Drugs used to cure, prevent, or treat illness or discomfort.
What is Medicine?
100
Chemicals or agents that cause cancer.
What is Carcinogen?
100
Drugs used for recreational purposes.
What are Drugs of Abuse?
100
Act of drinking five or more drinks in one sitting.
What is Binge Drinking?
100
A very serious allergic reaction.
What is Anaphylactic Shock?
200
Intentional, improper, or unsafe use of a drug.
What is Drug Abuse?
200
Blocks oxygen from the blood.
What is Carbon Monoxide?
200
Four short term effects of marijuana use.
What is
1. slowed thinking ability
2. distorted sense of time and distance
3. anxiety
4. panic attacks
200
Disease caused by long-term alcohol use in which healthy liver tissue is replaced with scar tissue.
What is Cirrhosis?
200
When a drug reacts with another drug, food, or dietary supplement to increase or decrease the effect of one of the substances.
What is a Drug Interaction?
300
Written order from a doctor for a specific medicine.
What is Prescription?
300
Sticky, black substance in tobacco smoke.
What is Tar?
300
Active chemical in marijuana.
What is THC or Tetrahydrocannabinol?
300
Drinking too much alcohol, drinking it too often, or drinking it at inappropriate times.
What is Alcohol Abuse?
300
Helping an addict avoid the negative consequences of his or her behavior.
What is Enabling?
400
Six ways drugs can be taken into the body.
What is
1. implanted pumps
2. injection
3. inhalation
4. ingestion
5. transdermal patches
6. topical application
400
Cigarette smoke contains more than ______ chemicals.
What is 4,000?
400
When a person needs more and more of a drug to get high.
What is Tolerance?
400
Drugs that cause relaxation and sleepiness.
What are Depressants?
400
1 out of every ____ prisoners is in jail for a drug-related crime.
What is 4?
500
Morphine, codeine, and heroin.
What is Opiates?
500
Of all the chemicals found in cigarette smoke, at least _____ are carcinogens.
What is 40?
500
Amount of alcohol in a person's blood expressed as a percentage.
What is BAC or Blood Alcohol Concentration?
500
12 ounces of beer, 1.25 ounces of alcohol, like whiskey, and 6 ounces of wine are considered....
What is a Drink?
500
Drugs can be dangerous to pregnant women and to the fetus. When a newborn goes through withdrawal because their mother was a frequent drug user during pregnancy.