Drugs
The use of medicines for non-medical purposes.
What is Substance Abuse?
This can lead to other, harsher drugs.
What is a gateway drug?
Work in one of two ways, they either kill the bacteria or prevent them from reproducing.
What is an antibiotic?
Another word for alcohol
What is ethanol?
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, reduces pain and nausea.
What is THC?
A type of drug used to treat or prevent diseases or other conditions
What is medicine?
Using more than the recommended amount, resulting in a toxic state
What is overdose?
A medication taken by mouth
What is an oral medication?
Drinking five or more alcoholic drinks in one sitting
What is binge drinking?
A highly addictive chemical in tobacco plants
A substance which fumes are sniffed or inhaled
What is an inhalant
Body becoming accustomed to the drug. More and more will be needed.
What is tolerance?
A reaction to medicine other than what is intended.
What is a side effect?
A state in which the body is poisoned by alcohol or another substance, causing physical and mental control to decline.
What is intoxication?
A type of drug that hijacks body’s reward system
What is a stimulant?
Interaction of two or more medicines that result in greater effect. One increases the strength of another.
What is Synergistic effect?
Physiological and psychological dependence of a drug
What is addiction?
Preparation that prevents a person from contracting a disease
A severe and potentially fatal physical reaction to alcohol overdose.
What is alcohol poisoning?
A plant whose leaves, buds, and flowers are usually smoked for their intoxicating effects
What is Marijuana?
What type of drug distorts reality and triggers lasting mental health issues?
What are hallucinogens?
A type of dependence a person feels they need the drug in order to feel good or function.
What is Psychological Dependence?
One medicine is canceled out or reduced when taken another medicine.
What is an antagonistic effect?
The chemical action of yeast on sugars in fruits, vegetables, and grains.
What is Fermentation?
Substances other than food that change the structure or function of the body or mind.
What is a drug?