Symptoms
A strong desire or urge to use a substance
What is a craving?
A kind of depression that is caused by using alcohol, drugs, or medications
What is substance-induced mood or depressive disorder?
This drug is often classified as a depressant, although it also has stimulant and hallucinogenic properties.
What is marijuana
Common Side Effects can include altered senses, mood changes, difficulty thinking, and impaired memory. In high doses, it can lead to hallucinations, psychosis, and delusions.
What is marijuana?
This is the only addiction related diagnosis not relating to a substance
What is gambling disorder?
Increased amounts of the substance are consumed to achieve the desired effect.
What is tolerance?
4 or 5 criteria would indicate this level of substance use disorder
What is moderate?
This drug is classified as a stimulant. It increases activity in the brain and temporarily elevates mood, alertness, and energy levels.
What is cocaine?
This drug has the most dangerous and life-threatening withdrawal symptoms
What is alcohol?
This is the median age range of substance use disorder onset
Continued substance use despite this...
What are negative affects at work, home, or school
This diagnosis would be used for someone experiencing the immediate affects of marijuana
What is marijuana intoxication?
The majority (80%) of people who use this substance started by using prescription drugs
What is heroin?
The pleasurable effects of this drug include:
What is methamphetamine?
This type of drug is often called "Molly"
What is ecstasy or MDMA?
The number of symptoms needed to diagnose a severe substance use disorder
What is 6 or more?
These are the two categories of substance related disorders
What are substance induced disorders and substance use disorders
Some people believe that taking this substance leads to new insights
What are hallucinogens?
While this drug can produce short-term feelings of euphoria, it also comes with a number of side effects including decreased appetite, paranoia, extreme sensitivity, irritability, headaches, mood changes, and an increased risk of stroke and heart attack.
What is cocaine?
This drug is often added to Heroin, frequently making it more fatal
What is fentanyl?
Emotional and physical reaction to ceasing the use of a substance.
What is withdrawal?
This is change in someone's state of consciousness, which significantly disrupts their attention and awareness, and ability to process information about the world around them
What is delirium?
The complete name for this drug is Methylenedioxymethamphetamine
What is MDMA or ecstasy?
Side effects for this drug include feelings of mental stimulation, decreased anxiety, and enhanced sensory perception. Other effects include nausea, blurred vision, rapid breathing, increased heart rate, and involuntary teeth clenching
What is ecstasy or MDMA
This drug is considered to be the greatest drug threat to the New Orleans area
What is heroin?