Drug Categories
What are stimulants?
substance that makes the brain and body work faster.
What are the three main forms of alcohol?
Beer, wine, and liquor.
What is the result of one's actions?
What is the result of one's actions.
What are the signs of a first time smoker?
Coughing, choking, and feeling sick.
What are types of inhalants?
Inhalants are substances like glue, paint, or cleaning products that people breathe in to get high. They can be very harmful to the brain and body.
What are narcotics?
It helps stop pain and can be given medically.
What is blood alcohol concentration?
how much alcohol is in your blood after you drink. It’s measured in numbers, like 0.05, to show how alcohol affects your body.
What is "another choice"?
Alternatives.
What is dependence in drug education.
The term used for someone who needs and thinks about a cigarette on a regular basis.
What is a heart arrhythmia?
The term used for a fast, irregular heart beat.
What are inhalants?
Common household items that kids breathe in to feel dizzy or high.
What is the liver?
The organ that breaks down alcohol in the body.
What are "internal pressures"?
Pressure from yourself.
What are physical signs that a student is smoking?
Bad breath, yellow teeth, coughing, or smelling like smoke. Their fingers or clothes might also smell like cigarettes.
What are signs of inhalant abuse?
Argumentative, moody, and suddenly anti-social.
What are hallucinogens?
Drugs that make people see, hear, or feel things that aren’t really there.
The disease that damages the liver due to alcohol abuse. What is cirrhosis?
A disease that harms the liver from drinking too much alcohol. It happens when the liver gets too damaged to work properly.
What are "external pressures"?
Pressure from peers.
What diseases are caused by smoking?
cancer, lung and heart disease
What are ways that inhalant abuse can kill you?
Sudden death, heart attack, and suffocation.
What are depressants?
They make the brain and body work slower.
What are the three types of drinkers?
Social, problem, and alcoholic.
What are the different types of pressure that students are faced with on a daily basis?
By peers, media, and yourself.
What are alternatives to smoking?
Physical activities, going to the movies with friends, listening to music, etc.
Why is inhalant abuse is so common among teens?
It's easy to access because of how cheap it is and a quick way to get high.