name two substances found in tobacco smoke
what is nicotine and formaldehyde
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
drinking/smoking when pregnant -- what the baby gets when born
Heroin is a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogen?
what is a depressant
Regulatory steps for new prescription drugs
what is
1) preclinical research and development
2) clinical research and development
3) permission to market
4 stages of addiction:
what is experimentation, process to regulate use, daily preoccupation, and final dependence
3 tools to help stop using tobacco
what is Nicotine patches, gum, lozenges
approximate ratio of drunk drivers to sober drivers on he road to midnight
what is 2 to 1
most produced drug in the world today
what is marijuana
antihistamine
what is
-CNS depressant
-often present in allergy medicine or OTC sleep aids
consuming a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time
What is Binge Drinking?
The period of time after quitting in which an ex-smoker's oxygen levels rise back to normal
what is 8 hours
3 negative consequences of undergoing alcohol abuse
what is loss of license, mark on your record, impeded liver development, stunted growth
Methadone was used as a substitute for treating people with a
what is heroin addiction
The primary mind-altering ingredient in marijuana
what is THC
what is escalating drug dose needed, withdrawal symptoms appear if abruptly stopped
What is Physical Dependence?
The number of american teens who light up there first cigarette daily
what is 6,000
approximate number of problem drinkers in the U.S. between the age of 14 & 17
what is 5 million
law that introduced harsher penalties for drug related crimes
what is Drug Free America
Gateway Drug
The idea that drugs, such as marijuana, often lead to the use of more addictive drugs
drug with the highest overdose death rate
What is Fentanyl?
Smoke inhaled by non-smokers
what is second-hand smoking
average % of alcohol in a 1.5 ounce shot of hard alcohol
what is 35-50%
a fluid often used for embalming purposes and put in some drugs
what is formaldehyde
Synesthesia
when one experiences a sensation or image of a sense rather than the one being stimulated
the only way to cure intoxication
what is time