Consequences of addiction
This lesson will focus on the consequences of addiction and how this can affect people with an addiction.
Consequences of addiction
This lesson will focus on the consequences of addiction and how this can affect people with an addiction.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Risk taking
- Isolation
- Chaotic lifestyle/finances
Content guidance
- Contains distressing content.
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
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5 Questions
Q1.
Which of the following is not a short-term negative effect of marijuana use?
Distorted sense of sight.
Elevated heart rate.
Increased risk of injury.
Q2.
Which of the following signs of addiction do most marijuana abusers not suffer?
Compulsive drug craving and drug seeking
Continued use despite negative consequences in life
Increased tolerance (the need for more and more to feel the same effect)
Q3.
Why is increasing tolerance to alcohol a problem?
It isn’t a problem.
It leads to more DUI arrests.
People’s friends become more obnoxious with higher tolerance.
Q4.
How does a family history of alcoholism affect someone’s risk of being an alcoholic?
Children of alcoholics cannot drink at all or they will become alcoholics.
Genes can cause vulnerability to alcoholism.
Growing up in a home with alcoholics can cause vulnerability to alcoholism even in adopted children.
There is no added risk of alcoholism to children of alcoholics.
Q5.
Which essential body organ suffers the most life-threatening damage from alcohol?
Heart
Kidneys
Lungs
5 Questions
Q1.
Addiction causes a lack of control over thoughts, feelings, ideas, and behaviours.
False
Q2.
Addiction involves an excessive
Amount of debt or financial problems.
Risk of losing one's job or failing out of school.
Tolerance for alcohol or drugs.
Q3.
People are addicted when they keep using a drug even when it causes problems in their life.
False
Q4.
Which of the following is not true? People who are addicted to drugs…
Crave drugs all the time.
Might think and act differently.
Q5.
How can opioid addiction can affect your life?
If you stop taking opioids all of a sudden, it can make you feel calm and happy.
It can have short-term effects but not long-term effects on your health.