Prescription Drugs
Medicines that prevent disease
Antitoxins and vaccines
What drug classification speeds up all activities of the body
Stimulants
What drug classification does alcohol fall under?
Depressants
An addictive chemical found in tobacco
Reaches your brain in less than 10 seconds
Is a stimulant: increases heart rate and blood pressure
Constricts blood vessels
Nicotine
What is the legal age to purchase a vape in IL?
21
Medicines that fight infection (bacteria)
Antibiotics
What drug classification slows down all activities of the body
Depressants
What does BAC stand for and what is BAC?
Blood alcohol concentration
The amount of alcohol in your blood
A solid material in tobacco smoke that turns into a thick liquid
Is produced when tobacco is burned
Builds up on the alveoli (air sacs ) in the airways
Tar
How many cigarette packs are in a carton?
10
What are 3 examples of pain relievers.
Aspirin, Acetaminophen, codeine and morphine
What drug classification causes profound distortions in a person’s perceptions of reality?
Hallucinogens
How many drinks in a single sitting (short amount of time) is considered binge drinking?
4 drinks in 2 hours for women
5 drinks in 2 hours for men
A poisonous gas released by burning tobacco
Decreases red blood cells ability to carry oxygen, therefore suffocating the organs.
Carbon Monoxide
How many cigarettes are in a standard pack?
20 cigarettes.
What type of pain relievers are much more powerful than aspirin. Requires pain med. Opiate with HIGH addiction
Codeine and morphine
This drug classification, enters the bloodstream and travel to the brain immediately through the nose.
Inhalants
A serious — and sometimes deadly — consequence of drinking large amounts of alcohol in a short period of time. Drinking too much too quickly can affect your breathing, heart rate, body temperature and gag reflex and potentially lead to coma and death.
Alcohol poisoning
A cancer-causing agent
Carcinogen
What is a danger with E cigarettes/vapes not related to your health?
Batteries can explode
The interaction of two or more medicines that results in a greater effect than when the medicines are taken independently
Drug Synergism
This drug classification is a drug that depresses the body systems and cause drowsiness. Can you name two of them?
Sedative
Barbiturates'
Tranquillizers
How much of beer, wine and liquor is equal to one drink?
12 oz of beer
5 oz of wine
1.25 ounces of liquor
Type of cancer you can get from smokeless tobacco?
Leukoplakia
The nicotine content is 0.7mL (or 59 mg/mL) per pod, which is approximately equivalent to?
1 pack of cigarettes or 200 puffs