Drug Terms
A substance that can change or alter a persons mood.
What is a drug?
Tommy just drank a bottle of tequila. He is experiencing a slowed heart rate and breathing. What type of drug did he take?
A depressant.
A disease one may develop from drug usage, even just one time, that causes them to become hooked on it.
What is addiction?
A method of consumption in which you shoot the drug directly into a vein through a syringe.
What is injection?
Your heart is apart of this body system.
Cardiovascular system.
A drug category that causes an increased heart rate and hyperactivity.
What is a stimulant?
Michael has been using percocets since he was 17. He is now 32. His amount of pills needed to get the same effect is increasing. This is because his _____ increased.
What is tolerance?
Commonly characterized by irritation, depression, anxiety, a lack of sleep, and possibly schizophrenia and death.
What are withdrawal symptoms?
A method of injection in which the drug is burnt/vaporized and the user inhales the vapors.
What is inhalation?
This part includes your brain and is control of bringing The things you experience to your brain.
What is the nervous system?
A drug category that causes a slower heart rate and breathing.
What is a depressant?
Tina has been using heavy drugs for 5 years now. When she goes to rehab, her body cannot function without it because of its ______.
What is Codependence?
Effects you feel quickly after using a drug.
Short term effects.
When a drug is swallowed orally through and processed through the digestive system.
What is ingestion?
This body system is what carries the drug in your blood through your system.
What is your cardiovascular system?
The effect of a combination of two substances that have similar effects.
Synergistic Effect
Devin gets “the shakes” and becomes incredibly irritable when he goes without a drink for an extended period of time. He is experiencing _______.
What are Withdrawals?
Effects you feel after several usages of a drug over an extended period of time.
Long term effects.
What is it called when a drug is taken into the body through blood?
what is absorption?
This body system is focused on removing the drug from your system.
What is your digestive system?
A drug that can cause you to see or hear things that do not actually exist.
Hallucinogen
Flora injects heroin at 6:30 pm. At 7:15, she starts drinking heavily. This is incredibly dangerous because of the ______.
What is the synergistic effect?
The neurotransmitter that may become depleted due to drug usage, which is commonly associated with good feelings.
What is dopamine?
When a drug is removed from the bodys system through various methods.
What is excretion?
Your brain is apart of this specific nervous system.
What is the Central Nervous System?