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Stages of Drug Abuse
Definitions
Statistics
Effects of Drugs
Quitting
100
What is the most influential variable in substance abuse?
Peer Pressure
100
What is the definition of drug addiction?
a chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences
100
What percent of high school students report driving after drinking alcohol in the past month?
10%
100
Name 2 of 3 leading causes of death among adolescents where substance abuse is a major contributor.
accidents, homicides, suicides
100
Name 2 of 3 ways that abusers can get help with their drug abuse.
Intervention, Support Groups, Therapy
200
Name one characteristic that makes a person vulnerable to drug abuse?
Depression, Loneliness
200
What are drugs?
Chemicals that mimic natural neurotransmitters in the brain.
200
What percentage of all hospital reports of kids ages 12-17 are marijuana or alcohol related?
32%
200
Name a ways the drugs effect a persons economic situationist?
Losing your job, Taking time off from your job, Making poor financial choices
200
Name 2 symptoms of a withdrawl.
autonomic over-activity, hallucinations, delirium, seizures
300
What is one major relation to a minor's substance abuse?
What is Substance Abuse in Family History
300
What is the definition of intervention?
A structured educational process facilitated by a trained professional where parents and family members meet with the patient to disrupt there drug use.
300
What percent of depression cases are related to substance abuse.
24%
300
Name 2 ways drug abuse can affect your health.
Lung cancer, Brain damage, Breast cancer, Emphysema, Bronchial disorders, Cardiovascular diseases
300
What does a recovering addict need to avoid?
People who might cause them to use drugs again.
400
What type of students are more likely to engage in substance use
What is Popular kids
400
What is the definition of a relapse?
Suffer deterioration after a period of improvement.
400
What percent of sexually-active high school students report having used alcohol or other drugs before their last sexual experience
22%
400
How do substance abusers feel about society?
Marginalizing, Harsher, Stressful
400
What type of therapy makes patients come to terms with the harmful consequences of their actions?
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
500
How many times higher was illegal drug use among teens age 12-17 who smoked cigarettes in the past month compared to those who did not?
9 times higher
500
What is a trigger?
A trigger is something who causes a person to start using drugs again.
500
How many times more likely are kids to be neglected by parents who expose drugs to them?
2-3 times
500
Name 2 effects of regular marijuana use?
Chronic Cough, Bronchitis, Lung infections
500
What is important to do when trying stay clean?
Attending drug therapy sessions regularly Settling down to the day to day business of living