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Types of Drugs
Medicine
Legal/Illegal Drugs
Tobacco
Legal/Illegal Drugs
100

A medicine that is sold legally in pharmacies and other stores without a doctor’s prescription ________________.

Over the counter drugs

100

Medicine travels through all parts of your body through the ________________.

bloodstream.
100

Substances that people sniff deeply to get high are called _______________ .

inhalants

100

What is a short term effect of smoking?

Trouble breathing, coughing, bad smell etc.

100

True or False:  All medicines are drugs.

True

200

A drug that can be obtained only with a written order from a doctor and can be purchased only at a pharmacy __________

Prescription

200

This medicine can be bought only with an order from a doctor.

prescription

200

Which part of the human body is damaged most by smoking tobacco?

The respiratory system

200

Many substances in tobacco are linked to which disease _______.

cancer

200

Using a medicine on your own without talking to a doctor is called ___________.

self medication

300

A chemical substance that people of any age may not lawfully manufacture, possess, buy, or sell.

illegal drugs

300

The last date that a medicine should be used is its 

expiration date.
300
True of False: Taking a medicine a parent gives you is medicine abuse?
What is false
300
True or False: The easiest way to avoid nicotine addiction is to never start smoking?
What is true
300

Side effects are ____________________.  

 unwanted effects of a medicine.

400

Taking more than the prescribed amount of a drug

Misuse

400

The correct amount of a medicine to take is called

dosage.

400
True or false: A drug is a substance that affects how the mind or body works?
What is true
400
The constant need for and use of a drug, even though it is not medically necessary.
What is addiction
400
What is a medicine?
What is a drug used to prevent, treat, or cure an illness.
500

 Legal drugs that help the body fight injury, illness, or disease.

Medicine

500

Taking medicine without following the directions is called  _____________ .

medicine misuse. 
500
What is a dangerously large dose of a drug?
What is an overdose
500

Name two reasons why people should not use illegal drugs.

Illegal drugs can:

ruin their health

destroy their families

go to jail

500

These drugs are not medicines and they are against the law to have, use, sell, or buy.

illegal drugs