Marijuana
Two short term effects of marijuana use.
What are...short term memory loss, impaired vision, impaired coordination, dry mouth, delayed response time?
What is alcohol?
What happens when the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects?
What is tolerance?
Another name for marijuana.
what is weed, pot, cannabis... ?
This drug can cause muscle size to increase, a terrible temper, it can shrink male genitals and increase risk for certain types of cancer.
What is steroids?
What is an unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of a drug?
What is a side effect?
Length of time marijuana remains in your system.
What is one month or more?
This powerful stimulant used to be an ingredient in Coca Cola.
What is cocaine?
What are two types of drug dependence?
What is 1. physical dependence is when someone develops a tolerance for a drug or shows withdrawal symptoms without it 2. Psychological dependence is a strong emotional desire to continue using a drug.
the psychoactive chemical in marijuana.
What is THC?
A substance that when ingested or applied to the body, changes the way a person feels or functions.
What is a drug?
What are the four ways in which drugs enter the body?
What is by mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption ?
The hormone that smoking a lot of marijuana increases production of in men (causes slowing of facial hair growth, and increases breast production in men).
What is estrogen?
Amphetamines are found in what?
What are ADHD/ADD stimulants
Name two factors that can determine the effects a drug might have on the mind and body.
What is ...1.The way the drug enters the body 2.The dose or amount of a drug taken at one time 3.The weight, age, and health status of the person 4.The emotional state of the person 5.Whether the person is taking more than one drug at the same time.