Types of Drugs
A partial or total loss of memory due to drug use is called?
Amnesia
The area near a school that the penalty for drug use if often doubled.
Drug Free School Zone
When a person takes to much of a medicine and ends up really sick or dead.
Overdose
When a person uses too much of a certain drug.
Drug Abuse
Medicine you buy at a pharmacy or supermarket without doctor approval.
Over the Counter medicine. OTC
A type of drug that speeds up your body functions.
Stimualant
A safe place that treats people with drug problems.
Drug Rehabilitation
Name two areas of a pill bottle that a user should read before taking.
the name, prescribed date, expiration date, directions, how to store it, etc
When a person use a drug in the wrong way.
Drug Misuse
Medicine that you get from your doctor.
Prescription Medicine
A type of drug that slows your body functions.
Depressant
What is withdrawal?
A series of painful and mental symptoms that a person experiences when they stop using an addictive substance.
When a person is taking 5 or more prescription drugs this is called?
Polypharmacy
Buying or selling drugs is called?
Drug trafficking
A person that is trained to prepare and distribute medicines.
Pharmacist
The effects of eating Marijuana gummies.
Anxiety, paranoia, psychosis, severe nausea/vomiting, cardiovascular stress (high blood pressure/heart rate), and impaired motor control.
Physical Symptoms: Common side effects include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, drowsiness, slurred speech, and impaired motor coordination.
Name three reasons to avoid drugs.
Physical health, obey the law, healthy relationships, control over your actions, self-respect, etc
Side-effect
When a person is caught with illegal drugs. This is called?
Drug Possession
Medicine that kills harmful bacteria in your body.
Antibiotic
A type of drug used to build muscle but is very harmful to heart.
Steroids
What is the S.T.O.P. strategy when saying NO to drugs.
S. T. O. P.
Say NO
Tell why not
Offer other ideas
Promptly Leave
Name the four common ways medicines are taken.
Swallowed, injected, inhaled, and rubbed on.
Name 5 part of the wellness wheel that drug abusers can effect.
Physical, Emotional, Social, Financial, Academic, Environmental, & Spiritual
Name a type of vaccine that children take before or during their school ages.
Chicken pox, MMR, tetanus, Hep A&B