Brain
What age range does the frontal lobe develop?
15-25
What does a stimulant do to our CNS?
Speed up
What does a Depressant do to our CNS?
Slow down
What body parts does the CNS consist of?
Brain and Spine
What is the definition of a drug?
Any substance that causes a physiological (brain and body) effect when introduced to the body.
List 3 effects of a stimulant to our CNS
speeds up breathing, heart, alertness. Loss of appetite, twitching Mood swings, sweating.
List 3 effects of Depressants
Slowed down blood pressure, breathing, heart. Loss of motor control, Fatigue, Sleepiness, feeling of relaxation and confusion.
List the 4 categories of drugs we will be studying in this unit?
Stimulant, Depressant, Hallucinogen, and Narcotic
What is the C.N.S
Central Nervous System
What does a stimulant look like? What forms can this drug get given...
Pill, Powder, Liquid to needle.
What does a depressant look like? What forms can this drug get given...
Mostly Liquid or a pill ( oxy, Xanax etc.)
Brain LOVES....... & Brain Hates......
Brain LOVES Pleasure and HATES Pain
What is Dopamine?
A feel-good brain chemical. Neurotransmitter
Explain Ecstasy and its category of drug...What happens to the category of drug for Ecstasy?
Starts as a stimulant and becomes a depressant over the time of use inside the body.
What is the most dangerous Depressant
Fentanyl
A teen who uses drugs ________his or her brain, and that in turn changes their emotions, personality and values!
REWIRES
Explain the Dopamine reward cycle
When the body receives dopamine from an outside source (the drug), your body stops making Dopamine naturally. As a result, the brain has trouble feeling pleasure at all, sober or not.
What are risk factors to addiction? Explain what risk factors mean related to addiction and give one example.
Risk factors are things in life that make a person more at risk to become addicted to a substance.
Example: Trauma, Problems in life, Genetics, stress, early use of drugs etc.
What are 4 drink safety tips
-Don’t drink it if it tastes funny
-Never leave your drink unattended
-Don’t accept a drink from someone you don’t know
-Open it yourself + hear seal break
-Don’t drink from punch bowls
-Don’t go to a party alone***
Now, they need to take drugs just to bring their dopamine function back up to normal, + they must take larger amounts of the drug to create the dopamine high - an effect known as....
Tolerance