Drugs and the Body
Using Drugs as Medicine
Drug Abuse and Addiction
Alcohol and the Body
Healthy Me!
100
Any chemical substance that causes a change in a person's physical or psychological state.
What is a Drug.
100
A written order from a doctor for a certain medicine or treatment
What is a prescription.
100
The uncontrollable use of a drug.
What is Drug Addiction
100
The amount of alcohol in the bloodstream is this.
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC).
100
Personal health consists of these three components.
What is physical, mental/emotional, and social.
200
Drugs that are __________ are absorbed into the bloodstream through vessels in the lungs.
What is inhaled.
200
Any medicine that can be bought without a prescription. Examples include aspirin, cough syrup, sleeping pills, and eyedrops.
What is over-the-counter medicine.
200
The misuse of a drug on purpose or the use of any illegal drug.
What is Drug Abuse.
200
The uncomfortable physical effects caused by alcohol use, including headache, dizziness, stomach, nausea, and vomiting.
What is a Hangover.
200
Daily Double! This is the study of how our bodies use the food we eat to maintain our health.
What is Nutrition.
300
Drugs that are ___________ travel through the stomach and the intestines where the drugs are absorbed into the bloodstream through vessels in the intestines.
What is swallowed.
300
Daily Double!! Sometimes, the effect of a drug can be different from expected if the drug is taken at the same time as another drug. This unexpected effect is called this.
What is drug interaction.
300
Physical dependence is the body's chemical need for a drug. An addicted person may experience this when he or she stops taking the drug. Some symptoms include anxiety, fever, cramps, nausea, and trembling.
What is Withdrawal.
300
The amount of time from the instant your brain detects an external stimulus until the moment you respond. A drunk driver can't respond to dangerous situations in time.
What is Reaction Time.
300
Eating too much food can cause you to become overweight because of excess body fast. Being overweight can lead to this and can increase your risk of many diseases and disorders.
What is Obesity.
400
This allows drugs to be absorbed into the bloodstream through the skin.
What is a Transdermal Needle.
400

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When you take a medicine for a long time, its effects can become weaker. If you need large amounts of medicine to get the same effect as before, then you have developed this.

Daily Double!! 

What is a Tolerance.

400
This is a person's emotional or mental need for a drug. The person has strong cravings for the drug. They also rely on the drug to control his or her emotions or to escape from problems.
What is Psychological Dependence.
400
A deadly disease that replaces healthy liver tissue with useless scar tissue. This disease is most often the result of long-term exposure.
What is Cirrhosis.
400
How you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself is this.
What is Self-Esteem.
500
Drugs that enter the body using this enter the bloodstream more quickly than drugs taken another way. By using this method, the drugs tend to have a stronger effect than other drugs.
What is Hypodermic Needle.
500
Before a drug can be sold as medicine in the US, it has to be approved by this, a government agency that controls the safety of food and drugs in the United States.
What is the Food and Drug Administration.
500
A person experiencing this begins to pay less and less attention at school, and his or her grades begin to suffer. This poor performance can include failure, expulsion, or the need to repeat a grade. Problems in school can also result in difficulty getting into college or getting a job after graduation.
What is Drug Addiction.
500
Which two factors affect a person's reaction to alcohol?
What is How much and How fast a person drinks.
500
A disease that involves an unhealthy concern with one's body weight and shape. It is caused by many emotional factors and gradually develop from unhealthy eating behaviors.
What is Eating Disorders.
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