Common Drugs
This drug causes the greatest number of deaths in America.
What is tobacco?
_____ is the fastest addiction drug?
What is Nicotine?
Slowed brain function, confusion, fatigue are all symptoms of this class of drugs.
What are depressants?
Smoking affects all bodily systems. Name three.
What are skin, lungs, kidneys, stomach, brain, heart, etc.
Any chemical substance that changes the way a person thinks, feels, or acts.
What is a drug?
This is the most common drug used among high school students.
What is marijuana?
The use of a substance for a purpose not consistent with legal or medical guidelines.
What is misuse?
A stimulant commonly found in soda.
What is caffeine?
Consequences of drinking too much alcohol in a short period of time.
What is alcohol poisoning?
These drugs can stunt growth and cause reproductive problems.
What are steroids?
This drug causes the second greatest number of deaths each year.
What is alcohol?
This is the process of giving up the use of a drug that the body is addicted to.
What is withdrawal?
This category of drugs include powerful painkillers.
What are opiates.
Large amounts of alcohol can cause a person to exhibit these three symptoms:
What are loss of coordination, slurred speech, and slower reaction time.
Other symptoms that can occur when a person takes a drug.
What are side effects?
Withdrawal from this drug can cause restless behavior, depressed mood, fatigue, increased appetite, vivid and unpleasant dreams, and slowing of daily activity.
What is Cocaine?
When the body adjusts to a drug and needs more to produce desired effects.
What is tolerance?
These drugs speed up heart rate and increase alertness.
What are stimulants?
A return to a state of illness after a period of being healthy, without symptoms, or in a state of remission.
What is relapse?
A drug that causes decreased appetite, severe dental problems, and paranoia.
What is methamphetamine?
This drug is considered a opioid, use to relieve pain, and is extremely addictive.
What is Heroin?
This occurs when a person has a chemical need for the drug and needs it to function.
What is physical dependence.
This category of drugs causes the user to confuse reality with fantasy.
What are hallucinogens?
A pattern of harmful use of any substance for mood-altering purposes.
What is drug abuse?
The two categories of drug that can cause death due to withdrawal.
What are alcohol and benzodiazepines.