Addiction and Drugs

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What neurotransmitter floods the brain during addiction?

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Dopamine

Front

Higher dose of something needed to produce desired effect is called

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Tolerance

Front

The physiological response caused by the abrupt cessation of a addiction is

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Withdrawal

Front

Long term effects of marijuana use include: Lower IQ, Impaired Memory, Poor Decision Making.

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All are effects

Front

Drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions are called

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stimulants

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most addictive drug (hardest to quit)

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heroin

Front

Most commonly abused drug in America

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Alcohol

Front

Resuming the use of a drug after a period of not using the drug

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Relapse

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A drug that slows down heart rate and breathing rate

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Depressant

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A drug that makes a person see or hear things that aren’t really there

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Hallucinogen