Alcohol
Represents the percentage of alcohol to blood
What is BAC?
The colorless, odorless, highly addictive drug found in tobacco
What is nicotine?
When the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects
What is tolerance?
The BAC legal limit in California
What is .08%?
The drug category that nicotine falls into
What is a stimulant?
An unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of a drug
What is a side effect?
When an individual's blood alcohol level rises to a dangerous point at which the individual loses consciousness, enters a coma, and possibly dies
What is alcohol poisoning?
Also known as exhaled/sidestream smoke, environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), or passive smoke; a mixture of two forms of smoke from burning tobacco products
What is secondhand smoke?
The continued need for the effects of a drug even though those effects harm the body, mind, and relationships
What is drug dependence?
The length of time it takes for alcohol to enter the bloodstream after consumption
What is 5 to 10 minutes?
The product also known as dip, chew, snuff, or spit. It is put between the lip and gum and sucked on the inside of the mouth
What is smokeless tobacco?
Four ways that drugs can enter the body
What are by mouth, injection, inhalation, and absorption?
Name at least 1 long term effect of alcohol on the body and mind
1. Cancer of the mouth, esophagus, pharynx and larynx, liver, stomach, ovaries, breast, prostate, and small intestine
2. Changes to parts of the brain and nervous system that control breathing, heartbeat, and related body functions
3. Cardiovascular disease and neurological damage
4. Psychiatric problems such as depression, anxiety, and antisocial personality disorder
Name at least 1 smoking related condition and disease
What are asthma, bronchitis, or cancer?
Name at least 3 factors that determine the effects a drug might have on the mind and body
1. Method of entry
2. Dosage
3. The weight, age, and health status of the person
4. The emotional state of the person
5. Whether or not the person is taking more than one drug at the same time