Health Risks of Alcohol Use
A drug found in alcohol that slows the central nervous system.
What is a depressant?
The addictive drug found in tobacco.
What is Nicotine?
Any unnecessary or improper use of chemical substances for non-medical purposes.
What is substance abuse?
A plant whose leaves, buds and flowers are sometimes smoked for their intoxicating effects.
What is marijuana?
Chemicals that affect the central nervous system and alter activity in the brain.
What are psychoactive drugs?
Drinking five or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting.
What is binge drinking?
A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs.
What is a stimulant?
Chemical substances that people of any age may not lawfully manufacture possess, buy, or sell.
What is illegal drugs?
Marijuana users can experience an irrational suspiciousness or distrust of others.
What is paranoia?
Synthetic drugs that are made to imitate the effects of other drugs.
What are designer drugs?
The powerful and addictive drug found in alcoholic beverages.
What is ethanol?
Cancer-causing substance found in tobacco products.
What is a carcinogen?
The use or sale of any substance that is illegal or otherwise not permitted.
What is illicit drug use?
Substances whose fumes are sniffed or inhaled to give effect.
What is an inhalant?
Drugs that alter moods, thoughts, and sense of perceptions, including vision, hearing, smell, and touch.
What are hallucinogens?
A severe and potentially fatal physical reaction to an alcohol overdose.
What is alcohol poisoning?
Tobacco that is sniffed through the nose, held in the mouth, or chewed.
What is smokeless tobacco?
A strong, sometimes fatal reaction to taking a large amount of a drug.
What is an overdose?
Athletes who use these can face expulsion from a team or event, monetary fines, tarnished reputation, and jail time.
What are steroids?
Drugs such as those derived from the opium plant that are obtainable only by prescription and are used to relieve pain.
What are opiates?
The state in which the body is poisoned by alcohol or another substance, and the person's physical and mental control is significantly reduced.
What is intoxication?
Smokers cause severe damage to their lungs. Other effects include : Chronic bronchitis, Emphysema, Lung cancer, Coronary heart disease and stroke, a weakened immune system.
What is a long-term effect of tobacco use?
A physiological or psychological dependence on a drug.
What is an addiction?
Weak tendons and ligaments, weight gain, acne, high blood pressure, liver and kidney tumors, HIV or Hepatitis B, violent behavior, extreme mood swings, depression and paranoia.
What are the side effects of steroid use?
What is a stimulant?