This area of the brain is the last to mature in the developmental process.
What is the frontal lobe.
100
This is a neurotransmitter associated with pleasure and highly effected by the use of certain drugs.
What is dopamine.
100
This slang term is sometimes used when referring to inhalant abuse.
What is 'huffing' or 'bagging'.
100
This is a stronger form of marijuana. It looks like brown or black cakes or balls.
What is hash or hashish.
100
She has a 'compulsive' need to drink alcohol.
What is addiction.
200
This area of the brain is responsible for coordination, skilled movement, balance and posture.
What is the cerebellum.
200
This is an area of the brain that makes you feel good in response to certain behaviors, like eating good food or listening to your favorite music.
What is the reward pathway.
200
These are three examples of household substances that can be classified as inhalants.
What are computer cleaner, lighter fluid, certain glues, gasoline and spray paint. (Others may be acceptable)
200
This is the active chemical in marijuana that causes the feeling or effect of the drug.
What is THC.
200
He experiences overwhelming physical withdrawal symptoms when he doesn't take heroin.
What is addiction.
300
This area of the brain coordinates heart rate, breathing, eating and sleeping.
What is the brainstem.
300
Three parts of a person's life that can trigger strong cravings for the drug once that person has experienced addiction.
What are people, places and things.
300
This is one proven weakness of the CNS (something that can cause irreversible damage).
What are drugs, alcohol and certain infections.
300
Explain two of the four short term effects of marijuana that make driving under the influence of this drug so dangerous.
What is distorted perception, reduced coordination, difficulty thinking and problem solving.
300
She has to take twice as much heroin to get the same high she used to get with just one needle.
What is tolerance.
400
This area of the brain deals with vision.
What is the occipital lobe.
400
This age group shows the greatest amount of brain recovery after they quit using drugs.
What is the adult age group.
400
This is when someone abuses inhalants and their heart beats irregularly or very rapidly leading to death within seconds.
What is 'sudden sniffing death' syndrome.
400
This is when a marijuana joint has been treated, unknowingly by the user, with crack cocaine, PCP or even embalming fluid.
What is 'laced'.
400
Instead of a good feeling, taking the drug only produces relief.
What is dependence.
500
This area of the brain deals with memory, emotion, hearing and language.
What is the temporal lobe.
500
This term means the teen brain is 'moldable'. It is capable of compensating for damages caused by drug use in one area of the brain by processing signals in another area of the brain.
What is 'plastic'.
500
This chemical found in gasoline, spray paint and computer cleaner can cause permanent brain damage leading to memory loss and hearing and vision impairment.
What is toluene.
500
A single marijuana joint contains as much cancer-causing material as this many tobacco cigarettes.
What is 14 to 16. (acceptable answers are 14,15,16 or 14-16)
500
The drug user's brain cells become more resistant to the effects of the drug.