Alcohol Facts
This popular and legal drug, comes in liquid form and slows down the body's functions and reactions.
What is alcohol?
This type of medicine can only be used with written permission from a doctor.
What is prescription?
The sickness that occurs when a person stops using an addictive substance is called this.
What is withdrawal?
Using illegal drugs, using drugs that are not needed and underage drinking are all examples of this.
What is substance abuse?
A reaction to a medicine other than the one intended is called this.
What is a side effect?
Destruction or scarring of the liver tissue caused by excessive drinking over time is called this.
What is cirrhosis of the liver?
These medicines can be purchased without a written order from a doctor.
What are Over-The-Counter?
Drugs with amphetamines are called "uppers" and are a type of ___________.
What is a stimulant?
Give an example of an alternative to drug use.
Does not have to be in the form of a question.
Volunteering, starting a business, playing sports, reading, picking up a hobby, playing video games.
Taking a medicine in a way that is not intended is called this.
What is drug misuse?
The disease in which a person has a physical and psychological need for alcohol.
What is alcoholism?
Doctors often prescribe these for illnesses that are caused by bacteria.
What are antibiotics?
Drugs that slow down the body’s functions and reactions are called this.
What is a depressant?
You can go here to get help with substance abuse problems.
Rehab, counseling, AA
A category of drugs that slow down the body's reactions and functions are called this.
What are depressants?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is caused by this.
What is drinking alcohol during pregnancy?
A person develops this when his or her body becomes used to the effects of a medicine.
What is tolerance?
Anabolic steroids are synthetic drugs based on a male hormone and are often misused by athletes to build these.
What are muscles?
This refusal skill is one of the best ways to avoid becoming a substance abuser.
What is saying "no"?
These illegal drugs cause the users brain to distort images and to see and hear things that are not real.
What are Hallucinogens?
A substance that changes the structure or function of the body or mind is known as this.
What is a drug?
Using a drug in ways that are unhealthy or illegal is called this.
What is drug abuse?
Commonly found in household products, these substances have fumes are sniffed to produce hallucinations.
What are inhalants?
This very popular drug is been recently decriminalized but is still illegal in Pennsylvania.
What is marijuana?
Give an example of a depressant.
Does not have to be in the form of a question.
Alcohol, marijuana