Drug abuse risks: get the facts: take the quiz below, then check the answers to find out facts that can keep you in the know about drug abuse and the disease of addiction.
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From Scholastic and the Scientists of the National Institute on Drug Abuse
1 Teens are more vulnerable to drug addiction.
True or false?
2 A single session of inhaling highly concentrated amounts of inhalant chemicals, including those found in common aerosols, can lead to heart failure and death.
True or false?
3 Abusing drugs can affect your heart and cardiovascular system. Which of the following can result?
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abnormal heart rate
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heart attack
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collapsed veins
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bacterial infections of blood vessels and heart valves
4 Drug abuse, including cigarette smoking, can affect your respiratory system. Which of the following can result?
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bronchitis
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emphysema
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lung cancer
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asthma
5 Drug addiction is a complex disease involving many factors.
True or false?
Answers
1 True. Drug addiction is a "developmental" disease. Recent studies show that the teen brain, parts of which are still developing, is at a greater risk of addiction than a mature brain. The prefrontal cortex is the main part of the brain that people use to make decisions that require judgment and consideration of long-term consequences. Because the prefrontal cortex is still maturing in teens, a brain system that matures earlier--the limbic system--influences a teen's decisions more than it would influence an adult's decisions.
2 True. Inhalants cause toxic chemical vapors to race through the body. A single session of repeatedly inhaling highly concentrated amounts of inhalant chemicals can cause asphyxiation or cardiac arrest, even in a healthy young person. Sudden sniffing death is the name given to this fatal result of inhalant abuse.
3&4 a, b, c, and d. These cardiovascular and respiratory effects can result from many different kinds of drugs when they are...
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