Alcohol
Which classification of drug does alcohol belong to?
Depressant
What is the highly addictive drug in cigarettes, cigars and most vapes?
Nicotine
This classification of drug speeds up the central nervous system and the body.
Stimulant
DWI
When the brain develops a chemical need for a drug and cannot function normally without it.
Dependence
People who can no longer control their use of alcohol suffer from this disease.
Alcoholism
Nicotine
This classification of drug slows down the central nervous system and the body.
Depressant
In NYS a person can be charged with a DWI if their Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) is above what number?
.08
Compulsive drug craving and use, despite adverse consequences.
Addiction
Consumption of excessive amounts of alcohol at one sitting.
Binge Drinking
Stimulant
This classification includes drugs that distort perception, thought and mood. These drugs overload the brain with sensory information, causing a distorted sense of reality.
Hallucinogens
True of False It is against the law if someone is found with a prescription medication that has not been prescribed to them?
True
Unpleasant physical reactions, combined with intense drug cravings, that occur when a person abstains from a drug on which he or she is physically dependent.
Withdrawal
This is the only thing that will sober a person up.
Time
True of False Vaping increases the chance that a user will eventually smoke cigarettes
True
People are said to have developed this if they needs more and more of a drug to get the same results.
Tolerance
The legal age for someone to purchase alcohol, tobacco or vapes is what age in NYS?
21
Lung disorder in which damaged "avoli" in the lungs can no longer take in oxygen and eliminate carbon dioxide.
Emphysema
This is the minimum amount of time needed for the body to metabolize or breakdown one alcoholic drink.
1 hour
This type of smoke comes off of a burning end of a cigarette and is exhaled from the mouth.
Secondhand smoke
The combined effect of two or more drugs is greater than the effect of each drug alone is the definition of which of the following.
Withdrawal
Synergistic effect
Addiction
Synergistic effect
This law protects people who call 911 in emergency situations from possible legal action that may arise as a result of their requesting emergency assistance for themselves or others if an overdose is suspected.
Medical Amnesty Protection or Good Samaritan Law
Rapid, uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells.
Cancer