Health and Wellness 2

Question 1

Drug

Answer 1

a substance that changes the way a person thinks, feels, and acts.

Question 2

Licit drugs

Answer 2

drugs that are legal such as caffeine and alcohol.

Question 3

Illicit drugs

Answer 3

drugs that are illegal such as heroin and cocaine.

Question 4

OTC (over the counter drugs)

Answer 4

medicines sold directly to a consumer without a percription (Advil, Motrin, claritin)

Question 5

Perscription drugs

Answer 5

drugs that are available only with written instructions from a doctor.

Question 6

Drug misuse

Answer 6

use of drugs in a way in which they were not intended to be used.

Question 7

Drug abuse

Answer 7

compulsive use of drugs leading to addiction.

Question 8

Factors that determine how a drug will affect a user

Answer 8

+the drug itself
+the individual user
+the user’s tolerance
+the mood or attitude of the user
+the setting or environment

Question 9

what # is the percentage of people that started taking drugs in their teens?

Answer 9

90%

Question 10

_____ are at greater risk of drug abuse and addiction.

Answer 10

teens

Question 11

_____ are twice as likely to have problems with drugs

Answer 11

men

Question 12

drug addiction is ___ common in some families than others.

Answer 12

more**

Question 13

mental illness

Answer 13

using drugs can be a way of coping with these painful feelings.

Question 14

lack of family involvement

Answer 14

may increase the risk of addiction.

Question 15

peer pressure

Answer 15

a strong factor in starting to use and abuse drugs.

Question 16

taking a highly addictive drug

Answer 16

causes faster addictions than others.

Question 17

The nervous system

Answer 17

is your body’s control center
consists of the brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

Question 18

neurons

Answer 18

the building blocks of our nervous system,
transmits messages throughout our body, helps with all the senses.

Question 19

neurotransmitters

Answer 19

chemicals in the brain that carry messages from one neuron to the next.

Question 20

dopamine

Answer 20

feelings of pleassure

Question 21

seritonin

Answer 21

mood

Question 22

how drugs work in the brain

Answer 22

drugs tap into the brains communication system and interfere with the way neurons normally send, receive, and process info.

Question 23

why are drugs so addictive

Answer 23

because they produce insanely large amounts of dopamine/pleasure.

Question 24

how drugs can change our brain

Answer 24

it makes our brain produce less dopamine.

Question 25

cognitive effects of drug use in teens

Answer 25

+the ability to expierience pleasure and reward
+emotional development
+memory and learning new things
+motivation

Question 26

prefrontal cortex

Answer 26

cognative functions and impulse control + reasoning