Vocabulary
expression given to the pursuit of the original or ultimate but unattainable high, which can lead to a dangerous spiral of legal and health consequences.
Chasing the Dragon
Approximately HOW MANY high school seniors reports misusing prescription drugs at least once in their lifetime.1
one in five
You'd wear Mukluks on this part of your body
Feet
Most of the people in the documentary mentioned trying this "gateway" drug.
marajuana
This process many addicts endure is often described as being "worse than dying"
withdrawal
an opioid drug that is synthesized from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seedpod of the Asian opium poppy plant.1
Heroin
Most first-time abusers of painkillers obtain them from WHO?
A friend or relative
Chinchou is a Pokemon whose elements are water and THIS.
electricity
Name one way people in the documentary financed their addiction.
Theft, prostitution, prescription fraud, stripping
To swoon is to what.
Faint
a state in which a person no longer responds to a drug and a higher dose is required to achieve the same effect.
Tolerance
A 2014 national survey found an estimated HOW MANY people in the U.S. abused a prescription painkiller for the first time that year.
1.4 million
Monterey Jack is a type of THIS
cheese
This is the main reason most of the people in the documentary switched from prescription opioids to heroin.
The high cost of prescription drugs
What Nike's symbol is called
The swoosh
drugs (such as heroin) derived from compounds found in the opium poppy plant, or synthetic drugs (such as prescription painkillers) that contain substances that mimic these compounds. These terms are often used interchangeably
Opiates/Opioids
Nearly all people who use heroin also use at least one other WHAT
Drug
When first invented, facebook was limited to students at this university.
Harvard
October's birthstone
Opal
Death
the wide range of symptoms that occur after stopping or dramatically reducing opiate drugs after heavy and prolonged use. Symptoms include but are not limited to agitation, anxiety, sweating, body aches, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.4
Withdrawal
In the 1960s, more than 80% of opioid abusers got hooked on heroin first. In the 2000s, 75% of opioid abusers started with WHAT?
prescription opioids
Petrol
This is the number of properties on a Monopoly board
28
These are swollen area within body tissue, often containing an accumulation of pus caused by shooting up heroin cut with meat tenderizer
Abscesses