Alcohol & Other Drugs
Any substance that changes or alters the way a person feels, thinks or acts.
What is a Drug
How drugs effects your body i.e. fast heart rate, energy, sleepiness
What is Physical effects
Percent of alcohol in the body
what is Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
____ fights off infections and diseases. Over time, heavy drinking weakens the body and increases the risks of major illnesses such as cancer or minor illnesses such as colds.
What is The immune defense system
__ has hundreds of chemicals. More than 60 become active and “storm” the body. It can slow down behavior, reaction time, mental reactions and the sense of time. It can increase mental activity, making you more suspicious and paranoid and can cause hallucinations.
What is Marijuana
Depressants, stimulants, Hallucinogens, Marijuana and Nicotine
What are the 5 classes of drugs
What is psychological affects
2% of alcohol leaves through ___
What is Breath and Urine
__ weakens the body and increases the risks of major illnesses such as cancer or minor illnesses such as colds.
What is heavy drinking
___ is the chemical in marijuana that acts on the brain.
What is Delta 9- THC
These classes of drugs are BOTH a stimulant and a depressant.
What is Nicotine and Marijuana
Needing more and more of the drug to get the same results or the same amount gives less of what you expect.
What is tolerance
Alcohol begins entering the blood in the stomach, most alcohol is taken up by the ____
What is Small Intestines
Alcohol can cause fluids to build up in ____
What is Lungs and Kidneys
Where is THC stored?
What is body fat
These effects happen when using the drug. Other effects happen when the drug wears off.
What are Direct and Indirect effects
Doing this increases the strength of one or both drugs
What is mixing substances
___ may be more at risk due to higher body fat
What is Women
___ blocks alcohol from getting to it if the alcohol amount is small. Several drinks can break this barrier which damages brain cells. Some experts say that brain cells are damaged by the presence of any alcohol in the brain. Alcohol damages and destroys brain cells that are responsible for learning, memory and mental functioning
What is Blood Brain Barrier
Mixed with ___ and other system suppressors, the body can become more depressed and body functions can slow down to a dangerous level.
Drugs work by changing the flow of electricity and the release of the body's natural chemical called...
What is Neurochemicals
A fatal alcohol dose of a barbiturate is lowered by 50% when alcohol is in the body, about 1/2 as much of ___ can be lethal when used with alcohol.
What is sleeping medications
Fatty liver disease: Fatty tissue builds up with moderate to heavy drinking (three to five drinks a day). Fatty tissue separates the cells and stops the liver from doing its job. The disease is cured through a good diet and no alcohol use.
Alcoholic hepatitis: Fatty tissue separates the cells, less blood gets to the cells. The cells die.
Cirrhosis: Dead liver cells turn to scar tissue; cannot be cured and can cause death.
What is Health Risk
___ are weakened by alcohol
What is Muscles
The most frequent drug-related visits to emergency rooms are for youth ages ___ for marijuana abuse. Physical effects can be severe, especially for adolescents.
What is 12-19 yrs old