Alcohol Terms
Symptoms a drug user experiences when they try to stop using a drug.
What are withdrawal Symptoms
Symptoms a drug user experiences when they try to stop using a drug.
What are withdrawl symptoms
The physical and mental changes produced by drinking alcohol
What is Intoxication
The addictive drug in tobacco products
What is Nicotine
Nerve cells in the brain
What are neurons
Which form of alcohol that we talked about has the highest percentage of alcohol
What is liquor
The drug user has lost control of his or her drug-taking habit.
What is addiction
Disease in which healthy liver tissue is replaced with scar tissue
What is Cirrhosis
Toxic gas that keeps oxygen from getting into the bloodstream.
What is Carbon Monoxide
The liver acts as a what for the blood?
What is filter
What is the legal age to use alcohol or tobacco
What is 21
The category of drug that alcohol is
What is a depressant
Drinking a large amount of alcohol at one time
What is Binge drinking
Smoke from cigarettes that non-smokers are exposed to
What is second hand smoke
What is at the end of a cigarette
What is a filter
The category of drug that nicotine is
What a stimulant
Disease that causes a person to lose control of his or her drinking behavior.
What is Alcoholism
Disease in which the bronchial tubes and alveoli in the lungs are damaged.
What is Emphysema
The drug user needs more of the drug to produce the same effect
What is Tolerance
When someone stops using a drug suddenly at one time
What is quitting cold turkey
What is it called when someone gradually (slowly over a period of time) decreases the amount of a drug they take in order to stop using
What is Wean