Types of Drugs
A drug that is used to treat, prevent, or diagnose illness
Medicine
A substance that causes physical or mental changes in the body
A depressant drug created by a chemical reaction in some foods, especially fruits and grains (found in certain beverages)
Alcohol
This is a natural plant whose leaves can either be smoked or used in a smokeless form
Tobacco
This one word response is the most strategy used to resist peer pressure
NO
A drug that speeds up the body’s functions
Stimulant
When a body becomes used to the effects of a drug
Tolerance
A disease in which a person is addicted to alcohol
Alcoholism
Inhaling and exhaling the vapor produced by an electronic cigarette or similar device (may or may not contain nicotine)
Vaping
This strategy involves using the same response over and over again
Broken Record
A drug that lowers or slows down the body’s functions
Depressant
A painful reaction to not having a drug on which one is dependent
Withdrawal
The state of being physically and mentally impaired by the use of alcohol (drunk)
Intoxicated
When people are addicted to vaping/smoking, they are really addicted to this chemical
Nicotine
This strategy involves using friends or other peers to resist the peer pressure
Buddy System
Taking or using medicine in a way that is not intended
Drug Misuse
A serious, sometimes deadly, physical condition resulting from taking too much of a drug
Overdose
What is the measure of the amount of alcohol in a person’s blood? (Hint: 3 letters)
BAC
Smoking and vaping are known to be ___________ drugs. These are drugs lead to the use of more dangerous drugs (Hint: opens the door)
Gateway Drug
This strategy involves putting peer pressure back onto the person who was pressuring you
Reverse Peer Pressure
A depressant drug that slows down the nervous system (used to treat pain)
Narcotic
Intentionally using a drug in a way that is unhealthful or illegal
Drug Abuse
What does BAC stand for? Blood Alcohol C___________
Blood Alcohol Concentration
A substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue
Carcinogen
This is the hardest strategy, but it involves making making new friends, cutting off old friends, and possibly creating a new friend group
Re-think or Re-evaluate your friends