The 12-Steps
This step requires the recovering individual to make amends to those they may have harmed in the past.
What is Step 9?
"It's a hell of a drug." --- Rick James
What is cocaine?
The generic name for Xanax.
What is alprazolam?
This type of program to treat opioid addiction uses drugs like methadone and buprenorphine.
What is medication-assisted therapy (MAT)?
Smoking cannabis laced with cocaine is also known by this name.
What is a primo?
This step involves making a "searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."
What is Step 4?
Feeling depressed after using stimulants such as cocaine and methamphetamine is a result in a depletion of this neurotransmitter.
What is dopamine?
The half-life of Valium is 48 hours but depending on level of use it can be detected in urine for up to this length of time.
What is 6 weeks?
This type of drug involves combining methamphetamine with an opioid to produce a different effect.
What is a speedball?
In 2012 this state's population voted to legalize cannabis for recreational purposes.
What is Colorado?
The acronym for never allowing yourself to be too hungry, angry, lonely, or tired.
What is H.A.L.T.?
The chemical name for the stimulant ingredient found in MDMA.
What is 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine?
These drugs are used to induce sleep and reduce anxiety and do not contain benzodiazepine. One example is zolpidem (Ambien).
What are sedative hypnotics?
This drug can be used on individual that has overdosed on opioids.
What is Narcan or naloxone?
This type of cannabis sativa plant contains less than .3% THC and is used to make ropes, textiles, and other prodcuts.
What is hemp?
These come before personalities.
What are principles?
This plant grows in South America and the leaves can be chewed or brewed in tea for its stimulant effect.
What is the coca plant?
People who want to avoid medications, but still manage anxiety, often engage in this type of therapy to address irrational and negative belief systems.
What is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)?
This synthetic opioid can be up to 100 times stronger than morphine.
What is Fentanyl?
What is the name of the program in Texas that allows the medical use of cannabis?
What is the Compassionate Care Program?
The group that led to the formation of AA.
What is The Oxford Group?
Methamphetamine was introduced in Germany by the pharmaceutical company Temmler-Werke under the brand name Pervitin in this year.
What is 1937?
The brand name for chlordiazepoxide, which is also used to treat alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
What is Librium?
This drug was synthesized and marketed by Bayer Co. to treat morphine addiction after the Civil War.
What is heroin?
In the movie, "Things Are Tough All Over", starring Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong, the actors admit that no marijuana was smoked during the movie's production. The actors state they smoked this drug instead.
What is peyote?