Having five or more drinks for men or four or more drinks for women in one sitting is called this
Binge Drinking
The ingredient in marijuana that makes a person feel "high"
THC
The legal drinking age in the United States
Where teens mostly get the prescription drugs they misuse
Friends and relatives
What happens when the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and large amounts to produce the same effects?
Tolerance
A twelve ounce beer, a five ounce glass of wine, or an ounce and a half of hard liquor is called this
Marijuana affects your ability to learn by decreasing your ability to do this.
Concentrate and remember
It is against the law in all 50 states to sell cigarettes to anyone under the age of what?
18
They can make a person feel relaxed, sleepy, and uncoordinated
Depressants (ex. alcohol, benzos, cannabis, opioids)
What is an unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of a drug?
Side Effect
These three factors affect your blood alcohol level.
Time, weight, and gender
It can take your brain this long to return to normal after imbibing marijuana
Up to three weeks
Among Americans aged 12 years and older how many are current illegal drug users
31.9 million (11.7%)
They have effects similar to cocaine when misused
Stimulants (ex. cocaine, meth, MDMA, nicotine)
What are two types of drug dependence?
Physical dependence and Psychological dependence
Which organ is affected the most by drinking alcohol
The liver
It's made in a lab to look like marijuana, but it isn't
Synthetic cannabinoids (K2/Spice), also known as herbal or liquid incense
What is the term used when someone uses an illegal drug or intentionally misuses a prescription or OTC drug?
Drug Abuse
Legal drugs closely related to heroin
Prescription pain medications, opioids (ex. oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, fentanyl)
What are the four ways in which drugs enter the body?
By mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption
Alcohol gets into the blood stream within a few _____?
Minutes
It has increased in potency over the past few decades
The amount of THC in marijuana
The highly variable group of birth defects including mental retardation, deficient growth, and malformations of the skull and face that tend to occur in the offspring of women who consume large amounts of alcohol during pregnancy is called this:
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
These three drugs are the most dangerous to withdraw from and can result in death if not properly managed (name at least one)
Alcohol, Benzodiazepines, Opioids
Dopamine