The Continuum of Use/Process of Addiction | MARIJUANA | ALCOHOL | ECSTASY | COCAINE/CRACK |
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What is the Experimental Stage
The stage that youth may use drugs, but their curiosity is met and they do not continue to use
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What is THC
Chemical in cannabis that creates the “high”
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What is the Depressant Category
Category of this drug, which slows brain and body functions
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What is the "Love Pill"
Other name given to this drug due to it enhancing senses of touch, but this false sense of affection is misleading and emotionally damaging
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What is Crack Cocaine
Product that is more concentrated than cocaine and has potent effects; otherwise known to be highly addictive
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What is the Central Nervous System
The body's control centre
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What is the Hallucinogen Category
Category of this drug, which distorts one's mind and perception of world around them
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What is the Stomach
Alcohol passes through this organ into the blood, which goes to brain and other body parts within minutes. Hint: Food slows down this process
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What is "Crashes"
When Ecstasy wears off, a user does this and becomes depressed and often uses other drugs to cope
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What is the "Fight or Flight" response
Drug mimics this response because it increases users' heart rate and blood pressure, and heightens senses to make one more alert and “ready to go”
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What are Depressants
Drugs that "slow you down"
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What is a "joint"
Five cigarettes are known to equal one of "these"
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What are Mocktails
Healthy beverages that do not contain alcohol and are healthy alternatives to drinking alcohol
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What is the Stimulant Category
Other category of this drug, NOT the Hallucinogen category
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What is the Coca Plant
Cocaine is taken from this plant
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What is the Abuse Stage
The stage that individuals lose control over the use of substances; therefore the substance controls individuals
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What is Hash
Product that is more concentrated than marijuana; otherwise known to have more THC
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What is "Binge Drinking"
Process of drinking large amounts of alcohol with the intention of becoming intoxicated over a short period of time
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What is Euphoria
Mental and emotional condition (intense feelings of well-being, happiness, and excitement) that this drug causes
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What is Withdrawal
Condition that causes painful symptoms to occur upon the discontinuation or decrease in intake of drugs
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What are Stimulants
Drugs that "speed you up"
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What is the brain
Marijuana is known to damage "the walls" of this organ by 400x
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What is the Liver
Organ that breaks down alcohol and abusing alcohol can cause this organ to get a disease and fail
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What is MDMA
Name that is abbreviated and refers to the chemical name (Methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine) of Ecstasy
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What is Dopamine
Brain chemical that causes an individual to feel a "sense of reward"
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