Alcohol
What is alcohol?
Alcohol is a depressant derived from the fermentation of natural sugars in fruits, vegetables, and grains. These are brewed and distilled into a wide range of beverages with various alcohol contents.
What is tobacco?
It comes from a tobacco plant then is stripped to its purest form.
Why is drug addiction considered to be a brain disease?
We have identified many of the biological and environmental risk factors and are beginning to search for the genetic variations that contribute to the development and progression of the disorder.
Where does your risk of addiction come from?
family history.
What are the risks of vapes?
Addiction
What are two names for alcohol?
Booze/ Liquor
What are two names for tobacco?
Smokes/ Snuff
Why do people take drugs in the first place?
we still do not fully understand why some people develop an addiction to drugs or how drugs change the brain to foster compulsive drug use.
Is quitting easy?
No
What would you save if you did not vape?
Money.
What are the risks of alcohol?
Reduced reaction time.
Is tobacco addictive?
yes.
Why is adolescents such a crucial time for preventing drug abuse?
One of the brain areas still maturing during adolescence is the prefrontal cortex the part of the brain that allows people to assess situations, make sound decisions, and keep emotions and desires under control.
What does chasing the dragon mean?
Chasing the high.
How many teens have tried vaping?
25%
What is the difference between passing out and blacking out?
Blackouts represent episodes of amnesia, during which subjects are capable of participating even in salient, emotionally charged events as well as more mundane events that they later cannot remember. Passing out is due to a lack of oxygen.
What are the short term effects of tobacco?
Cellular damage.
How do drugs affect the mouth?
Discolored teeth, bad breath.
Narcotics
What is the drug in vapes?
Nicotine
When compared to the adult brain, what two things hold true for adolescents and alcohol?
Adolescents are more sensitive to memory disruption and neurotoxic effects produced by alcohol compared to adults.
What are the long term effects of tobacco?
Lung cancer
What are the protentional consequences of drugs?
who use drugs may act out and may do poorly in school or drop out. Using drugs when the brain is still developing may cause lasting brain changes and put the user at increased risk of dependence.
What makes opioids so addictive?
Brain reward system.
What does nicotine effect?
The brain.