Alcohol
Marijuana
Opiates
Potpourri
Terms and Expressions
100
When you're at a party with alcohol and you see someone sleeping, if you can't wake them up, they may be suffering from this life-threatening condition.
What is alcohol poisoning?
100
A long-term symptom of marijuana use, this often causes the user to drop out of activities that they used to enjoy.
What is apathy?
100
The drug category opiates are found in, as they slow down the body, as well as serve as a pain-killing medication.
What is a depressant?
100
Unlike marijuana, which can last in your system from 3-30 days, this "nose candy" high tends to last about 30 minutes before you need another hit.
What is cocaine?
100
This builds up when you continue to use a substance, as you need more of it to get the same effect.
What is tolerance?
200
A measurement of the amount of alcohol that is in a person's bloodstream, the legal limit for people 21 or above is .08%, while any amount for people under 21 is illegal.
What is blood alcohol concentration or BAC?
200
John Huffman, the inventor of this, likens using this to playing Russian roulette.
What is synthetic marijuana?
200
A combination of heroin and an over-the-counter cold medication, it is responsible for over 40 deaths in the last decade in North Texas.
What is cheese?
200
The reason why several teens and young adults have died from smoking synthetic marijuana, though mistakenly thinking they couldn't die from it since natural marijuana doesn't cause death by itself.
What is lead poisoning?
200
A condition that mimics illness when your body rejects the lack of a substance it is physically dependent upon.
What is withdrawal?
300
Similar to passing out, except you are awake, yet you will have no memory of what occurred during this time.
What is blacking out?
300
Though not often associated with marijuana, this use stage is evident due to the withdrawal symptoms experienced by people in drug treatment who are not dependent on other drugs of abuse.
What is physical dependence?
300
Like other depressants, this is a symptom that can cause a very embarrassing moment for males.
What is reduced sexual performance?
300
A dangerous way of doing drugs that increases the likelihood of illness and death, it is sometimes done to increase a drug's effect and at other times to decrease the effect to aid in functioning.
What is polydrug use or mixing drugs?
300
A term used for heroin that describes how you quickly build up tolerance to the drug, needing more and more to get high, but still you're unable to get the same high you had the first time you used.
What is chasing the dragon?
400
One 12 oz. can of beer, 1 5 oz. glass of wine, and 1 shot of hard liquor.
What is an equivalent drink or serving sizes/amounts of different types of liquor that have the same amount of alcohol in them?
400
A short-term symptom of marijuana use, this makes recall for a school test more challenging.
What is short-term memory loss?
400
This lung disease is especially fatal for people using heroin, due to the decreased ability for lungs to work properly and push out liquid buildup.
What is asthma?
400
These three drugs or drug types can kill you if you stop using the drug once you are physically addicted.
What are alcohol, sedatives (ex. Xanax, Valium) and methadone?
400
A neurotransmitter that helps control the brain's reward and pleasure centers, this feel good chemical stops being produced after long-term drug use, leaving the newly sober person at risk for relapse and depression.
What is dopamine?
500
Caused by alcohol, this can result in sexual assaults, violence, and unwanted behaviors resulting in possible police arrests.
What are lowered inhibitions?
500
A long-term symptom of marijuana use, often resulting in a male's difficulty in getting someone pregnant.
What is a decreased sperm count?
500
Experts say there is an epidemic of this being prescribed by doctors, causing a huge increase in opiate-based overdoses across the United States.
What are prescription pain killers?
500
This caused Len Bias, the heir apparent to Larry Bird, to die after he was drafted by the Boston Celtics due to an unusually pure dose of cocaine.
What is a heart attack?
500
A popular song by the Beatles and later remade into a hit by Elton John, this song was mistakenly thought to have been written about LSD, though it was actually written about a picture of a classmate drawn by John Lennon's son.
What is Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds?
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