Vocabulary
taking or using medicine in a way that is not intended
What is drug misuse?
True of False? Drug use does not effect height and weight
What is False
Drugs that are made and used purely for their effect
What are illegal drugs?
Stages of Substance Abuse
1. Experimentation 2. Regular Use 3. Tolerance 4. Dependence 5. ???
What is addiction?
Drugs that make people feel relaxed in a social setting?
Examples: ecstasy, rohyphnol, ketamine
What are club drugs?
Intentionally using drugs in a way that is unhealthful or illegal
What is drug abuse?
Someone who uses drugs may steal the drugs or steal the money to buy drugs
What is drug use and crime?
swallowed, snorted up the nose, injected, smoked
What are modes of usage/ways drugs are taken?
Pot, tree
What is marijuana?
Drugs that distort moods, thoughts, and sense
Examples: acid, shrooms, angel dust
What are Hallucinogens?
A substance other than food that changes the structure or function of the body or mind?
Prevent or cure illnesses or treat symptoms
What is medicine?
1. The buying or selling drugs
2. Someone who has or keeps illegal drugs
1. What is drug trafficking?
2. What is drug possession?
Acid, white lightning
Drugs that get rid of pain and dull the senses?
Examples: heroin, morphine, oxycodone (Percocet),
What are narcotics?
True or False: All drugs are medicine
What is False?
True or False: All medicine are drugs
A person using more drugs than they meant to take
What is loss of control/overdose?
Crank, speed, ice
What is methamphetamine?
Causes the heart to beat faster, blood pressure and metabolism will also rise
Examples: cocaine, crack, methamphetamine, caffeine
What are stimulants?
A 1000-yard distance around a school where anyone caught with drugs may be arrested
What is a drug free zone?
Medicine that can be bought at a store without a prescription
What is Over The Counter (OTC) medicine
What is a prescription?
Dust, snow, flake, blow, girl
What is cocaine?
Slows down the body's functions and reactions including heart and breathing rates
Examples: Alcohol, Benzodiazepines (Xanax, Valium)
What are depressants?