Tobacco Vocabulary
It is a dark, sticky substance.
What is tar?
A drug that can be obtained only through a physical prescription.
What are prescription drugs?
The aftereffects of the use of alcohol or drugs. (nausea, vomiting, headache)
What is a hangover?
Risk of diabetes, chronic fatigue, depression, sexual problems, and anxiety.
What is a depressant (downer)?
Tylenol
What are over-the-counter?
Smoke that has been exhaled, or breathed out.
What is secondhand smoke?
A drug that is made from the leaves, stems and flowering tops of a hemp plant.
What is marijuana?
Heavily reliant on something.
What is dependence?
"Flashbacks" even years after drug use, psychosis, delusions, severe mental disturbances, and impaired memory.
What is hallucinogens?
Cocaine
What is an illegal drug?
An odorless very poisonous gas.
What is carbon monoxide?
A psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered sensory experiences.
What is a hallucinogen?
Excessive amounts of drugs or alcohol that leads to coma or death.
What is overdose?
Lower IQ, gateway drug to other drugs, antisocial behavior, unemployment.
What is Marijuana?
Beer
What is alcohol?
An alkaloid poison that occurs in tobacco.
What is nicotine?
A chemical messenger that carries signals to the brain.
What is dopamine?
A chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver.
What is cirrhosis?
Kidney failure, anger and aggression, delusions and distorted thinking, tumors on the liver.
What is anabolic steroids?
Vaping
What is tobacco?
Any substance that produces cancer.
What is a carcinogen?
A class of depressant drugs; also called sedative-hypnotics.
What is barbiturates?
The type of alcohol used in beverages.
What is ethanol?
Liver, kidney, and lung damage, weight loss, malnutrition, psychosis, depression, damage to the brain, and damage to blood vessels.
What is a stimulant (upper)?
Morphine
What is a prescription drug?