Types of Substances
Name 2 consequences of smoking
Smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Smoking also increases risk for tuberculosis, certain eye diseases, and problems of the immune system, including rheumatoid arthritis.
What is addiction?
Uncontrollable craving for a harmful substance
The heart moves this throughout the body
Blood
A liquid substance that starts with an "A" and ends with an "I"
Alcohol
Abuse of drugs and alcohol can lead to increased crime rate. True or False?
True
What is the definition of a drug?
Anything you put in your body that changes you emotionally, socially, or physically.
What is the purpose of the skeletal system?
Supports your body and gives it shape, protects your internal organs, helps you move, stores substances and makes blood cells
Drugs that are prescribed by a doctor to safely treat one's medical condition.
Prescription drugs
Name an organ or system that take a negative effect from alcoholism.
Liver , Heart , Brain , Pancreas , Respiratory System , (Can lead to cancer)
What is the main ingredient of cigarettes?
Tobacco
What is the purpose of the respiratory system?
Moves fresh air into your body while removing waste gases
Drugs that have an age requirement for consumption that are allowed by drug laws.
Legal drugs
Alcohol can cause your heart to slow down or even stop
What is dopamine?
The pleasure chemical in our brains that plays a major role in substance abuse and addiction.
A substance that starts with "M" and ends with "A".
Marijuana
This can happen to you if you are caught with drugs. If it does happen to you, it stays on your record and can make it impossible to get into College, private high schools, or even get the job that you want.
Getting arrested
What is a relapse?
After staying away from harmful substances for a certain amount of time, a person in recovery begins abusing drugs or alcohol again
What is the function of the esophagus?
Carries food to the stomach