Substance Abuse Disorder
It is a complex condition that involves a problematic pattern of substances that hurt you.
What is substance abuse.
Places, things, or people that affect something.
What are influences?
Marijuana, Alcohol, and Nicotine
What are the drugs most used by teenagers.
It is a substance that is smoked and can cause hallucinations and sometimes a loss of identity.
What is Marijuana?
A "mental" therapy commonly used in substance abuse.
What is Psychotherapy?
They are drugs that have addiction potential.
What are substances.
The edging to do something from people around them (usually fellow teens)
What is peer pressure in teens?
Mood, activity, and memory changes.
What are the main signs that a young person is abusing drugs.
This substance is legal in all 50 states if you are above the age of 21.
What is alcohol.
A program or facility designed to treat substance abuse or other addictions.
What is rehab?
All ages can be affected by it.
What are the ages that substance abuse disorder affects.
Parents who do drugs.
What are the main ways that most teenagers get the drugs they use (self reported).
Supervision in school from teachers and out of school from parents.
What are the best ways to stop Substance Abuse (S.A.) from forming in teens.
It's a substance commonly brought up from Mexico.
What is Fentanyl.
The symptoms that a person "cutting back" on the use of substances may get.
What is withdrawal?
About 20% of people in the U.S. have this because of substance abuse.
What is depression.
Internal Influences
What is the thing that causes teens to continue to use drugs after their first hit?
They make you less affected by "happy chemicals"`
How do drugs affect your brain.
These substances are often abused by teenagers whom think they don't do real damage.
What are nicotine products?
The number to call in a substance related crisis
What is 988?
Low self esteem/failure, bullying, bad influences
What are the major risk factors for Substance Abuse Disorder in teenagers?
When someone uses non prescribed drugs to get/feel better.
What is self medication?
People, places, or things the abuser abused drugs with or in.
What are triggers to Substance Abuse?
Painkiller drugs often administered in wartime.
What are Opiods?
Something described, often small amounts of drugs, meant to treat substance abuse.
What is medication?