Vocabulary
A temporary loss of memory during a period of alcohol intoxication.
What is a blackout?
The legal age at which one can purchase and consume alcohol.
What is twenty one?
Another name for marijuana.
What is weed, grass, pot, mary jane, ganja, dope, etc?
How most people get heroin into their system.
What is intravenous injection?
A short term effect of smoking tobacco.
What are bad breath, unhealthy mouth, coughing, and smelly hair and clothing?
Someone who regularly drinks alcohol in a variety of settings with friends and family, but their drinking does not have adverse effects on their life.
What is a Social Drinker?
One standard drink (beer).
What is 12 fluid ounces?
How most marijuana users ingest the drug.
What is smoking?
The alkaloid from which heroin derives.
What is morphine?
A long term effect of smoking tobacco.
What is mouth, throat, and lung cancer? What is chronic bronchitis? What is tooth decay? What is addiction?
The state of being affected by drugs or alcohol to the point where physical and mental capacity is markedly diminished.
What is intoxication?
One standard drink (wine).
What is 5 fluid ounces?
The name of the plant upon which marijuana grows.
What is cannabis sativa?
The "feel good" chemical.
What is dopamine?
The chemical that makes tobacco addictive.
What is nicotine?
It's expressed in a percentage of your blood volume.
What is BAC?
The legal threshold of alcohol intoxication.
What is .08?
The active chemical in marijuana that makes you feel high.
What is THC?
It's known as a "club drug".
What is GHB?
The small, hair-like follicles that line the inside of the lungs.
What are cilia?
A late stage of scarring of the liver caused by many forms of liver diseases and conditions, such as hepatitis and chronic alcoholism.
What is cirrhosis?
The amount of drinks one person must have within two hours for them to qualify as binge drinking.
What is five (men)?
What is four (women)?
The secondary chemical in marijuana that balances out the high.
What is CBD?
The tiny blood vessels that absorb cocaine in the nostrils.
What are capillaries?
The small air sacks that inflate in your lungs.
What are alveoli (alveolar sacs)?