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Opening Music - Brain Power! Talk about your fine machine.
Brain Power! Makes you thoroughly unique.
With the power to think you can learn anything. Brain Power!
One hundred billion neurons. Hey! You've got a lot of nerve.
Got their own communication. Transmitting information.
It's electrical...
(Corty) Hi kids.
(Corty) Glad to see your all sitting together.
Kind of, at least you're in the same room.
I'm here to bring you the final mission,
and you're all going to work on it together.
(Juan) All right, now we have a neck and neck competition.
(Laticia) This is our chance to shine.
(Juan) I don't think so.
(Corty) I mean all together.
Now the mission is to learn more about addiction.
(Jay) That's too easy.
(Corty) I know you know a little about addiction,
however, this mission will help you answer the question that has been on all of our minds.
(Jay) Who's going to win the competition?
(Corty) No, forget about the competition for a minute.
Learning about addiction will tell us why people continue to use harmful drugs,
even though they know the drugs are bad for them.
Now. Who can describe addiction?
(Beth) Addiction is a disease of the brain that comes from drug use.
(Juan) Good job. (Beth) Yea.
(Corty) How does addiction affect the brain?
(Jay) It affects the neurotransmitters. It changes the way they function,
so messages aren't loud and clear like they should be,
they're garbled like a bad telephone connection.
(Corty) What else do drugs do to the neurotransmitters?
Brain Power kids?
(Beth) I guess we didn't do the mission on neurotransmission, so we're not sure.
(Corty) Right. The other team did, but you aren't talking to them.
Too bad.
Now you do know how addiction affects the brain, right?
(Corty) Ok. Spectacular Science kids,
What can *** do to someone who uses it?
(Beth) *** is a stimulant.
(Jay) We didn't learn about stimulants.
(Corty) Do you know what class of drugs *** is in?
The Brain Power kids did. Hmm. Should've worked together.
I'll bet the Brain Power kids can't tell us what effects inhalants have on the brain.
(Laticia) Inhalants affect the cerebral cortex, the cerebellum and the brain stem.
(Juan) Well, we didn't learn about inhalants.
(Beth) I guess we all kind of missed out because we were so busy competing instead of working together.
(Jay) I wonder if it's too late to try being a team?
(Juan) Well, Beth and I will try if you guys will.
(Laticia) Lets do it.
(Corty) Wohoo! Wohoo!
It took you too long, but now I'm singing my song.
You learned teamwork late, but it was well worth the wait.
So, now lets answer the question we're all asking.
(Juan) Why didn't we try teamwork sooner?
(Beth) No, Juan. I think he means why people continue to use harmful drugs,
even though they know that they are bad for them.
(Laticia) We haven't figured that out yet.
(Corty) Well, lets figure it out now.
We'll start by learning some more about addiction.
Do you know some of the signs of addiction?
One is called tolerance.
The longer someone takes a drug,
the more of the drug they need to get the same feeling from it.
(Corty) Of course, a person is supposed to continue taking drugs
that a doctor prescribes to him or her for medical reasons,
and that person would not be considered addicted to those medicines.
Another sign is compulsive use.
When someone needs to use a drug over and over again,
even if bad things are happening to them...
like with the people they love, or their job, or with the police.
(Corty) And then there is Withdrawal.
Do you know what that is?
(Corty) That's when people need the drug to keep from feeling bad.
With *** for instance, if a user can't get it,
they get depressed and nauseated,
and they feel like they will do anything to get it.
Well, we've learned a lot, but we still have to answer our questions.
So, work together and we'll talk about that when we come back.
[Music]
(Corty) Can I play? Can I play?
(Everybody) No!
(Corty) Well, if you're playing a game,
that must mean you've figured out the answer to our question.
(Juan) I think we did.
(Beth) It seems that people start using drugs for many different reasons.
(Jay) But the reason they keep using them is addiction.
(Laticia) Once someone is addicted to a drug, it is very hard to stop using it,
because addiction makes the brain feel like it needs the drug.
(Beth) Addiction is very serious and very hard to overcome.
(Corty) Very good! Excellent teamwork!
So, can you sum up what you've learned in these six missions?
(Jay) Drugs and addiction mess up the way the brain is supposed to work.
(Beth) And teamwork helps us understand things better than we could on our own.
(Corty) Great work! And now the reward.
(Corty) Spectacular Scientist Club members, I now pronounce you Junior Scientists!
See what happens when you work together as a team?
(Everybody) Teamwork rules!
(Everybody) Bye!
Ending Music - Brain Power! Ok, Brain, show me what you've got.
Oscillation, hesitation, regulation, medication, conjugation, meditation
Revelation
Brain Power! Hey what makes you so smart?
It's the brain, it's the brain, it's the brain. You've got the power!