Definitions
Drug Abuse
Types of Drugs
Getting Help/Staying Drug Free
Other Facts
100
To slip or fall back into a former state or illness
What is relapse?
100
Intentionally using drugs in a way that is unhealthy or illegal is known as
What is drug abuse?
100
Drugs that are used to treat pain by doctors
What are narcotics?
100
If you or a friend think you have a drug problem this should be done.
What is talk to a trusted adult, contact a counseling agency, or call the hotline
100
True or False- Hallucinogens may cause terrifying flashbacks and visions
What is TRUE?
200
Constant or reoccuring for a long time
What is chronic?
200
True or False- Over the counter medicines are safe enough to be taken without a written prescription from your doctor.
What is TRUE?
200
Drugs that alter moods, thoughts, and senses
What are hallucinogens?
200
This strategy includes steps like saying no, telling why not, offering alternative, and promptly leaving
What is the STOP strategy?
200
Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) which affects the brain is found in this drug
What is marijuana?
300
These drugs speed up the activity in the human brain
What are stimulants?
300
A condition in which a person's body becomes used to the effect of a medicine and needs a greater and greater amount of it in order for it to be effective.
What is tolerance?
300
Drugs that can be bought at a local drugs store without written consent from a doctor are known as
What are over the counter drugs?
300
Reasons to be drug free include but are not limited to
What are.....
300
An obsessive need, a strong and irresistable urge to perform a task or action.
What is compulsive?
400
Physical process of freeing the body of an addictive substance
What is detoxification?
400
____________, ____________, and ______________ are all symptoms of drug abuse.
What is tolerance, physical dependence, and cravings?
400
Drugs that include a written order from a doctor are known as
What are prescription drugs?
400
Give two examples of drug treatment options
What are outpatient, inpatient, residential, or hospitalization
400
Substances whose fumes can cause suffocation, choking, seizures, and death
What are inhalants?
500
Forbidden by law, rules, or customs
What is illicit?
500
These four stages (in order) are the steps a person normally follows in the path of addiction
What is experimentation, social use, compulsive use, and addiction
500
These side effects are associated with CNS depressants
What are calm feelings, drowsiness, slowing down brain function?
500
This treatment program meets on the weekends or in the evenings with other people who have similar addiction problems
What is outpatient?
500
Methamphetamines can cause side effects such as these (list one)
What is memory loss, damage to the nervous system or heart, malnutrition, skin scabbing?
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