Alcohol
What is BAC?
Blood Alcohol Content
What is the colorless, odorless, highly addictive drug found in tobacco?
Nicotine
What happens when the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects?
Tolerance.
What is it called when an individuals blood alcohol level rises to a danger point in which the individual loses consciousness and goes into a coma and in the worst cases, the drinker dies?
Alcohol poisoning
Is nicotine a depressant, stimulant, narcotic or hallucinogen?
Stimulant
What is an unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of a drug?
Side affects
How long does it take for alcohol to enter the bloodstream?
Alcohol enters your bloodstream within 5 to 10 minutes of being consumed. It passes from your stomach into your bloodstream and then travels throughout your entire body-affecting nearly every organ system in the body.
What is the term for exhaled smoke and side-stream smoke; a mixture of two forms of smoke from burning tobacco products?
Secondhand smoke
What are two types of drug dependence?
1. Physical dependence (when someone develops a tolerance for a drug or shows withdrawl symptoms without it) 2. Psychological dependence (is a strong emotional desire to continue using a drug.)
Alcoholics are addicted to ____.
Alcohol
What is the product also known as dip, chew or spit and is put between the lip and gum and sucked on the inside of the mouth?
Smokeless Tobacco or hewing Tobacco.
What are the four ways in which drugs enter the body?
By mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption
Name at least 3 long term affects of alcohol on the body and mind.
1.Lead to cancer 2. Affects parts of the brain and nervous system 3. Associated with cardiovascular disease, and neurological damage
Name at least 3 smoking-related conditions and diseases
1.Cancer 2. Chronic Bornchitis 3. Asthma
Name at least 3 factors that determine the effects a drug might have on the mind and body.
1.The way the drug enters the body 2.The dose or amount of a drug taken at one time 3.The weight, age, and health status of the person 4.The emotional state of the person 5.Whether the person is taking more than one drug at the same time.