Alcohol
This main body organ gets rids of alcohol in your system.
Depressant drugs are also known by this slang term.
Downers
This ingredient in cigarettes/vapes is highly addictive, constricts blood vessels, heart rate, and blood pressure
Nicotine
Stimulant drugs are also know by this slang term.
Uppers
This law protects you from getting in trouble if you call 9-1-1 to prevent an alcohol or drug overdose
The Good Samaritan Law
A harm reduction tactic in which the patient is placed on the left side with the left arm moved aside and supported to allow for lung expansion.
Recovery Position
Edible stay in your system longer than smoked cannabis. True or False?
True
Vaping was introduced as a way to help people quit/stop smoking. True or False
True
Taking a fatal amount of a drug is known as an _____?
Overdose
Kiesha on smokes cannabis at parties. Where does Keisha fall on the drug use continuum?
Recreational use
This is the amount of alcohol in a person's blood stream. Hint: BAC
Blood Alcohol Concentration
Name 2 different depressant drugs.
alcohol, valium, xanax, sleeping pills, opioids
It is illegal to buy tobacco products if you are under this age.
21
Name 2 different stimulant drugs
Cocaine, caffeine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, nicotine, ecstasy, crack, adderall, ritalin
The modern "War on Drugs" was started under which president?
Nixon
A standard drink contains roughly how many grams of pure alcohol?
14 grams
Which component of the cannabis (marijuana) plant is the psychoactive chemical
THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)
What specific health issue is associated with the flavoring from vapes?
Popcorn lung
Which opioid drugs contributed to/started the opioid crisis?
Painkillers, Oxycontin, Hydrocodone
The cells responsible for receiving sensory input from the external world, for sending motor commands to our muscles, and for transforming and relaying the electrical signals at every step in between.
Neurons
When someone drinks so much alcohol that its depressant effects begin to shut down basic life support functions such as breathing, heart rate and temperature control.
Alcohol poisoning
What drug can be used to stop an opioid overdose?
Naloxone
The e-liquid in e-cigarettes/vapes contains ________ which includes a mixture of chemicals like nicotine, propylene glycol, glycerin and flavors.
Aerosols
Caffeine increases alertness by blocking this neurotransmitter.
Adenosine
Dopamine