Blood Alcohol Content represents the percentage of alcohol to blood.
What are the four ways in which drugs enter the body?
What is by mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption
The colorless, odorless, highly addictive drug found in tobacco?
What is psilocybin mushrooms
Name at least 3 factors that determine the effects a drug might have on the mind and body.
What is: 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.
The legal limit in Oregon is a BAC of what?
.08%
Holiday that Oregon become a state?
Name at least 3 smoking-related conditions and diseases
1.Cancer 2. Emphysema 3. Chronic Bronchitis 4. Asthma
What is it called when an individuals blood alcohol level (the percentage of alcohol circulating in the bloodstream) rises to a danger point in which the individual loses consciousness and goes into a coma and in the worst cases, the drinker dies
Portland in June 1977 was really exciting because...
Is nicotine a depressant, stimulant, narcotic or hallucinogen?
Stimulant
What are two types of drug dependence?
1. Physical dependence is when someone develops a tolerance for a drug or shows withdrawl symptoms without it 2. Psychological dependence is a strong emotional desire to continue using a drug.
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.
What is the term used when someone uses an illegal drug or intentionally misuses a prescription or OTC drug?
Drug Abuse
What is the term for exhaled smoke and sidestream smoke otherwise known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or passive smoke; a mixture of two forms of smoke from burning tobacco products?
Secondhand smoke
The continued need for the effects of a drug even though those effects harm the body, mind, and relationships is called what?
What is drug Dependence.
Name at least 3 long term affects of alcohol on the body and mind.
1.Lead to cancer of the mouth, esophagus, pharynx and larynx, liver, stomach, ovaries, breast, prostate, and small intestine. 2. Affects parts of the brain and nervous system that control breathing, heartbeat, and related body functions which causes many deaths. 3. Associated with cardiovascular disease, and neurological damage 4. Psychiatric problems such as depression, anxiety, and antisocial personality disorder
What is an unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of a drug?
What is name of the gummy substance formed by millions of tiny particles in cigarette smoke?