Alcohol
BAC stands for:
What is Blood Alcohol Content. BAC represents the percentage of alcohol to blood.
This can happen when heroin is used to much in excess or when its potency is too high.
What is Overdose?
What happens when the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects?
What is Tolerance
The length of time marijuana remains in the body.
What is one month or more
Describe 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 obstained with a written order from a physician.
Name at least 3 long term affects of alcohol on the body and mind.
1.Cancer of the mouth, throat, liver, stomach, ovaries, breast, prostate, and small intestine.
2. Affects parts of the brain and nervous system that control breathing, heartbeat, and related body functions which causes many deaths.
3. Cardiovascular disease, and neurological damage
4. Psychiatric problems such as depression, anxiety, and antisocial personality disorder
Name two different Opioids
An unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of a drug is:
What is a Side Effect
The psychoactive chemical in marijuana:
What is THC?
Using a substance to the point that it alters a person’s judgment and decision making, leading to dangerous behaviors
What is substance abuse?
Alcohol interferes with what?
Alcohol interferes with judgement, coordination, and other basic functions by upsetting the brains balance of chemicals called neurotransmitters.
Name the three methods of consuming Heroin?
What are injecting, snorting sniffing, and smoking
Name the two types of drug dependence
1. Physical dependence is when someone develops a tolerance for a drug or shows withdrawal symptoms without it
2. Psychological dependence is a strong emotional desire to continue using a drug
Name two street names for Marijuana
What is Mary Jane, Grass, Dope, Hash, Joint, Reefer, Skunk, Blunt, Hash, Smoke, Ganja
Substances that are prescribed by a doctor to safely treat one's medical condition; but when taken when such symptoms aren’t present, they affect the brain in ways very similar to illegal drugs.
What are prescription drugs?
This organ does the most work in ridding alcohol from your body.
What is liver?
The number of Americans who are treated daily in emergency departments for misusing prescription opioids is:
Over 1,000 people are treated daily in emergency departments for not using prescription opioids as directed. The most commonly overdosed opioids are methadone, oxycodone, and hydrocodone.
What are the four ways in which drugs enter the body?
By mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption
Name some short term effects of Marijuana
Problems with memory and learning, distorted perception, difficulty in thinking and problem solving, loss of coordination, dizziness and nausea, impaired judgment, increased appetite.
In what year was crack/cocaine outlawed?
1920
How long does it take for alcohol to enter the bloodstream?
Alcohol enters your bloodstream within 5 to 10 minutes of being consumed. It passes from your stomach into your bloodstream and then travels throughout your entire body-affecting nearly every organ system in the body.
This is how long Heroin withdrawal symptoms will usually last
Up to a week
What happens to your body temperature when you consume alcohol?
It is lowered. When alcohol reaches your bloodstream, it causes your small blood vessels to expand. This increases the flow of blood in your body. Although you may feel warm, your body temperature actually drops.
Name the long term effects of Marijuana use
Heart, lung, and liver disease
These are invisible, volatile substances found in common household products that produce chemical vapors
What are Inhalants