Drug Facts
What is the most addictive substance
Sugar
What artist has albums named "Relapse" & "Recovery"?
Eminem
Pot, reefer, Mary Jane, weed, grass, etc.
Marijuana
Relapse is a sign of failure
False
It takes how many days to form a new habit in the brain?
45 days
What is the fastest addicting drug?
Nicotine
The withdrawal from these two substances can be fatal
Alcohol and Benzos
Ice, speed, crystal
methamphetamine
The key to relapse prevention is understanding that it happens gradually
True
Name at least 3 diseases or illnesses that can result from drug use.
Hepatitis, Heart Disease, Obesity, Mental Health, HIV, Cancer, a Stroke, etc.
What is the most commonly used drug across the nation?
Marijuana
Why is it more dangerous to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana?
Marijuana helps reduce nausea and people drink more because they don't feel sick.
Candy, crack, powder
Cocaine
If you relapse, the time you spent sober does not count or mean anything
False
FINISH THIS SENTENCE "Be part of the solution___ ____ _____".
Not the problem
With continued substance abuse the brain will stop producing this brain chemical that enables pleasure?
Dopamine
Being around or with a person, place, thing or event that can result in psychological and then physical relapse.
Trigger
Smack, black tar, skag
Heroin
All people have the chance to become an addict
True
The need to increase the dose over time to obtain the original effect. In other words, higher doses are needed to produce the same effect experienced initially.
Tolerance
What does alcohol do to your body temperature?
It lowers it
The act of consuming 5 or more alcohol drinks on one occasion.
Binge Drinking
Vitamins
Prescription drugs/ painkillers
The younger people use substances, the less chance they have at becoming addicted. True or false?
False. The younger one begins using the more chance they have at becoming addicted.
What "Stage of Change" fits the following description:
some awareness of the problem; thinking about pros/cons; some awareness of changing; going back and forth on willingness
Contemplation