Addiction Web Quest
This web quest is
designed to provide you with information about drugs and addiction. Addiction is a physiological or psychological dependence on a drug. Please go through this worksheet and answer
all questions. You can type your responses
right on this sheet and then print them.
After they are graded, they will serve as your notes for addiction.
Please
go to the Learn Genetics website on addiction at
Click
on the bold link that says, http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/rewardbehavior/
Listen
to the ten slides on the “Reward Pathway”
What is the central
job of the reward pathway?
What chemical, when
released, gives you a feeling of pleasure?
Return
to the The New Science of Addiction homepage by clicking “back” on your browser.
Then click on http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/delivery/ and explore the different ways drugs enter
the body.
Do different delivery
methods effect a drugs addictive properties? Why or why not?
What is the quickest
way a drug can enter the body? What is the second fastest?
How does delivery
method effect treatment of addiction?
Go
Back and then click on http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/abuse/
This
section provides a brief overview to many drugs that can be abused, as well as
their effects on the human body.
Please
select three drugs and provide the following information:
Write
down the three different drugs in the chart below. In the columns provided, write down three examples of the drug or three
slang words for each drug, information
on how the drug is taken, and two
effects on the human body from taking the drug. In the last column, list a random fun fact of your choosing.
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Drug
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Examples/Slang
Words
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How
is this drug taken?
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Effects
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Fun
Fact
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Alcohol
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Beer,
wine, liquor
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By
drinking
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Loss of
coordination, nausea, vomiting.
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Go
back or click on http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/adolescent/
The
Adolescent brain.
Why are teens more
likely to become addicted if they try drugs at a younger age? Explain.
What is the difference
between the rate of becoming addicted to alcohol if a person starts drinking at
21 or 13?
What percentage of
smokers started before the age of 18?
Go
back or click on http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/mouse/
Click
on the “Explore! Mouse Party!”. Read the
note on the bottom of the screen. Read
the instructions and click the “Play” button. Select a mouse and write a brief summary of
how the drug in their system affects their body and their brain.
Drugs
Take the test. Record your score here _____________.
Take the test. Record your score here_____________.
Alcohol
Take the quiz. Record your score here____________.
Marijuana
Take the quiz. Record your score here_____________.
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