Interesting Facts
_____ % of surveyed 12 year olds that have tried alcohol
What is 10
Adolescence heightens this behavior
What is Risktaking?
Connections between brain cells
What is neurons?
Addiction as a teen makes it ____ likely to be addicted later in life
What is more
Teens who abuse substances are more likely to be _____ from their peers.
What is isolated
___ percent of 18 year olds that have tried illegal drugs
what is 50%
Dopamine is known as this type of molecule
What is a "reward molecule"?
The part of your brain that develops LAST
What is the prefrontal cortex?
___ has been proven to interfere with learning and short-term memory.
What is marijuana
A measure of school performance that can be lowered/hurt/impacted by teen substance abuse
What are grades
____% of 12th graders that have tried vaping (as of 2018)
what is 37.3%
The number of brain pathways linked to Dopamine
What is 4?
A substance that acts as an insulator to messages that comes to your brain
What is myelin?
What is pre-frontal
Crimes related to substance abuse can be both _____ and income-generating.
What is violent
the number of states where marijuana is legal (as of 2023) for non-medical recreational use
what is 24
When a person becomes addicted to drugs, the addict's brain classifies drugs as this behavior
What is motivated approach behavior?
Chemicals that carry messages through nerve cells and neurons/nerve endings in the brain.
What are neurotransmitters?
Addiction reduces the ability to feel ______
What is pleasure
Substance abusing teens are more likely to participate in ______ behavior
What is criminal
Uses/origins of cannibis (name 1 of 3)
rope, clothing, paper
A drug that when administered into ones system, affects the mental process, cognition, or mood and emotions
What are psychoactive drugs?
The brain begins to remove nerve cells that it no longer needs and connects more active nerve cells into longer chains
What is synaptic pruning?
What cognitive issue are substance-using teens more likely to be at risk for?
What is depression
Medical treatments and other services for substance abusing youth can cause ______ stress
What is financial