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Alcohol
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Drug and the Body
Do You Know
100
What is BAC?
Blood Alcohol Content represents the percentage of alcohol to blood.
100
What is the colorless, odorless, highly addictive drug found in tobacco?
Nicotine
100

What is the word used to describe when the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects?

Tolerance

100

What is legal drinking age in the United States?

21 years old

200

The general legal BAC limit in Spain is how many grams/liter? 

0.5 g/l (grams per liter) 

200

What sport is chew/spit tobacco most commonly associated with?

Baseball 

200
What is an unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of a drug?
Side Effect
200
It is against the law in all 50 states to sell cigarettes to anyone under the age of what?
18 years old
300

What is it called when an individuals blood alcohol level (the percentage of alcohol circulating in the bloodstream) rises to a danger point where the individual loses consciousness and goes into a coma and in the worst cases, the drinker dies?

Alcohol poisoning/ Blackout 

300

Is nicotine a depressant, stimulant, or hallucinogen?

Stimulant

300

What are two types of drug dependence?

1. Physical dependence is when someone develops a tolerance for a drug or shows withdrawl symptoms without it 2. Psychological dependence is a strong emotional desire to continue using a drug.

300
What is the depressant drug found in some beverages that slows down the central nervous system and harms body organs?
Alcohol
400

The continued need for the effects of a drug even though those effects harm the body, mind, and relationships is called what? (vocabulary word) 

Dependence 

400

What is the term for smoke inhaled involuntarily from tobacco being smoked by others, also known as passive smoke?

Secondhand smoke

400

What are the four ways in which drugs enter the body?

By mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption

400
What is the term used when someone uses an illegal drug or intentionally misuses a prescription or OTC drug?
Drug Abuse
500

Name at least 3 effects of alcohol on the body and mind.

high blood pressure, heart disease, sleep disturbances, fetal abnormalities, dementia, traffic/work accidents, emotional disorders, coma, death, digestive problems. 

500

Name at least 3 smoking-related conditions and diseases

teeth and skin changes, fetal malformations, cavities, bad body odor, early menopause, different types of cancer 

500

Name at least 3 factors that determine the effects a drug might have on the mind and body.

1.The way the drug enters the body 2.The dose or amount of a drug taken at one time 3.The weight, age, and health status of the person 4.The emotional state of the person 5.Whether the person is taking more than one drug at the same time.

500

What is the name of the machine used to measure blood alcohol content through someone's breath? 

Breathalyzer