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| Which drug is one of the most potent mood and perception altering hallucinogenic drugs |
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| LSD (d-lysergic acid diethylamide) |
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| How did the opioid epidemic begin |
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| The first was began with increased prescribing of opioids in the 1990s |
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| Which neurotransmitter is released to get the brain to repeat pleasurable activities? |
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| ..a treatable, chronic medical disease involving complex interactions among brain circuits, genetics, the environment , and an individuals' life experiences. |
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| ... a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body. |
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| Almost all drugs work in the brain bny attaching to a (fill in) that the brain uses for regular neurotransmitters. |
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| A diverse group of drugs that alter perception, thoughts, and feelings. |
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| Which drug causes a spill of dopamine and norepinephrine wherever it's available to be released. |
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| Which type of drug is considered the most effective form of pain relief available to medicine and is available in many forms for use from inpatient surgery to outpatient pain relief? |
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| NSAIDs.... Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs |
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| Which dissociative drug was originally developed in the 1950's as a general anesthetic for surgery and today it is illegal and is snorted, smoked, injected, or swallowed? |
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| Studies show that high levels of marijuana use in early adolescence may be associated with what psychological effects later in life? |
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| Increased risk of developing depression and suicidal behavior |
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| What are bingeing and tweaking? |
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Bingeing... ingesting high levels of alcohol
Tweaking....a set of symptoms that many people experience after a meth binge |
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| Which drug is a cannabinoid? |
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| True / false: Drug exposure as a teen can lead to long-term changes in the brain and behavior. |
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| Which drug prevents the reuptake of dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine where it is being released (blocking the reuptake receptor)? |
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| Methylphenidate (Ritalin) |
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| Which opioid has no valid medical use? |
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| Dopamine is responsible for allowing you to feel pleasure, satisfaction and motivation |
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| What is the main chemical in marijuana that makes someone high and how long dies it stay in the body? |
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| THC... can stay in the body for several days or even weeks |
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| What drug is approved by the FDA to treat opioid addiction? |
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| There are 3 drugs approved by the FDA for the treatment of opioid dependence... buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone |
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| True / False: The withdrawal symptoms for all illegal and dangerous drugs are exactly the same. |
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| True / False: Drugs that inhibit breathing or interfere with normal heart rhythm are most likely to be lethal. |
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| Alcohol passes through (fill in the blank) cord to the baby. |
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| Tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, and e-cigarettes, contain an addictive substance called (fill in the blank).. |
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| True / False: If drinking the same amount of alcohol, a person with higher body fat tends to have a higher Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) than someone with more muscle |
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| True... Fat absorbs less alcohol from the blood so the more muscular person will have a lower BAC |
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| The capacity to endure continued subjection to something, especially a drug, transplant, antigen, or environmental conditions without adverse reaction. |
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| Do all brains react the same way to drugs? |
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| Drugs interfere with the way neurons send, receive, and process signals via neurotransmitters. |
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| How are hallucinogenic drugs typically used? |
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| Hallucinogens are typically used orally, but also can be smoked. |
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| Which drugs affect the brain's dopamine receptors? |
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| Drugs most commonly abused by humans (including opiates, alcohol, nicotine, amphetamines, and cocaine) create a neurochemical reaction that significantly increases the amount of dopamine that is released by neurons in the brain's reward center. |
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| How does marijuana affect a person? |
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| When you smoke marijuana, THC goes from your lungs to your bloodstream and then makes its way to your brain. |
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| Why are adolescents more at risk for developing an addiction to drugs? |
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| Because their brains are not fully developed, and because they cannot fully reason their decisions, teenagers are more prone to develop a substance use disorder and to develop it much more quickly than adults. |
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| Which drugs block pain messages sent from the body to the brain, which is why they are prescribed for serious injuries or illnesses? |
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| Opiates, painkillers or narcotics work similarly: They activate an area of nerve cells in the brain and body called opioid receptors that block pain signals between the brain and the body. |
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| Which drugs are classified as stimulants? |
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Stimulants are a class of drugs that speed up messages travelling between the brain and body. They can make a person feel more awake, alert, confident or energetic.1
Stimulants include caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines and cocaine. Large doses can cause over-stimulation, resulting in anxiety, panic, seizures, headaches, stomach cramps, aggression and paranoia. Long-term use of strong stimulants can have adverse effects |
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| What influences the intensity of the psychological effects of stimulants on the brain? |
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| The higher the substance dose, the greater the individual's feelings of wakefulness, mania, and euphoria. |
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