Alcohol
When someone is dependent on alcohol
What is an alcoholic?
Tobacco is a plant that contains what addictive drug?
What is nicotine?
medicine that can be bought without a prescription.
What is Over the counter drugs (OTC)?
the main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the internet) regarded collectively.
What is Media?
True or False: More teens die from prescription drugs than heroin/cocaine combined.
What is true?
The loss of control over behavior and perceptions as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages
What is intoxication?
a thick, sticky brown substance that coats smoker’s lungs and damages them.
What is Tar?
a written order from a doctor to purchase some medicines
What is a Prescription?
a painful reaction to not having a drug on which one is dependent
What is withdrawal?
True or False: Teens who consistently learn about the risks of drugs from their parents are up to 50% less likely to use drugs than those who don't.
What is true?
Blood Alcohol Level is also known as ...
What is BAC?
A lung disease caused by severe blockage of the air exchange
What is Emphysema?
These are unpleasant changes in the body caused by a drug, in addition to the drug’s healthful effects.
What are side effects?
a serious, sometimes deadly, physical condition resulting from taking too much of a drug
What is overdose?
True or False: You have to use drugs for a long time before they can really hurt you.
What is False? (Drugs can cause the brain to send the wrong signals to the body. This can make a person stop breathing, have a heart attack or go into a coma. This can happen the first time the drug is used.)
Alcohol can cause Cardiovascular disease which is the disease of what organ in the body
What is the Heart?
Smoking does the most harm during what part of the pregnancy?
What is the second half of the pregnancy?
If someone takes another person’s prescription medicine to treat an illness this is called...
What is Drug Misuse?
a condition in which a person comes to depend on a feeling that he or she gets from a drug
What is emotional dependence?
If you smoked marijuana on the weekend, you'd be fine by Monday.
What is false? (The effects of pot (marijuana) can last for up to 3 days. It impairs memory, reflexes and coordination.)
South Carolina law prohibits driving a motor vehicle with a BAC of what percent or higher?
What is 0.08 percent or higher?
Both e-cigarettes and regular cigarettes contain what drug?
nicotine
methamphetamine is a stimulant or a depressant?
What is a stimulant?
a condition in which a person has a chemical need for a certain drug
What is Physical Dependence?
True or false: As soon as a person feels normal, all the drug is out of the body.
Fact: Long after the effects of the drug stop being felt, the drug can still be in the body. For example, cocaine can be found in the body up to one week and marijuana up to 3 months after a single use