Types Of Opioids
This prescription opioid is commonly sold under the brand name OxyContin.
What is Oxycodone?
Naloxone, a medication that rapidly reverses opioid overdoses, is commonly known by this brand name.
What is Narcan?
The uncomfortable physical and mental symptoms that occur when a person stops taking opioids are called this.
What is Withdrawl?
This term refers to the increase in opioid prescribing that began in the 1990s, contributing to the opioid crisis.
What is over-prescribing?
The First Big Mac sold for how much
45 cents
This synthetic opioid is 100 times more potent than morphine. It is often illegally manufactured and many people experience overdoses due to it being mixed with other drugs.
What is Fentanyl?
This U.S. agency monitors drug misuse and enforces drug control laws.
What is the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)?
Opioid addiction is also referred to as this type of "use disorder".
What is Substance Use Disorder (SUD)?
This federal U.S. agency is responsible for overseeing the approval and regulation of medications like opioids.
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
The use of the "OMG" can be traced back to which year
1917
The illegal opioid drug is often referred to as "smack" or "H".
What is Heroin?
What is the youngest age at which someone might receive treatment for opioid dependency?
Infancy. Some babies are born physically addicted to opioids after experiencing long-term exposure to opioids while in the womb.
The process of clearing opioids or other addictive substances from the body is known by this term.
What is detoxification?
This ancient civilization was among the first to use opium, primarily for medicinal purposes.
What is Ancient Egypt?
Octopus blood is this color
What is blue
This naturally occurring opioid is derived from the poppy plant. It is often prescribed for severe pain after surgery and it is named after a Greek god of dreams.
What is Morphine?
The opioid crisis began escalating in this decade due to widespread over-prescription.
What is 1990s?
This part of the brain is responsible for the reward and pleasure system, and its activation is key to the development of addiction.
What is the limbic system (the brain's reward system)?
This family-owned company was at the center of lawsuits over the role it played in the opioid crisis due to its aggressive marketing of OxyContin.
What is Big (Purdue) Pharma?
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Baskin Robbin’s
This long-acting opioid is commonly used for treating both chronic pain and opioid use disorder, as it reduces withdrawal symptoms and cravings.
What is Methadone?
The first U.S. state to file a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma over its role in the opioid epidemic.
What is Oklahoma?
An addicted person will continue to do this despite experiencing negative consequences
What is use substances
In 1914, the U.S. passed this law to regulate the manufacture, sale, and distribution of opioids.
What is the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act?
This slasher film, released in 1997, stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe?
What is "I Know What You Did Last Summer"?