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What are synthetic opiates that are prescribed for pain relief?
Opioids
What is a drug composed of the dried parts of the Cannabis plant?
Marijuana
What are drugs that cause hallucinations and alter a person’s sense of reality?
Hallucinogens
What are substances that come from the poppy plant?
Heroin
What is the intentional use of medicines for reasons other than the prescribed purpose?
Medication abuse
What are medications that are sold without a doctor’s prescription?
over-the-counter (OTC) medications
What is the act of using drugs excessively or without medical reason?
Drug abuse
What is a manufactured drug that acts as an amphetamine and looks like clear crystal chunks?
Crystal Meth
What is a stimulant made of white powder that comes from the leaves of coca plants?
Cocain
What is any use of medicine that does not follow the medicine’s instructions?
Medication misuse
What are chemicals that people breathe in to experience some type of high?
Inhalants
What is the ingestion of more of a drug than the body can successfully process at one time?
Drug overdose
What are medications that can only be sold to a person with a prescription from a doctor or other licensed healthcare professional?
Prescription medications
What is a chronic disease characterized by the continued use of a drug regardless of its harmful consequence?
Drug addiction
Mistakenly taking two pills instead of one is an example of ____.
Medication misuse
The most commonly used OTC medications are ____.
Analgesics
The drug known as ____ is an opiate derived from morphine—a naturally occurring substance found in poppy plants.
Heroin
LSD is a drug created from ____.
a fungus
What is the use of drugs to treat symptoms that have not been diagnosed by a medical professional?
Self medication
Chemicals that people breathe in to experience some type of high are called ____.
Inhalants