Terminology
Drug that speeds up the central nervous system.
What is stimulant?
The deadliest disease in America. It's also highly preventable.
What is heart disease?
The addictive substance in Tobacco.
What is nicotine?
The mind-altering chemical in marijuana.
What is THC?
Alcohol is considered this type of drug.
What is depressant?
Cancer causing agent.
What is carcinogen?
This classification of STDs can not be cured.
What is viral?
The disease most often associated with smoking.
What is lung cancer?
Marijuana has this effect on your heart rate.
What is increase?
The disease most associated with excessive alcohol consumption.
What is cirrhosis?
The body's ability to adjust to a drug.
What is tolerance?
Provides 100% protection against STDs.
What is abstinence?
The odorless, poisonous gas found in cigarettes.
What is carbon monoxide?
The key chemical that is released from the brain while using marijuana.
What is dopamine?
The number of drinks your body metabolizes in one hour.
What is 1?
Mixing two drugs together to increase the effect.
What is synergistic?
The 3 ways infectious diseases can be spread.
What is contact, the air, and touching other objects?
Passes through the tobacco and filter when the smoker inhales.
What is mainstream smoke?
The percentage of people who start using marijuana that become addicted.
What is 9%?
The legal limit for driving under the influence.
What is .08?
When a person loses the ability to show restraint or certain impulses from drinking.
What is inhibitions?
Genetics, lifestyle, and _____________ are 3 key ways that diseases can be acquired.
What is the environment?
How long it takes the nicotine to travel through the bloodstream and to the brain.
What is 8 seconds?
Marijuana is this type of drug.
What is psychoactive?
If a drink has 25% alcohol, the proof in that drink would be.
What is 50?