Brain & Addiction
Q: A substance that can change the way a person feels or functions
A: What is a drug
Q: The ingredient in marijuana that makes a person feel “high”
A: What is THC
Q: Where teens mostly get the prescription drugs they misuse
A: What are friends and relatives
Q: A popular way to inhale nicotine, without lighting a cigarette
A: What is vaping / e-cigarettes
Q: People inhale chemicals in these products to get “high”
A: What are household products
Q: Drugs can damage nerve cells in this organ
A: What is the brain
Q: They might look like brownies or candy but contain marijuana
A: What are edibles
Q: They can make a person feel relaxed, sleepy, and uncoordinated
A: What are depressants
Q: The legal age to buy tobacco/nicotine products
A: What is 21
Q: Inhalants can prevent cells in this organ from getting enough oxygen
A: What is the brain
Q: The neurotransmitter in the brain commonly affected by drugs
A: What is dopamine
Q: A relatively new way to inhale marijuana without smoking it
A: What is marijuana vaping
Q: Prescription drugs that have effects similar to cocaine when misused
A: What are stimulants
Q: The type of tobacco absorbed through mouth tissues
A: What is smokeless tobacco
Q: Spray paint, hair spray, deodorant spray, fabric protector spray
A: What are aerosol inhalants
Q: When a person needs more of the same drug just to feel normal
A: What is tolerance
Q: It’s made in a lab to look like marijuana, but it isn’t
A: What is synthetic cannabinoids (K2/Spice)
Q: Legal drugs closely related to heroin
A: What are prescription pain medicines (opioids)
Q: The addictive chemical in tobacco
A: What is nicotine
Q: Paint thinner, nail polish remover, felt-tip markers, glue
A: What are volatile solvents
Q: Returning to drug use after quitting
A: What is relapse
Q: It has increased in potency over the past few decades
A: What is the amount of THC in marijuana
Q: When you can’t stop using a prescription drug despite negative consequences
A: What is addiction
Q: The leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the U.S.
A: What is tobacco use
Q: Chemical odors on breath or clothing
A: What are signs of inhalant use