Continuum of Drug Use
This is the term used to describe people who hang out with friends who use drugs but choose not to use themselves.
What is Never Used?
Physical, academic, social-emotional, and legal problems all fall under this harm.
What is Drug Related Harm?
This drug comes in different strains and can be infused in food and drinks.
What is Cannabis?
__ out of 10 people with addiction started using drugs during their teenage years.
What is 9?
This is a set of emotional, physical and cognitive reactions to a changing, demanding environment.
What is Stress?
This is the term used to describe people who keep using drugs even though their grades are slipping and relationships are worsening.
What is Substance Use Disorder?
Getting suspended or expelled from school due to drug use is this type of harm.
What is Academic Harm?
Alcohol, benzodiazepines, and barbiturates are all examples of this type of drug.
What are Depressants?
When a person’s body needs the substance in order to feel normal.
What is Drug Dependency?
This term refers to when someone uses substances to repeatedly and consistently deal with stress, anxiety, or other mental health issues.
What is Self-Medication?
This is the term used to describe people who might only drink alcohol on birthdays and special occasions.
What is Recreational Use?
This type of harm includes worsening of depression and/or anxiety.
What is Social-Emotional Harm?
Percocet, Vicodin, fentanyl, and heroin all belong to this class of drugs.
What are Opioids?
Cravings, depression, sleep issues, and irritability are all signs of this.
What is Withdrawal?
What is coping with stress with drug use considered?
What is an unhealthy coping method?
This is the term used to describe a person who gets a headache if they miss their morning coffee.
What is Physical Dependence?
Vomiting or decreased lung capacity from drug use fall under this harm category.
What is Physical Harm?
This is used for emergency treatment of an opioid overdose.
What is Narcan/ Naloxone?
This term refers to the process where your brain requires increasingly larger amounts of a drug to reach the same high.
What is Tolerance?
Sleeping, listening to music, talking with a friend, exercising, and meditating are all examples of these positive strategies people use to handle stress.
What are Healthy Coping Methods?
This is the term used to describe a person who smokes weed every day after work.
What is Regular Use?
Being forced to attend mandatory classes due to drug-related behavior is this kind of harm.
What is Legal Harm?
Less than a grain of rice amount of this drug can be deadly.
What is Fentanyl?
A mental disorder when a person’s drug use is continuous, interferes with their daily life, and is more important than anything else.
What is Substance Use Disorder?
This is a mark of disgrace or shame associated with a person or group of people that can lead to people being stereotyped and discriminated against.
What is Stigma?