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Alcohol
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Do you know?
100

What does BAC stand for?

Blood Alcohol Content.

This represents the percentage of alcohol to blood.

100

What is the colorless, odorless, highly addictive drug found in tobacco?

Nicotine 

100

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

Tolerance

100

What is the name of the gummy substance formed by millions of tiny particles in cigarette smoke?

Tar

100

What is the legal drinking age in the United States?

21 years old 

200

What is this called? A condition that occurs when there is too much alcohol in the bloodstream, causing the central nervous system to depress. 

Alcohol poising 

200

Is nicotine a depressant, stimulant, hallucinogen or narcotic? 

Stimulant 

200

What is an unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of a drug?

side effect 

200
The continued need for the effects of a drug even though those effects harm the body, mind and relationships is called what?

drug dependence 

200
Males and Females process alcohol the same way? True or false 

False.

The height, weight, amount of food a person has eaten can all effect how a person process alcohol. 

300
Drinking a lot of alcohol in a short amount of time is called....

binge drinking 

300

What is the term for exhaled smoke and side streamed smoke breathed in by another person?

Second hand smoke 

300

What are the two types of drug dependence?

1- Physical Dependence --tolerance that causes withdrawal symptoms.

2- Psychological dependence- EMOTIONAL desire to continue to use it

300

Alcohol interferes with what? Name 2.

Judgement, coordination, reaction time, basic body functions

300

Stimulants increase what 

heart rate 

400

How long does it take for alcohol to enter the blood stream?

5-10 minutes. 

It passes from your stomach into your bloodstream and then travels the body, effecting every organ.

400

What is the product known also as dip, chew, spit, or snuff?

Smokeless tobacco

400

What are 4 ways drugs enter the body?

1. Mouth

2. Injection

3. Inhalation

4. Absorption 

400

What is the difference between OTC drugs and prescription? 

OTC- over the counter, can be purchased without a physicians permission


Prescription- medication that can only be obtained with a written order from a physician 

400

What is the term used when someone uses and illegal drug or intentially takes a prescription that is not theirs?

Drug abuse 
500

Name 3 long term affects of alcohol on the body?

1. Can lead to certain types of cancer.

2. Affects parts of the CNS- breathing, heartbeat, brain

3. Cardiovascular disease and neurological damage

4. Psychiatric problems such as depression, anxiety, and antisocial personal disorder 

500

Name at least 3 smoking related conditions

1. cancer

2. emphysema

3. chronic bronchitis 

4. Asthma 

500

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

1. Way the drug enters the body

2. The dose or amount taken at one time

3. Weight, height, and health status of an individual

4. Emotional state of the person

5. Other drugs in the body

500

Name 4 pieces of information found on an OTC medication.

1. Name of the product

2. Type of the medicine

3. Amount in the container

4. Uses

5. Warnings

6. Active ingredients/ inactive ingredients 

500

What are designer drugs and where are they commonly used.

synthetic drug that mimics a high

ecstasy