Vocab 1
A legal drug that helps the body fight injury, illness, or disease.
What is medicine
A drug that can be obtained only with a written order from a doctor and can be purchased only at a pharmacy.
What is prescription drug
An unwanted physical or mental effect caused by a drug.
What are side effects
A drug made from the leaves, stems, and flowering tops of the hemp plant.
What is marijuana
What is the year the first iPhone was released?
What is 2007
The improper use of medicines—either prescription or over-the-counter drugs.
What is drug misuse
A drug that distorts perception, thought, and mood.
What is hallucinogen
A medicine that is sold legally in pharmacies and other stores without a doctor’s prescription.
over the counter drug
Drugs that first gained popularity at dance clubs and raves.
What are Club Drugs
What is heavier — a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
What is neither
A chemical that affects brain activity; also known as a “mood altering” drug.
What is psychoactive drug
Prescription drugs that are sometimes sold illegally as “speed” or “uppers.”
What are amphetamines
A residential treatment center where former drug abusers live together and learn to adjust to drug-free lives.
What is therapeutic community
A stimulant that is related to amphetamines, but is even more powerful.
What is methamphetamine
What is the word in the English language that is always spelled “incorrectly”?
What is incorrectly
The intentional improper or unsafe use of
a drug.
What is drug abuse
A factor that reduces a person’s potential for harmful behavior.
What is protective factor
A chemical substance that people of any age may not lawfully manufacture, possess, buy,
or sell.
What are illegal drugs
A drug that is a powerful but short-acting stimulant.
What is cocaine
What is the only country in the world with no mosquitoes?
What is Iceland
A condition that occurs when one drug’s effect is canceled out or reduced by another.
What is drug antagonism
A class of depressant drugs; also called sedative-hypnotics.
What are barbiturates
A condition that occurs when drugs interact to produce effects greater than those that each drug would produce alone.
What is drug synergism
A breathable chemical vapor that produces mind-altering effects.
What are inhalants
What is the only U.S. state that was once an independent country?
What is Texas