Alcohol
Drinking alcohol does this to your speech:
Slurs it or slows it down.
Cocaine does this to the activity in the brain and nervous system:
Speeds it up
An inhalant such as aerosol spray and household cleaner are taken into the body by:
Inhaling it!
Name 2 ways Executive Function helps humans get through life:
•Organization •Attention •Motivation •Planning
•Understanding Consequences •Self-Control
Legal drugs that are prescribed (Rx) to relieve severe pain are called:
Narcotics
Alcohol is a __________________.
Depressant
This type of substance slow down the functions of the Central Nervous System.
What is a Depressant
What are the three ways marijuana is consumed into the body?
1. Smoking it
2. Vaping it
3. Ingesting it
This is the highly addictive substance in cigarettes and other tobacco:
Nicotine
Using substances that are against the law (illegal), or are not supposed to be taken into the human body is called:
Drug Abuse
Consuming large amounts of alcohol can cause what?
Memory Loss, loss of consciousness, nausea, vomiting, and even death
PCP is a dissociative drug it causes the user to:
Lose touch with reality (Hallucinate)
Name the 3 ways methamphetamine is consumed into the body:
1. Smoking it
2. Injecting it
3. Snorting it
Executive Function is controlled by which part of the brain?
Prefrontal Cortex
Substances that slow down the functions and reactions of the body are called:
Depressants
Somebody who is addicted to alcohol, and then stops and quits drinking altogether, can experience what?
Withdrawl
Heroin is an opioid that causes a rush of warmth and pleasure followed by what?
Drowsiness and clouded thinking.
Name 3 ways opioids are consumed into the body:
1. Pill
2. Injected
3. Snorted
4. Smoked
5. Patch (absorbed through the skin)
Any effect of the medicine other than the one intended is called:
Side Effect
Substances that speed up the functions of the body are called:
Stimulants
Alcohol impairs your coordination, judgement, and reaction time. It is illegal to do this while impaired by alcohol.
Drive an automobile
Ride a bike
This highly addictive stimulant speeds up brain and nerve function and over time can cause violent and self harming behavior.
Methamphetamine
MDMA or ecstasy is consumed into the body by:
1. Swallowing it
2. Snorting it
What are opioids originally made from?
Before their drug form, they are naturally found in the opium poppy plant.
A condition in which a person’s body becomes used to the effect of a drug and needs greater and greater amounts of it in order for it to be effective is called:
Tolerance