DRUGS
This drug causes the greatest numbers of deaths in our country.
What is tobacco?
This occurs when a person really believes he/she needs the drug.
What is psychological dependence?
This category of drugs causes dizziness and kills brain cells
What are inhalants?
These categories of drugs are powerful painkillers and made from the opium poppy.
What are narcotics?
Any chemical substance that changes the way a person thinks, feels, or acts.
What is a drug?
This is the most popular drug among young people and causes loss of inhibition.
What is ecstasy?
Taking too much of a medicine according to the directions
What are drug misuse?
An example of a drug that is a stimulant.
•What is nicotine?
(caffeine, cocaine)
This is not a symptom of depressants.
•What is increased breathing rate?
(alertness, energy)
These drugs can stunt growth and cause reproductive problems.
What are steroids?
This drug causes the second greatest number of deaths each year.
•What is alcohol?
This is the process of giving up the use of a drug that the body is addicted to.
What is withdrawal?
Smoking affects these 3 parts of the body.
What are the heart, blood vessels and lungs?
Large amounts of alcohol can cause a person to exhibit these three symptoms.
What are lose coordination, have slurred speech, and have slower reactions?
The drug that can cause cirrhosis of the liver.
What is alcohol?
This drug produces mixed effects of stimulants, depressants, and hallucinogens.
What is Marijuana?
When the body adjusts to a drug and needs more to produce the desired effects.
What is tolerance?
These drugs speed up heart rate and increase alertness.
•What are stimulants?
These three food products contain caffeine.
What are chocolate, coffee, tea, soda?
Other symptoms that can occur when a person takes a drug.
What are side effects?
This is known as a “gateway” drug because it can lead to other more dangerous drugs.
What is Marijuana?
This occurs when a person has a chemical need for the drug and needs it to function.
•What is physical dependence?
This category of drugs causes the user to confuse reality with fantasy
•What are hallucinogens?
The deliberate use of a drug for other than its intended purpose.
What is drug abuse?
The two drug categories that produce multiple effects, including the user confusing reality with fantasy.
•What are Marijuana and Ecstasy?