Alcohol
What is BAC?
Blood Alcohol Content represents the percentage of alcohol to blood.
What is the colorless, odorless, highly addictive drug found in tobacco?
Nicotine
What happens when the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects?
Tolerance
Why do teens like to debate Marijuana use and other drugs???
Free answer
What is legal drinking age in Texas?
21 years old
The legal limit in TX. is a BAC of what?
.08%
Is nicotine a depressant, stimulant, narcotic or hallucinogen?
Stimulant
What is binge drinking? Why is it dangerous?
Consuming large amounts of alcohol over a short period of time. Basically poisoning the body.
Can cause high levels of alcohol in the body, coma, death.
The continued need for the effects of a drug even though those effects harm the body, mind, and relationships is called what?
Drug Dependence
It is against the law in all 50 states to sell cigarettes to anyone under the age of what?
21 years old
What is it called when an individual's blood alcohol level (the percentage of alcohol circulating in the bloodstream) rises to a danger point in which the individual loses consciousness and goes into a coma and in the worst cases, the drinker dies?
Alcohol poisoning
What is the term for exhaled smoke and side-stream smoke otherwise known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or passive smoke; a mixture of two forms of smoke from burning tobacco products?
Secondhand smoke
What are two types of drug dependence?
1. Physical dependence is when someone develops a tolerance for a drug or shows withdrawl symptoms without it 2. Psychological dependence is a strong emotional desire to continue using a drug.
Alcohol interferes with what?
Alcohol interferes with judgement, coordination, and other basic functions by upsetting the brains balance of chemicals called neurotransmitters.
What is the depressant drug found in some beverages that slows down the central nervous system and harms body organs?
Alcohol
Although alcohol can be purchased or obtain almost anywhere ....it is mostly viewed as
Normal and part of American Culture and by the time it is deemed a problem, lots of negative affects have already happened.
What is the product also known as dip, chew, snuff, or spit and is put between the lip and gum and sucked on the inside of the mouth?
Smokeless Tobacco
What are the four ways in which drugs enter the body?
By mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption
What is the difference between prescription drugs and OTC drugs?
1. An OTC is a drug that people can buy without a physician's prescription 2. A prescription drug is medication that can only be obtained with a written order from a physician.
What is the term used when someone uses an illegal drug or intentionally misuses a prescription or OTC drug?
Drug Abuse
Name at least 2 long term affects of alcohol on the body and mind.
1. Heart Disease 2. Cirrhosis of liver 3. Associated 4. Neurological damage 4. Psychiatric problems such as depression, anxiety and isolation
Name at least 3 smoking-related conditions and diseases
1.Cancer 2. Emphysema 3. Chronic Bronchitis 4. Asthma
Why are some people more susceptible to becoming addicted than others?
Bio-Psycho-Social Model
History of addiction in family
Mental health
Environment/Peers
What are some of the reasons teens experiment with drugs?
Boredom To look "cool"
Peers Rebellious attitude
Curiosity Lack of education
Mood Change It want happen to me mentality
Environment
Did you know marijuana more dangerous now than in the past? Why?
It is cultivated to have a stonger effect.
It may be laced with other substances.
Because it has a stronger effect, it has a higher potential to cause addiction.