Understanding Substance Abuse Disorders
Mental Illness in Which a Person Continues Using a Substance Despite Negative on Health and Life
Substance Use Disorder
Medicines and Other Substances that Change the Way the Body or Brain Functions
Drugs
Plant with Leaves that Contain the Chemical Nicotine
Tobacco
Addictive Drug that Alters Brain Function and Affects a Person's Body, Thinking, and Behavior; is a Depressant
Drug Made Up of Dried Parts of the Cannabis Plant
Marijuana
Body's Need for an Increased Amount of a Substance to Experience Effects Once Felt with Smaller Amounts
Tolerance
Unpleasant and Unwanted Symptom that Occurs from Taking a Medicine
Side Effect
Toxic Substance that Gives Tobacco Products their Addictive Quality
Consuming No More Than One Drink Per Day for Females & Two Drinks Per Day for Males
Moderate Drinking
Drug That Usually Comes in the Form of White Powder Made from the Leaves of the Coca Plant
Cocaine
Reminders that Cause People to Feel a Strong Desire for a Drug
Triggers
Taking More of a Medicine or Drug than the Body can Handle Safely
Overdose
Cancer Causing Substances Found in Cigarettes
Carcinogens
1. Consuming Four Drinks for Females and Five Drinks for Males in ONE Sitting
2. Consuming Eight or More Drinks for Females and Fifteen or More Drinks in One WEEK
1. Binge Drinking
2. Heavy Drinking
Stimulant that Speeds Up Brain Functions
Methamphetamine
Unpleasant Symptoms that Occur when Someone with an Addiction to a Substance Tries to Stop Using That Substance
Withdrawal
1. Medicine People Can Purchase WithOUT a Doctor's Prescription
2. Medicine that People can Only Purchase WITH a Doctor's Note
1. Over-the-Counter Medications
2. Prescription Medications
Tobacco Product that Heats Tobacco or Synthetic Nicotine WithOUT Burning It, Producing an Aerosol
Vape
Percentage of Alcohol in a Person's System
1. Blood Alcohol Concentration
1. Illegal Opioid that has Dangerous Side Effects and is VERY Addictive
2. Prescription Opioid More Powerful and Morphine, Commonly Mixed with #1
2. Fentanyl
Influence that People Your Age or Status Have on Your Actions
Peer Pressure
1. Taking Medicine in a Way that does NOT Follow the Medicine's Instructions or Intended Use
2. Habit of MEDICATION MISUSE that Harms All Parts of a Person's Health
1. Medication Misuse
2. Medication Abuse
1. Tobacco Smoke Released into the Environment by People Who Smoke; Other People Nearby Inhale It
2. Released into the Environment by People Who Vape; Other People Nearby Inhale It
1. Secondhand Smoke
2. Secondhand Aerosol
Self-Control That Keeps People from Taking Dangerous Risks
Inhibition
Several Types of Drugs that Young People May Use at Parties, Bars, or Concerts
Club Drugs