
What is a depressant
Paranoia, hallucinations, increased heart rate, dilated pupils
What is acid/LSD