Drug Vocab
a habit-forming drug that, while not itself addictive, may lead to the use of other addictive drugs
What is gateway drug?
This is the active ingredient in marijuana that gives the user the high
What is THC?
Alcohol would not exist without this chemical process
What is fermentation?
The plant that nicotine comes from
What is tobacco?
This is a strong stimulant that comes from a plant native to South America
What is Cocaine?
This is a disease. Compulsive physiological need for and use of a habit-forming substance
What is addiction?
mixing marijuana in food, such as brownies, cookies, or candy
What is edibles?
90% of one drink is broken down by this organ
What is the liver?
It's classification
What is stimulant?
A class of drugs that include the illegal drug heroin, fentanyl, and pain relievers available legally by prescription.
What is opioids?
This happens when a person no longer responds to a drug in the way they did at first. So it takes a higher dose of the drug to achieve the same effect as when the person first used it
What is tolerance?
A rolled cannabis cigarette
What is a joint?
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration?
This is the nickname for bronchiolitis obliterans. A condition that damages your lungs' smallest airways and makes you cough and feel short of breath.
What is popcorn lung?
classified as a hallucinogen, psilocybin is the main psychedelic compound
What is mushrooms?
the combination of physical and mental effects that a person experiences after they stop using or reduce their intake of a substance such as alcohol and prescription or recreational drugs
What is withdrawal?
The scientific name of the marijuana plant
What is cannabis?
Alcohol can cause a build up of fat cells in the liver leading to this type of severe liver damage. Also known as "fatty liver"
What is cirrhosis?
chemicals known to cause cancer, including acetaldehyde and formaldehyde
What is carcinogens?
Strong stimulants. Adderall and Ritalin are examples of this. Commonly called "speed"
What is Amphetamines?
Taking alcohol with medicine and other drugs may cause this
*Hint: X
What is multiplier effect?
Recently, New York became the _______ state to legalize recreational marijuana.
What is 16th?
Alcohol directly affects brain chemistry by altering levels of these.*Hint- chemical messengers
What is neurotransmitters?
This is a possible outcome when a pregnant woman uses tobacco products. Acronym SIDS.
What is sudden infant death syndrome?
An opioid drug made from morphine, a natural substance taken from the seed pod of the various opium poppy plants grown in Southeast and Southwest Asia, Mexico, and Colombia.
What is heroin?