Alcohol
The type of Alcohol in alcoholic beverages
What is ethanol?
The addictive chemical in tobacco.
What is nicotine?
A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs
What is a stimulant?
This is used by young people in the United States more often than tobacco.
What is alcohol?
A severe and potentially fatal physical reaction to an alcohol overdose is
What is alcohol poisoning?
Another term for secondhand smoke.
What is ETS (Environmental Tobacco Smoke)?
Is a processed form of morphine that is injected, snorted or smoked
What is heroin?
The minimum legal drinking age in Georgia
What is 21?
Infants born to mothers who drink alcohol during pregnancy are at risk for a group of birth defects called?
What is FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome)?
Thickened, white, leathery-looking spots on the inside of the mouth that can develop into oral cancer.
What is leukoplakia?
The main active ingredient in Marijuana is
What is THC?
The minimum age requirement to purchase tobacco products
What is 21?
The chemical action of yeast on sugars is known as
What is fermentation?
Is also in cigarette smoke, it deprives the body's tissues and cells of oxygen. It is poisonous and odorless.
What is carbon monoxide?
Drugs that alter moods, thoughts, and sense perceptions including vision, hearing, smell and touch is
What are hallucinogens?
A drug that lowers neurotransmission levels, which is to reduce stimulation, in various areas of the brain
What are depressants?
Drinking 5 or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting is considered
What is binge drinking?
Infants exposed to ETS after birth are twice as likely to die of _____? They may have severe asthma attacks, ear infections, or respiratory tract infections.
What is SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)?
A strong sometimes fatal reaction to taking large amounts of a drug
What is overdose?
Aerosols, gases, paint thinners, glue
What are inhalants?