Drugs 101
This type of drug is often used to treat pain.
What are opioids?
Opioids are commonly given out by doctors to treat pain and are to be used only under a doctor’s prescription.
The lyrics from “Young, Wild & Free” by Snoop Dog and Wiz Khalifa encourage listeners to...“So what we get drunk, so what we smoke weed, we’re just having fun, we don’t care who sees, so what we go out, that’s how it’s supposed to be, living young and wild and free”.
Any of the following are acceptable: What is use illegal substances? What is practice unhealthy drinking behaviors? What is use being young as an excuse to break the law and practice unhealthy behaviors?
This disorder occurs when a person’s use of alcohol or another substance leads to problems at home, school and/or work.
What is Substance Use Disorder?
SUD is also referred to as substance abuse and includes misuse, dependence and addiction and can replace terminology such as “alcoholism.”
True or False: It’s okay to use substances if my parent or guardian provides it to me.
What is false?
If a parent or guardian tries to give you illegal drugs or alcohol, you can refuse.
Heart disease, lung disease, cancer, mental illness, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and addiction or dependency caused by drug use are referred to as this type of health effect...
What are long-term health effects?
This drug causes enhanced sensory perception, euphoria, drowsiness, slowed reaction time, coordination problems, increased heart rate and appetite, problems with learning and memory, hallucinations, anxiety and panic attacks.
What is marijuana?
Marijuana comes in many forms including, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, vapes, pipes, edibles, teas and oils.
The average teen is exposed to drug references in popular music this many times per day.
What is 85 times per day?
This percent of the individuals arrested for a crime tested positive for illegal opioid use at the time of their arrest.
What is 60%?
Additionally, 3% were drinking when they were arrested. Substance abuse can lead to crimes and misbehaviors that can be detrimental to wellbeing.
Permissive parenting, inconsistent and harsh discipline and lack of supervision are categorized as this type of risk factor.
What is a family based risk factor?
Ths drug can cause the following short-term health consequences, increased heart rate and shallow breathing, dizziness and slow reaction time, red eyes and dilated pupils...
What is cannabis or marijuana?
This type of drug can easily be found at home in products such as cleaning supplies.
What are inhalants?
Examples are: gasoline, spray paint, hair spray, and other aerosols and volatile solvents.
Social media advertisements use techniques such as celebrities, humor and pop culture references to encourage this...
What is youth substance use?
Teens who start drinking before the age of 15 are this much more likely to develop alcohol dependence or abuse in their life than those who begin drinking at the age of 21 or older.
What is 5 times?
The brain is not fully developed until the mid-20s, brain function is impacted by early use and can be interpreted in the brain as a need for survival.
This is when an individual over the age of 21 provides alcohol to someone underage.
What is social providing?
This individual can be a parent, older sibling, other family member or adult or even a stranger.
Drugs that cause short-term effects such as slowed breathing, slurred speech, drowsiness, poor concentration and impaired coordination are classified as...
What are depressants?
Examples of this type of drug are cocaine, amphetamine and methamphetamine.
What is a stimulant?
When using a drug like cocaine, the substance interferes with chemical messengers in the brain and locks chemicals like serotonin and dopamine from being reabsorbed in the brain causing the “high” feeling.
How do the images below promote substance use?
Any of the following are acceptable answers: What is fun, celebration, relaxation and romance?
Excessive alcohol consumption contributes to more than this many deaths among youth under the age of 21 in the United States each year.
What is 4,300?
These are aspects of an individual, family or community that make it more likely that a person will experience a problem, such as substance misuse.
What are risk factors?
This is a biological response to when the human body receives too much of a substance or mix of substances.
What is an overdose?
In many cases overdoses are fatal, however if someone who has overdosed is treated in time, they may be saved. If you believe someone has overdosed, call 911 immediately.
When this neurotransmitter is released from the limbic system, it associates a positive experience with drug use and wants more.
What is dopamine?
When dopamine is released it signals for the brain to remember that something important has happened and needs to happen again.
During the 2019 Super Bowl, Anheuser Busch spent this much on 8 commercial advertisements of their products.
What is $34 million? 15% of the 2019 Super Bowl ads focused on alcohol related products. Almost 90% of these advertisements were Anheuser-Busch brands
True or False: If a family member is diagnosed with Substance Use Disorder, because I share genes with them, I will be diagnosed with SUD.
What is false?
Individuals with family members who have SUD have a greater chance of developing an addiction, but this does not determine if someone will develop SUD or not.
T feel good, to relax, to feel grown up, to belong to a friend group and boredom are excuses youth may use to do this...
What is use substances?
Drugs that cause short-term effects such as an increase in energy and alertness, anxiety and panic attacks and an increase in heart rate and blood pressure are classified as...
What are stimulants?