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100
The average number of IQ points lost by smoking marijuana
What is 8 points?
100
One method used to decrease people's access to pseudoepherdrine, a primary ingredient in meth
What are placing drugs with pseudoephedrine behind the counter, keeping a log of who purchased medications with pseudoephedrine, limiting the amount of medications with pseudoephedrine that can be purchased at one time.
100
Heroin was developed to treat an addiction to what drug?
What is Morphine. In fact, opium was the initial popular drug of addiction, morphine was developed as a drug to treat opium addiction, heroin was developed as a drug to treat morphine addiction, and suboxone and methadone was developed to treat heroine addiction.
100
Rank by populatiry the following classes of drugs most commonly abused: Stimulants, Depressants, Opiate Pain Killers.
What is Opiate pain killers, Depressants, Stimulants
100
Name one drug from each of the following categories: stimulant, depressant, opiate
What is Stimulants: Adderal, Amphetamines, Methamphetamine, Crank, Ice, Ritalin, Speed, Cocaine; Depressants - marijuana, alcohol, lorazapam, xanax, valium, atavan; Opiates - heroine, morphine, oxycontin, codine, demerol
200
tetrahydrocannabinoid
What do the letters THC stand for?
200
The one mental health condition for which a version of meth is prescribed for treatment
What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
200
The number of times Suboxone and methadone, two drugs used to treat heroin addiction, are more addictive than heroine.
What is 100x
200
Two currently illicit drugs that started out as prescribed medication
What are heroin, cocaine, LSD, methamphetamine and Ecstasy
200
Drug abuse is the #_____ cause of premature death in the United States.
What is 1
300
5 affects of marijuana on the brain
What are perception, mood, emotion regulation, hallucinations, learning, reasoning, coordination, problem solving, thinking, concentration, intelligence, lowered inhibitions
300
Three long-term effects of meth use that last long after a person stops using the drug
What is Anxiety and confusion, problems sleeping, mood swings, violent behavior, psychosis (hearing, seeing, or feeling things that are not there), skin sores caused by scratching, severe weight loss, severe dental problems, known as “meth mouth”, problems with thinking, emotion, and memory
300
Three primary symptoms of Heroin withdrawal
What are may include sweating, anxiety, depression, chills, severe muscle aches, nausea, diarrhea, cramps and fever
300
The number of people that die every day from use from overdosing on prescription pain medication
What is 45 - more than heroin or cocaine
300
The most commonly used illicit drug
What is marijuana?
400
Two mental health diagnoses linked to smoking marijuana
What are Depression, anxiety, psychosis, schizophrenia, suicidal thoughts, loss of motivation, and personality disorders?
400
The the minimum number of uses it takes to become addicted to meth
What is 1
400
The primary factor that determines whether or not someone will die from an overdose of heroin.
What is time - the time between use and obtaining medical care?
400
Amone teens, prescription drug abuse is the _____ most common type of addiction
What is 2nd - 1st is Marijuana
400
Three primary symptoms that may indicate someone has a drug problem.
What are, 1. Significant, unexplained weight loss or weight gain 2. Agitation 3. Suspicion, paranoia 4. Chronic lying 5. Withdrawal from family & friends 6. Job problems or school problems 7. Financial difficulties
500
A drug that was discovered while trying to make synthetic marijuana that could be used for treatment of medical conditions without the high.
What is Spice
500
Two medical conditions, caused by use of meth, that can kill you.
What is overheating (frying the brain like an egg), stroke, heart attack, seizures
500
The plant from which opium is extracted, the primary ingredient in heroin
What are poppies - primarily grown in South Africa, Afganistan, Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, Mexico
500
The most common source of prescription drugs among teens.
Who are friends and family?
500
The primary defense mechanism used by addicts.
What is denial?