Alcohol
A drug that is produced by a chemical reaction in fruits, vegetables, and grains.
What is alcohol?
The physical or psychological need for a drug.
What is adiction?
A substance other than food that changes the structure or function of the body or mind.
What is a drug?
Dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant.
What is marijuana?
Other ways of thinking or acting.
A progressive, chronic disease involving a mental and physical need for alcohol.
What is alcoholism?
Medicines that can be sold only with a written order from a physician.
What are prescription medicines?
Partial or total loss of memory.
What is amnesia?
The ability of the body to respond quickly and appropriately to situations.
What is reaction time?
A type of addiction in which the body itself feels a direct need for a drug.
What is physical dependence?
Medicines that are safe enough to be taken without a written order from a physician.
What are over the counter medicines?
Specific drugs that are obtainable only by prescription and are used to relieve pain.
What are narcotics?
A dangerous condition that results when a person drinks excessive amounts of alcohol over a short period of time.
What is alcohol poisoning?
A pattern of drinking that results in one or more well defined behaviors within a 12 month period.
What is alcohol abuse?
Taking or using medicine in a way that is not intended.
What is drug misuse?
A liquid from the poppy plant containing substances that numb the body.
What is opium?
The consumption of a large quantity of alcohol in a very short period of time.
What is binge drinking?
People who create an atmosphere in which the alcoholic can comfortably continue his or her unacceptable behavior.
What are enablers?
Intentionally using drugs in a way that is unhealthy or illegial.
What is drug abuse?
Drugs that speed up activity in the human brain and spinal cord.
What are stimulants?