The Role of Medicines
Medicine is defined as this.
Drugs that are used to treat or prevent disease or other conditions.
These are chemical substances that may not be manufactured, possessed, bought, or sold.
Illegal Drugs.
One of the most wisely used illegal drugs that is also known as grass, weed, and pot.
Marijuana.
Stimulants, narcotics, depressants, and hallucinogens are the four main groups of this kind of drug.
Psychoactive Drugs.
A communication style that clearly gets your point across without seeming aggressive.
Assertive communication.
Name the two types of medicines that prevent disease.
Vaccines and antitoxins.
Taking drugs can put you at risk to this frightening side effect.
Addiction.
An irrational fear or distrust of others experienced by users of marijuana.
Paranoia.
This stimulant is illegal all over the United States and comes in the form of a white powder.
Cocaine.
After declining drugs, if pressure continues, you should do this.
Walk away.
Name the three types of medicines that fight pathogens.
Antibiotics, antivirals, and antifungals.
Influence that people your age have on you.
Peer pressure.
This type of substance includes aerosols and solvents like glue, gasoline, and spray paints.
Inhalants.
Combining depressants produces this effect.
Synergistic
An organized community's efforts to stop drug deals and drug abuse.
Drug Watches.
This type of medicine is often used in the treatment of mood disorders and schizophrenia.
Antipsychotics.
Consumption of drugs with this method puts you at risk of contracting diseases such as hepatitis B and HIV.
Injection (with a needle).
These substances help build muscle in patients with chronic diseases, but can only be used with a prescription from a physician.
Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids.
This narcotic acts is a form of morphine that is injected, snorted, or smoked.
Heroin.
People that get drunk or high often, and suffer from hang-overs often is an example of this.
Warning sign of drug abuse.
A person undergoing an organ transplant must take this type of medicine.
Antagonistic medicines.
A stimulant drug which affects the parts of the brain controlling thinking, mood, memory, and perception.
Ecstasy.
If a person is trying to avoid the use of drugs, they may utilize this verbal strategy.
Refusal Skills.
These drugs vary greatly in potency and can be several hundred times stronger than the drugs they are meant to imitate.
These programs usually do not include medications and often consist of individual or group counseling.
Outpatient drug-free treatment.