Alcohol
The illegal Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) level when driving. (a percent or decimal)
0.08 or 8%
ibuprofen, Tylenol, allergy meds, cold medicine
what are Over The Counter Drugs?
Drugs are so addictive because they release this chemical in the brain
What is dopamine?
legal drinking age in the U.S
what is 21 years old?
When microorganisms called yeast feed on the sugars in foods and carbon dioxide and alcohol are produced
what is fermentation?
a written order from a doctor that can only be consumed by the person it is written for
what are prescription drugs?
What is withdrawal
a condition in which less and less alcohol causes intoxication
what is tolerance?
the three major influences on drinking
What is family, friends, and media?
Taking two different drugs at once to produce an even greater effect
what is Synergism?
the dark sticky substance that forms when tobacco burns
what is tar?
the number of bones you have in your body
what is 306
The percentage of alcohol in a glass of beer, wine, and liquor. (you can give me a range)
What is 4-8%, 5-12%, 40-60%
a psychoactive drug made from the seed pods of poppy plants
what is an opiate?
The poisonous gas produced by tobacco when burned
What is carbon monoxide?
The Central Nervous System
What is the spinal cord and brain?
four factors that affect BAC
what is gender, body size/weight, amount of food, and rate of consumption/how fast you drink.
2mg of this opiate could be lethal
Fentanyl
the drug called nicotine found in tobacco that increase the activity of the nervous system
What is a stimulant?
The smallest blood vessels in your body that branch out from arteries
What are capillaries?