Drugs
The definition for a drug is ___________
What is any substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed.
Drinking a lot of alcohol at one time can lead to a ______.
What is alcohol poisoning or coma.
A drug that slows down the body's functions and reactions, including heart and breathing rates.
What is a depressant
When someone who is addicted to drugs stops taking that drug they experience symptoms such as vomiting, anxiety, restlessness, muscle spasms, etc., which is called...
What is withdrawal?
Which organ is affected the most by drinking alcohol.
What is the liver.
Every year in the U.S., more than _________ people die from tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke, making it the _____ leading cause of preventable death in this country.
What is 480,000; first
Name 3 different ways you could refuse drugs or alcohol when offered.
What is No!, I have PT tomorrow, I don't want to, I have to go, etc. etc.
A drug that speeds up the body's functions, including heart rate and alertness.
What is a stimulant
People abuse this over-the-counter substance to get high. It causes weakness, numbness, nausea or vomiting, increased heart rate and blood pressure and brain damage.
What is cough/cold medicine?
A glass of beer has the same alcohol content as ________.
What is a glass of wine or a shot of liquor.
12 oz. beer = 5 oz. wine = 1.5 oz. shot
Name two chemicals found in cigarettes.
What is formaldehyde (embalming fluid), arsenic (found in rat poison), ammonia (household cleaner), acetone (found in nail polish remover), cadmium and lead (active ingredients in batteries and battery acid), butane and hexamine (found in lighter fluid), carbon monoxide, methanol (main component in rocket fuel), tar, toluene (used to manufacture paint). There are more than 7,000 chemicals in cigarettes when burned.
If there is a family history of drug or alcohol use, your risk for a substance use disorder is....
What is increased
HALT is the acronym for ______
What is Hungry, Angry, Lonely, and Tired
When equal amounts of marijuana and tobacco are smoked, marijuana deposits _________ tar into the lungs.
What is four times as much
What is the 0, 1, 2, 3 low risk drinking plan?
0: Don't drink at all when underage, pregnant, taking certain medications, or DDing
1: No more than one alcoholic beverage per hour
2: Don't drink more than two nights a week
3: No more than three alcoholic beverages in a day
True or False? e-Cigarettes (JUULs, vape pens, etc.) do not contain the same harmful chemicals as cigarettes.
False. Some of the chemicals in e-cigarettes include: propylene gylcol and diethylene glycol (used to make antifreeze, paint solvent), formaldehyde, acrolein (herbicide primarily used to kill weeds), diacetyl (chemical linked to lung disease called "popcorn lung"), heavy metals (nickel, tin, lead), and benzene (found in car exhaust).
This was begun in Akron, Ohio, in 1935, with a chance meeting between two alcoholics, one a doctor and one a broker.
What is AA?
Though withdrawing from all drugs is extremely painful and sickening, for someone addicted to this substance withdrawal could cause death.
What is alcohol?
What are the two types of drug dependence?
1. Physical dependence is when someone develops a tolerance for a drug or shows withdrawal symptoms without it
2. Psychological dependence is a strong emotional desire to continue using a drug. What is slow down or stop.
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.
Name at least 2 smoking-related conditions and diseases.
What is cancer, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma
Name at least 3 factors that can 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.
Liver cells that become so damaged they cannot regenerate. An abnormal liver condition in which there is irreversible scarring.
What is cirrhosis of the liver?