Stages of Change
In this stage, people are taking real steps towards changing an unwanted behavior.
What is Action?
This class of drugs slows down the nervous system causing feeling of relaxation, tiredness, and sometimes euphoria.
What are depressants?
Native to India and central Asia, this type of plant was cultivated in Taiwan at least 3000 years ago.
What is cannabis?
Powdered milk, baking soda, and a powdered form of vitamin B known as inositol have all been used to imitate this drug on the silver screen.
What is cocaine?
This type of liver disease is often caused by viruses which can be spread by several means including unprotected sexual contact and sharing of contaminated needles.
What is hepatitis?
In this stage, people may be considering whether change is necessary or begin to recognize a need for change.
What is Contemplation?
This class of drugs increases activation of the nervous system, causing feelings of alertness, energy, and pleasure.
What are stimulants?
Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia cultivated "the joy plant" as early as 3400 BCE, using it to produce this drug.
What is opium?
In addition to a fear of needles, Yoko Ono has said she and John Lennon were saved from addiction to heroin because their drugs were being cut with this. (DD)
What is baby powder?
First clinically observed in the US in 1981, this virus when left untreated can develop into Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
What is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus?
In this stage, people have sustained change for an extended period of time and are learning to manage the impacts of long-term change.
What is Maintenance?
This class of drugs acts on the brain to create unsual sensory experiences.
What are hallucinogens?
Discovered in 1962 and used as anesthesia during the Vietname War, this drug is now being used to assist in treating mood disorders.
What is Ketamine?
Star of movies such as Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Some Like It Hot, Marilyn Monroe died in 1962 at the age of 36 due to an overdose of this substance.
What are barbiturates?
According to the National Institute for Health, substance abuse is the most commonly reported factor among people who test positive for this infection, known in the 19th century as "consumption."
What is tuberculosis?
In this stage, people may not yet believe they need to change and may deny their behaviors.
What is Pre-Contemplation?
This class of drugs exist in a vapor form at room temperature. (DD)
What are inhalants?
This powerful hallucinogenic drug, derived from ergot fungus (which grows on rye and similar crops), was first synthesized in 1938.
What is lysergic acid diethylamide/LSD?
This former first lady founded a substance abuse treatment center after her own recovery from problems with alcohol and opioids.
Who is Betty Ford?
This type of infection takes advantage of factors such as a suppressed immune system to to take hold.
What is an opportunistic infection?
What is Preparation or Determination?
This class of drugs is easily absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract and binds to four types of receptors in the brain, creating an analgesic effect.
What are opioids?
In 2010, material recovered from a cave in Bolivia provided evidence of this hullucinogenic substance being in use at least 1,000 years ago.
What is ayahuasca?
Fall Out Boy's song "20 Dollar Nosebleed" references this drug, which was the first pharmaceutical to contain amphetamine.
What is benzedrine?
In Adams, Arapahoe, and Douglas counties, free testing for HIV, Hepatitis C, and Syphilis are offered by what organization?
What is the Tri-County Health Department?