Alcohol
What is a BAC?
Blood Alcohol Content
What are some signs of a drug problem?
Criminal charges, problems at work/employment or unemployed, problems with family/friends/relationships, need more and more of the drug to get high, it becomes more important to get high than anything else.
What do you call food with marijuana in them?
Edibles
What is the legal drinking age?
21
What are the 3 ways you can use heroin?
Oral, inhale, inject
Can you drive with alcohol in your body?
Yes, but only if it is below .07.
What is an unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of a drug?
Side Effect
The continued need for the effects of a drug even though those effects harm the body, mind, and relationships is called what?
Drug Addiction
When does marijuana become recreational in MD?
July 1st 2023
What medication is used for a heroin overdose?
Narcan
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?
Alcohol poisoning
What are two types of drug dependence?
1. Physical dependence is when someone develops a tolerance for a drug or shows withdrawal symptoms without it
2. Psychological dependence is a strong emotional desire to continue using a drug.
Alcohol interferes with what?
Alcohol interferes with judgement, coordination, and other basic functions by upsetting the brains balance of chemicals called neurotransmitters.
How old must you be to use marijuana recreationally?
21
What is the penalty in Singapore if you are caught with drugs?
DEATH PENALTY
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 are the four ways in which drugs enter the body?
By mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption.
What is the difference between presciption drugs and OTC drugs?
1. An OTC is a drug that people can buy without a physician's prescription
2. A prescription drug is medication that can only be abstained with a written order from a physician.
How old must you be to get a medical marijuana card?
Adult patients - 18 and older with Doctors prescription.
Minors must have parental permission with Doctors prescription.
What is the drug that over 100,000 babies are born addicted to in the US?
Crack
Can you die from alcohol? How?
1. Alcohol poisoning/overdose
2. Choke on own vomit
3. Physically addicted and withdraw without help of medical professional.
4. Drunk driving
5. Mix with other drugs - INCLUDING TYLENOL!
What are the chances of dying from fentanyl or any drug containing it?
60%
What drug are you under the influence of if you are -
1. dizzy
2. not making sense and/or stuck
3. naked
4. think you can jump out of windows, off of a roof, etc and live (thinking you are super human)
5. HIGHLY irritable and likely to not remember what they do once the high wears off.
PCP
What are you under the influence of if you are -
1. moving slowly
2. increased appetite - especially sweet foods
3. balance/coordination is off, more clumsy
4. trouble remembering something you just heard, or get stuck in the middle of a sentence and forget what you were talking about (short term memory loss)
WEED
What are you under the influence of if you are -
1. overtalkative
2. paranoid
3. dilated pupils (can't see the persons eye color bc the black part is so large)
METH, COCAINE, CRACK, AMPHETAMINES