Drug use and society
This is a chemical that can reduce pain and produce euphoria
What is an Opioid?
____ use is the leading preventable cause of
death in the United States
What is Tobacco?
affects the brain, heart, liver, pancreas, and immune system.
What is Alcohol?
The excessive or unwanted use of force by law enforcement that results in serious harm or death
What is Police Violence?
___ is the death of an infant before his or her first birthday.
What is Infant Mortality?
Refers to both addiction and drug dependence
What is Substance use disorder (SUD)?
Refers to smoke inhaled by nonsmokers.
It contains hundreds of toxic chemicals and about 70 carcinogens
What is Secondhand Smoke?
True or false:
AUD can be mild if only two to three symptoms are present.
What is True?
Poverty increases exposure to:
Underfunded schools, limited employment opportunities & higher crime rates
What care significantly enhances the prospects of bearing a healthy infant, providing social services and health education?
What is Prenatal Care?
This is the natural process of the body adjusting to the lack of the substance in the body. A person can be dependent without being addicted
What is Withdrawal?
Refers to potentially harmful chemical residue left on surfaces by secondhand smoke
What is Thirdhand Smoke?
chronic relapsing brain disease
characterized by an impaired ability to stop or control alcohol use despite adverse social, occupational, or health consequences
What is Alcohol use disorder (AUD)?
What are the four different types of
exposure to gun violence?
What is Victimization, Perpetration, Indirect Exposure, and Self-harm
The stages of young adulthood and middle adulthood include the ages of __
Young Adult (20-35) and Middle Adulthood (36-64)
occurs when a higher dose is needed to achieve the same response; natural consequence of physical habituation to a substance.
What is Tolerance?
E-cigarettes (vapes) are advertised to
What is young people?
Treatment options for AUD include
Medication, Therapy, including CBT, inpatient rehab, Mutual support groups such as AA
Long-term effects of nonfatal gun injuries include
Physical disabilities, neurological damage, drug use, PTSD, etc.
The increasing age of the U.S. population has implications for policy and healthcare systems, emphasizing the need for
What are interventions and approaches to
promote well-being across all life stages.