any substance that causes a change in a person's physical or psychological state
What is drugs
100
any drug that is used to cure, prevent, or treat illness or discomfort
What is a medicine?
100
Drugs such as cocaine, alcohol, and marijuana change the way the brain works that are not healthy. These drugs that have mind-altering effects that have no medical purpose are called
What are drugs of abuse
100
a deadly disease that replaces healthy liver tissue
What is cirrhosis
100
a disease that causes a person to lose control of his or her drinking behavior
What is alcoholism
200
Any medicine that can be bought without a prescription
What are over-the-counter-medicines?
200
No medicine is perfectly safe. Any effect that is cause by a drug and that is different from the drug's intended effect is called
What is a side effect?
200
government agency that makes laws to help ensure that drugs are safe to use
What is the FDA (Food and Drug Administration)
200
the physical and mental changes produced by drinking alcohol
What is intoxication
200
a person who chooses not to drink alcohol in a social setting so that he or she can safely drive home
What is a designated driver
300
condition in which a person can no longer control his or her drug use
What is an addiction?
300
a written order from a doctor for a specific medicine
What is a prescription
300
A life threatening condition called what is a severe allergic response of almost the entire body
What is anaphylactic shock?
300
the act of drinking five or more drinks in one sitting
What is binge drinking
300
helping an addict avoid the negative consequences of his or her behavior
What is enabling
400
uncomfortable physical and psychological symptoms produced when a physically dependent drug user stops using drugs
What is withdrawal?
400
the drug is swallowed and absorbed through blood vessels in the intestines
What is ingestion
400
occur when a drug reacts with another drug, food, or dietary supplement, to increase or decrease the effect of one of the substances
What are drug interactions
400
You brain is made up of billions of nerve cells called
What are neurons
400
a condition in which a family member or friend sacrifices his or her own needs to meet the needs of an addict
What is codependency
500
condition in which a user needs more of a drug to feel the same effect felt when first using the drug
What is drug tolerance
500
medicines that relieve pain
What are analgesics
500
drugs and medicines that affect the brain and change how we perceive, think, or feel are called
What are psychoactive
500
a set of physical and mental defects that affect a fetus that has been exposed to alcohol because of the mothers consumption of alcohol during pregnancy
What is fetal alcohol syndrome
500
amount of alcohol in a person's blood, expressed as a percentage