Alcohol
Alcohol negatively effects the liver and this other organ the most.
Brain
The colorless, odorless, highly addictive drug found in tobacco?
Nicotine
Term used when the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects.
Tolerance
The legal limit for alcohol in the state of Missouri?
.08%
The legal drinking age in Missouri?
21 years old
Alcohol decreases central nervous system function which would make it this type of drug.
Depressant
Nicotine speeds up the central nervous system making it this type of drug.
Stimulant
The unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of a drug.
Side Effect
You be arrested for this if you take a breathalyzer test and blow a .08% or above.
Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)
It is against the law in the state of Missouri to sell cigarettes to anyone under this age.
21 years old
When an individual's blood alcohol level (the percentage of alcohol circulating in the bloodstream) rises to a dangerous point in which the individual loses consciousness, goes into a coma, and in the worst cases, the drinker dies.
Alcohol Poisoning
The term for exhaled smoke and side-stream smoke otherwise known as environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) or passive smoke; a mixture of two forms of smoke from burning tobacco products.
Secondhand smoke
Name 2 illegal drugs that are in the stimulant category.
Amphetamines, Meth, Cocaine, and Crack.
You be arrested for this if you take a breathalyzer test and blow below a .08%?
Driving Under The Influence (DUI)
The depressant drug found in some beverages that slows down the central nervous system and harms body organs.
Alcohol
It takes this long for the liver to oxidize 1/3 to 1/2 an ounce of alcohol out of the bloodstream?
1 Hour
The product also known as dip, chew, snuff, or spit and is put between the lip and gum and sucked on the inside of the mouth.
Smokeless Tobacco
The four ways in which drugs enter the body?
By mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption
Name 2 consequences when a person gets a DWI.
Arrested, car towed, bail, court costs, fines, suspended or revoked license, jail sentences, higher insurance rates.
The term used when someone needs more and more alcohol to make them drunk.
Tolerance
Name at least 3 long term affects of alcohol on the body and mind.
Cirrhosis, Fatty Liver, Hepatitis, Destroyed Brain Cells.
Name at least 3 smoking-related conditions and diseases
Cancer, Emphysema, Chronic Bronchitis, Asthma.
Name 3 negative effects that marijuana has on the body.
Chronic Bronchitis, Lung Cancer, Emphysema, decreased sperm count, permanent damage to the immune system, decreased testosterone levels.
Name 2 ways that alcohol effects driving ability.
Inability to judge distances, speeds, and turns, not understanding capabilities or limitations in a car, increase risk taking, decreased concentration and reflexes/reaction times.
Name a gateway drug.
Tobacco, Alcohol, or Marijuana