Alcohol
Tobacco
Drugs & the Body
Miscellaneous
What Do You Know
100
What is BAC?
Blood Alcohol Content - or the percentage of ethanol in the blood
100
What is the drug found in tobacco?
Nicotine
100
What is it called when the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects?
Tolerance
100
What is name of the gummy substance formed by millions of tiny particles in cigarette smoke?
Tar
100
What is the legal drinking age in Ontario?
19.
200
The legal limit in Canada is a BAC of what?
0.08%
200
Is nicotine a depressant or a stimulant
Stimulant
200
What is an unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of a drug?
Side Effect
200
The continued need for the effects of a drug even though the drug harms the body, mind, and relationships is called what?
Dependence, OR Addiction
200
It is against the law to sell cigarettes to anyone under the age of what?
19.
300
When an individual's BAC reaches a danger point in which the individual loses consciousness, or in some cases dies, this is known as what?
Alcohol Poisoning
300
What is the term for exhaled smoke and sidestream smoke otherwise known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or passive smoke; a mixture of two forms of smoke from burning tobacco products?
Secondhand smoke
300
What are two types of drug dependence?
Physiological Dependence and Psychological Dependence
300
Alcohol interferes with what functions of the brain?
Alcohol interferes with judgement, coordination, and other basic functions by upsetting the brains balance of chemicals called neurotransmitters.
300
Is heroin a narcotic or a hallucinogen?
Narcotic
400
Approximately how long does it take for alcohol to enter the bloodstream?
5 to 10 minutes
400
What is the product also known as dip, chew, snuff, or spit and is put between the lip and gum and sucked on the inside of the mouth?
Smokeless Tobacco OR Chewing Tobacco
400
What are the four most common ways in which drugs enter the body?
By mouth, by intravenous injection, by inhalation, and by absorption
400
What is the difference between presciption drugs and over the counter (OTC) drugs?
An OTC is a drug that people can buy without a physician's prescription. A prescription drug is medication that can only be obtained with a written order from a physician.
400
Drug induced psychosis is most commonly caused by what class of drugs?
Stimulants
500
What is the drug found in alcoholic beverages?
Ethanol
500
Name at least 2 smoking-related conditions and diseases
1.Cancer 2. Emphysema 3. Chronic Bornchitis 4. Asthma
500
Name at least 2 factors that determine the effects a drug might have on the mind and body.
1.The way the drug enters the body 2.The dose or amount of a drug taken at one time 3.The weight, age, and health status of the person 4.The emotional state of the person 5.Whether the person is taking more than one drug at the same time.
500
Name at least 4 pieces of information found on a label of an over the counter drug/medication.
1. Name of product 2. Type of medication 3. Amount in package 4. Uses 5. Warnings 6. Expiration Date 7. Active and Inactive ingredients
500
LSD and psilocybin are examples of what class of drugs?
Hallucinagenic OR Psychedelic
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