Vocabulary
This is a disease that can spread from person to person (contagious disease)
Communicable disease
This is the type of drug you can get a local pharmacy without a prescription
Over the counter (OTC)
What is the chemical in alcohol?
Ethanol
This is a noncommunicable disease and it is common in the us and it is like the 3rd leading killer in america
Cancer
What is it called when you drink so much alcohol and have to get your stomach pumped at the hospital
Alcohol Poisoning
This is the amount of alcohol in your blood expressed as a percentage
Blood Alcohol Content/concentration (BAC)
The is the type of drug that speeds up your CNS
Stimulant
What is the disease called babies get when women drink when they are pregnant
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Viral diseases are fixed with ________
Vaccines and/or rest and fluids
When your peers influence you to do things it is called
peer pressure
This is when you feel like you have to have something to function
What is dependency
This is the type of drug that slows down your CNS
Depressant
What are the 4 factors that influence the rate you get intoxicated
Size, Gender, food in the stomach, rate of consumption (how fast)
This is the #1 killer in America and it is a noncommunicable disease
Heart Disease
This is a popular depressant/hallucinogen that many people abuse to get high
Marijuana
This is the part of the brain that is mostly for memory and learning
Hippocampus
This is the type of drug that dulls pain and numbs the senses, it has a strong risk of addiction
Narcotics/opioids
What is the legal limit for BAC in America? What percentage do you start to feel "tipsy"
0.08, and 0.02
What are the 3 ways people can develop noncommunicable diseases if they cannot spread
Genetics, environment, habits
This is a depressant that many people take on the weekends and it legal in many places at a certain age
Alcohol
This is the part of the brain that is responsible for decision making
Frontal Lobe
Taking a legal medicine (prescription or over-the-counter) in a way other than how it was directed, such as taking more than the recommended dose or taking a friend's prescription.
Drug Misuse
Whenever you are drinking sometimes you forget things that happened why is this and what is it called? What is it called when you feel sick the next day?
Blackout, hippocampus is effected
Hangover
What are 3 ways communicable diseases spread
Direct contact, indirect contact, Sexual contact
Most vapes contain ________ or __________
________is a stimulant and ______ is the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana
Nicotine, THC
Nicotine, THC