Drugs of Abuse
The intentional improper or unsafe use of a drug
What is drug abuse?
What is PAWS?
Post Acute Withdrawal Symptoms
This module will help you to control your mind rather than have your mind control you.
What is mindfulness?
Coping Skills are...
The plant from which cocaine and crack cocaine is made which is grown in South America
What is the coca plant?
Many drugs of abuse are classified as this in regards to the law
What is illegal?
Which drug carries the largest risk of addiction?
Tobacco/Nicotine
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
External Coping Skills
What are talking to others, 12 step meetings, taking a break, cutting out risky situations.
This is the active ingredient in marijuana
What is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)?
The taking of too much of a drug, which causes sickness, loss of consciousness, permanent health damage, or even death
What is an overdose?
Part of the brain that "shuts down" when stressed.
What is the Prefrontal Cortex or "thinking brain".
These are the 4 DBT modules.
Internal Coping Skills
What are mindfulness, radical acceptance, replacement thinking, urge surfing, etc.
With illegal drug use that involves needles, there is a risk of catching one of these sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
What is hepatitis B or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)?
This is a reason why people begin to use drugs
What is desire to experiment, desire to escape from depression or boredom, peer pressure, or enjoyment of risk-taking behaviors?
The only 2 substances that can kill you when detoxing.
This aspect of the body, regarding heroin, develops rapidly and the drug begins to lose its effectiveness, often prompting users to inject more to stay high
What is tolerance?
This means to notice an experience?
What is observe?
When prescribed, steroids are used for one of these reasons
What is treating muscle wasting in AIDS patients, to assist wound healing in the elderly, or to treat abnormally low testosterone levels in males?
Name two deadly incidents/events that illegal drugs are a factor in
What is suicides, motor vehicle accidents, or crimes?
What are Core Values of Harm Reduction? (Denning and Little)
Understanding, Acceptance, Compassion, Kindness, Connection, Freedom to Choose.
Chemically altered form of morphine that can be swallowed, snorted, smoked, or injected
What is heroin?
This means to act skillfully to achieve your goals?
What is being effective.
This is around the amount of money drug abuse costs the United States and each state annually (must give the correct amount to both to the last dime to receive points; no half credit)
What is $350 billion annually (federal) and $80 billion annually (states)