Drug Abuse
What is the drug that is considered most addictive?
What is nicotine?
3 factors that affect a person's blood alcohol level?
What is gender, weight, and time?
The most commonly used illegal drug in the US?
What is Marijuana?
This medication temporarily reveres the effects of an opioid overdose?
What is naloxone (narcan)?
True or false - Urea, which is found in urine, is used to flavor cigarettes
True
People, Places, and Things can be considered ____ for people in recovery.
What are triggers?
What is the intoxicating ingredient in alcohol?
What is ethanol?
What category of prescription pills is the most addictive?
What is opiates? (Oxycodone, codeine, percocet, morphine)
4 main withdrawal symptoms of Marijuana
Insomnia, irritability, change in appetite, and depressed mood
True or false - black & milds have less nicotine than cigarettes
False - Black & milds have 100 mg of nicotine compared to 10 mg found in cigarettes
What are the 2 experiences That would be signs that someone has developed an addiction?
What is tolerance and withdrawal? (loss of control is also accepted)
How long does it take for the brain to start reacting to alcohol upon consumption? (under 15 minutes)
What is 5-7 minutes?
On average, what percentage of drug overdoses are caused by prescription drug use (range 10%)
What is 50%?
This law protects people who overdose or seek help for someone overdosing from being charged/prosecuted for drug possession
What is the good Samaritan Law?
What are the 3 main chemicals that tobacco contains?
Tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide
What is it called when tolerance to a drug and the onset of withdrawal symptoms that occur when consumption is ended and intoxication wanes.
What is physical dependence?
Between 1 and 5, alcohol ranks at the ___ highest preventable cause of death in the US.
What is 3rd? (1. Tobacco, 2. Poor Diet)
What percentage of traffic accidents involve alcohol or drugs (Range of 10%)
What is 50%?
Withdrawal from these 2 drugs can be fatal
Alcohol and benzodiazepines (xanax, valium)
How long does it take for nicotine to reach the brain upon inhalation (under 30 seconds)
What is 8 - 10 seconds
5 ways that drugs are taken into the body
What is orally, snorting, smoking, injecting, and absorbing?
On average, a drunk drive will drive ___ times under the influence before their first arrest? (Range of 10)
What is 80?
What are the 3 main brain areas impacted by drug/alcohol abuse?
1. Limbic System
2. Brain Steam
3. Cerebral Cortex
If you have someone who is experiencing an overdose, you should place them in this certain way
What is the recovery position?
Buying a pack of cigarettes a day in MN costs about how much money for a year ($500 range)
$3,500 (MN average cost per pack $9.72 with tax)