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Unlike food, drugs do not provide your body with any_________?
Nutrients
What are the two categories of drugs?
Legal and Illegal
Are all drugs considered medications?
NO
This drug is made up of the dried parts of the cannabis plant?
Marijuana
These are drugs that alter the way people view, think and feel. They lead to sensations that seem real but are not.
Hallucinogens
What is physical dependence on a drug?
The body's chemical need for the drug
Drugs are substances that change the way the _______ and _______ function.
Body, Brain
What medications can be bought a the store without a doctors note?
(OTC) Over the Counter
This is drug comes usually in the form of white powder and is derived from the Coco plant.
Cocaine
This drug is made from a substance derived from the opium poppy plant
Heroin
This term is a negative symptom that is a result when a drug-dependent person stops taking a drug
withdrawal
The amount of medication taken at one time is called the ________?
Dose
What is the term for when someone is intentionally taking medication for reasons other than their intended purpose?
Medication Abuse
I marijuana legal? Please explain
Some states have made it legal, but it is still illegal at the federal level.
What is a long term risk with with methamphetamines over a long period of time where your teeth become broken and rotten
Meth Mouth
What is physiological dependence for a drug?
The mental or emotional need for a drug
What are you checking on the label of medication to make sure it is still good?
Expiration Date
An unpleasant and unwanted symptom that occurs from taking a medication?
Side-effect
This term is for when someone is completely dependent on a drug, and their body mind crave it.
Drug Addiction
Anabolic Steroids are ___________ hormones, meaning they were created in a _________?
artificial, lab
What are the 5 things that all prescription labels have on them?
1. Special Warnings
2. Patients Name
3. Directions for taking taking the medicine
4. name of the drug
5. doctors name
What is the term with medication is taken in a way that does not follow the medications instructions?
Medication Misuse
Overdose
These are chemicals that people breathe in for a high?
Inhalents
What are the 4 stages of drug addiction?
experimentation, regular use, tolerance, and dependence