cigarettes
Your _____ can be very badly affected by smoking
What are lungs?
When someone is affected by alcohol to the extent of losing control of one's faculties or behavior.
What is drunk?
This many people die directly from marijuana per year
What is zero?
The most commonly used depressant
What is alchohol?
The fastest growing drug problem in the U.S. today
What is prescription drug abuse?
Smoke inhaled involuntarily from tobacco being smoked by others
What is secondhand smoke?
Only ____ rids the body of alcohol
What is time?
Marijuana rolled in paper
What is a joint?
cigarettes and marijuana joints are sometimes laced with this hallucinogen
What is angel dust/PCP?
The most abused prescription drug
What is opioids?
The residue of the smoke that remains on all surfaces.
What is thirdhand smoke?
The ____ breaks down alcohol once it enters the bloodstream
What is the liver?
Marijuana's affect on the eyes
What is bloodshot?
This drug is made up of morphine
What is heroin?
Resources of the healthcare system devoted to prescription abuse
Doctors, Public Health Nurses and Social Workers
This chemical found in cigarettes is also found in car exhaust.
What is carbon monoxide?
Alcohol percent in bloodstream needed to not be able to drive
.08 percent
Mental effects of marijuana
What is memory loss/anxiety/paranoia?
Metal in cigarette smoke that is found in equal concentration in e-cig vapor
What is lead?
What are some high-risk population groups for abusing medical drugs
People 18-25, Males, Middle-aged adults, Whites, Native Americans, and Alaska natives
After laws were passed banning smoking in bars and restaurants there was a large decline within a couple of months in which of the following?
a) Lung cancer rates
b) Pneumonia requiring hospital admission
c) Heart attacks
d) Colds and flu in restaurant workers
What is it c) Heart attacks
Percent of adults 18+ addicted to alcohol
1. less than 50%
2. greater than 50%
What is 51.5%? or greater than 50%
Things marijuana helps
What is depression/PTSD/chronic pain/cancer/social anxiety/epilepsy?
Ephedrine, drain cleaner, pencil lead, battery acid, and antifreeze are common ingredients in this very addictive stimulant.
What is meth?
In 2014 __ ______ Americans abused or were dependent on prescription opioids
1. less than 2 million
2. greater than 2 million
What is 2.1 million?