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A chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry |
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What are some of the characteristics of an addict? |
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Uncontrollable compulsion to engage in the behavior Loss of pleasure Poor impulse control Low stress tolerance Psychiatric disorders |
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A chemical substance that alters the body physically or mentally for a non-nutritional purpose |
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What is the difference between drug use, misuse, and abuse? |
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Drug use: using prescribed medication properly Drug Misuse: The inappropriate use of a legal drug either for a reason for which it was not intended or by a person without a prescription Drug Abuse: The use (often excessive) of any legal or illegal drug in a way that is detrimental to your health |
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What are the different classes of drugs? |
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Cannabis: Marijuana Stimulants: Meth, Coke Hallucinogens: LSD, PCP Club Drugs: MDMA (ecstasy), Rohypnol (roofies) Inhalants: Paint thinner, glue Depressants: Barbiturates Opioids: Heroin, Oxycodone |
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What does it mean to build tolerance to something? |
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Reduced sensitivity to a drug so that increased amounts are needed to achieve the usual effect |
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What are the different ways in which a drug can be administered? |
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Ingestion Injection (subcutaneous is under skin, intramuscular is in muscle, intravenous is in veins) Inhalation Mucus absorption (chewing tobacco, coke) Topical administration (nicotine patch) |
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What are different types of high-risk drinking behaviors? |
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Underage Drinking Pre-Gaming Binge Drinking (a pattern of drinking alcohol that results in a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or above) Heavy Drinking (5 or more drinks on same occasion on 5 or more days in 30 day period) |
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What are the 5 sub types of alcoholic? |
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The young adult sub type
The young antisocial type
The functional sub type
The intermediate family sub type
The chronic sever sub type |
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How are drugs metabolized by the body? |
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The organs involved in metabolizing drugs are the same organs that break down and eliminate nutritional waste |
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What are the symptoms of alcohol poisoning? |
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Depression of the central nervous system slowed breathing slowed heart rate compromised gag reflex mental confusion vomiting seizures slow or irregular breathing low body temp pale or blue-ish skin color |
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What is our BAC? How is it measured? |
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Blood Alcohol concentration is the amount of alcohol present in the blood, measured in grams of alcohol per deciliter of blood |
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Long term effects of heavy drinking? |
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-Inreased risk for cancer (liver, breast, esophogus, mouth, larynx, throat) -Raised Blood triglyceride level and other heart ailments -Weight gain -Nutritional deficits -Brain damage -Impaired learning ability -Fatty liver -Alcoholic hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) -Alcoholic cirrhosis (the liver is subjected to alcohol a lot over many years and the liver cells cease to function and are replaced by scar tissue) -Fetal alcohol syndrome (mental and physical birth defects found in children whose mothers drank excessively during pregnancy) |
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Why is tobacco so addicting? |
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It contains Nicotine a highly addictive drug that triggers the brain to release dopamine which gives the feeling of pleasure |
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What are the short-term effects of smoking? |
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-Increased heart rate and blood pressure -Shortness of breath and reduction in stamina -Coughing -Heightened alertness -Decreased skin temperature -Increased blood glucose -Dulled sense of smell and taste |
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What are the long-term effects of smoking? (The answers include the diseases that are caused by chronic smoking) |
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-Cancer -Coronary Heart Disease -Stroke -Abnormal Aortic Aneurysm -Smokers cough -Reduced lung function and capacity -Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and chronic asthmatic bronchitis) -Periodontal disease -Vision impairment -Bone probz -Advanced skin aging |
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What types of smoke can somebody be exposed to, and how are they different? |
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-Secondhand smoke (environmental tobacco smoke): the smoke nonsmokers are exposed to when someone has been smoking nearby; a combination of sidestream smoke and mainstream smoke -Sidestream smoke: smoke emanating from the burning end of a cigarette or pipe -Mainstream smoke: smoke exhaled from the lungs of smokers -Thirdhand smoke: deposits of toxic chemicals generated from smoking that build up on environmental surfaces |
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