BRAIN & ADDICTION
When you can't stop using the drug despite negative consequences
What is addiction
The ingredient in marijuana that makes a person feel "high"
What is THC?
A substance that can change the way a person feels or functions
What is a drug?
The addictive chemical in tobacco
What is nicotine?
Returning to drug use after quitting
What is a relapse?
The neurotransmitter in the brain commonly affected by drugs
What is dopamine?
Street-grown marijuana can be highly unregulated at times and has recently been found to contain traces of what highly dangerous drug?
What is fentanyl?
Legal drugs closely related to heroin
What are prescription pain medicines (opioids)?
The leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the U.S..
What is tobacco use?
Inhalants can prevent this organ from getting enough oxygen
What is the brain?
When a person needs more of the same drug just to feel normal
What is tolerance?
It's made in a lab to look like marijuana, but isn't
This drug was involved in 46,802 overdose deaths in 2018—nearly 70% of all overdose deaths in Maryland alone.
What are opioids? (Both legal and illegal)
A popular way to inhale nicotine, without lighting a cigarette
What is vaping?
Spray paint, hair spray, deodorant spray, fabric protector spray are examples of what kind of inhalants?
What are aerosol inhalants?
Where adults may find their first encounters with pain medication
What are through doctors for painful injuries?
Had increased potency over the past few decades
What is the amount of THC in marijuana
a category of drugs that have effects similar to cocaine when misused
What are stimulants?
The legal age to buy tobacco/nicotine products in Maryland?
What age is 21?
This kind of drug, when used, can cause toxic effects due to the inactivation of Vitamin B12 and lack of oxygen to the brain.
What are Aerosols or "Whippits".
The use of drugs signals pleasure in our brains and bodies through the release of a neurotransmitter called....
What is Dopamine?
These receptors are located throughout the body and are involved in a variety of processes including appetite, pain-sensation, mood, and memory
What are Cannabinoid Receptors?
a category of drug that can make a person feel relaxed, sleepy, and uncoordinated
What are depressants
A recent study on mice found that 22.5% of the mice exposed to this type of smoke for 54 weeks had developed lung cancer and 57.5% had developed bladder complications.
What is "e-cigarette" smoke (vapor) with nicotine (e.g. juuls, vapes, puff bars etc.)
Paint thinner, nail polish remover, felt-tip markers, and glue are what type of inhalants?
What are volatile solvents?