Drugs (General)
This is the term for any substance, other than food, that changes the way your body or mind works.
What is a drug?
This is the main ingredient in adult drinks that affects the brain and body.
What is ethanol (alcohol)?
Caffeine is an example of this classification.
Stimulants
This term describes when a person’s body or mind feels like it needs a substance to function normally.
What is addiction?
A pipe or syringe are examples of these…
Paraphernalia
People who cannot help but continue to use substances (loss of choice over using) despite negative consequences in their life are diagnosed with…
Substance Use Disorder
(S.U.D.)
(Addiction)
This organ, which helps break down alcohol, can be damaged by drinking too much.
What is the liver?
A.k.a. “Downers,” these slooooooow you down…
Depressants
This type of dependence occurs when the brain craves a drug, even if the body is not physically dependent.
What is psychological dependence?
This term describes the ability to make choices that avoid risky behaviors, like saying no to alcohol or drugs.
What is refusal skills?
Someone consumes more of a drug than their body can handle and suffers a(n) _____.
Overdose
This term refers to feeling pressured by friends or classmates to drink alcohol.
What is peer pressure?
This classification helps with pain and has similar effects as depressants.
Opioids/Opiates
This happens when a person’s body gets used to a drug, so they need more of it to get the same effect.
What is tolerance?
This compound in cannabis is responsible for the “high,”
What is THC
The ____ in cannabis/marijuana products is THC (tetrahydrocannabinol).
Active Ingredient
Drinking alcohol can slow down this body system that controls breathing, thinking, and coordination.
What is the central nervous system?
This classification is also known as “psychedelics” and affect people's’ perception of their 5 senses.
Hallucinogen(ic)s
These uncomfortable symptoms, like nausea or shaking, occur when a person stops using a drug they are physically dependent on.
What is withdrawal?
Long-term heavy use of this substance can cause liver damage, memory problems, and slowed reaction times.
What is alcohol?
This type of drug misuse involves taking a medication in a way not prescribed, such as taking someone else’s prescription or using more than directed.
prescription drug abuse (or misuse)?
In the United States, this is the minimum legal age to purchase or consume alcoholic beverages.
What is 21?
This powerful synthetic opioid, has caused a dramatic increase in overdose deaths in recent years.
What is fentanyl?
This type of dependence happens when the body adapts to a drug and cannot function normally without it.
What is physical dependence?
When someone might be overdosing on fentanyl, this is the first step a bystander should take before anything else.
What is Check if they are Breathing