INHALANT EDUCATION
Substances which produce chemical vapors which can be inhaled by people to create a hallucinogenic, or mind-altering effects are called this.
Inhalants
Cocaine comes from this plant.
When a person returns to drug use after an extended period of sobriety, they usually have a reduced _____ to the drug.
Tolerance
One drink of alcohol is equal to one 12 oz. can of beer, one 1.5 oz. shot of distilled spirits, or one ___ oz. glass of wine.
5 oz.
This is the chemical in alcohol.
Ethanol
The four categories of inhalants are volatile solvents, gases, nitrites, and this.
Aerosols
Cocaine produces its pleasurable effects primarily by causing an excess of this in the brain.
Dopamine
Between 40 and _____ percent of drug addicts relapse at some point.
60 percent
This organ filters the body's blood and is responsible for the metabolizing alcohol.
Liver
This chemical in the brain is responsible for making a person feel "good."
Dopamine
This refers to sniffing or inhaling fumes from the inhalants inside a paper or plastic bag.
Bagging
John Pemberton included coca leaves in this product.
Coca-Cola
The stages of relapse include mental, physical and this.
Emotional
Liver disease caused by alcohol abuse is called this.
Cirrhosis
TRUE OR FALSE
Dealers often mix cocaine powder with things like cornstarch, talcum powder, or flour to increase profits.
TRUE
This refers to putting a rag soaked with an inhalant over your mouth/nose and breathing in the fumes.
Huffing
Cocaine can be snorted, used orally, injected, and this.
Smoked
When individuals start to plan scenarios in which it would be acceptable to use.
Bargaining
It typically takes the liver this long to metabolize one drink of alcohol.
One hour
This chemical in the brain is responsible for regulating sleep.
Serotonin
Once someone ingests an inhalant, the chemicals from the inhalant are rapidly absorbed into their _____.
Bloodstream
This inventor was an early supporter of cocaine use.
Thomas Edison
Bottling up emotions, isolating, not going to meetings, going to meetings but focusing on other people's problems are signs of this stage of relapse.
Emotional
Vomiting and passing out are symptoms of this.
Alcohol poisoning or overdose
When a person using inhalants is surprised or startled, their body can release a hormone which can cause a heart attack and death. This is called ______.
Sudden Sniffing Death