The measure used by law enforcement to determine the amount of alcohol in the body's circulatory system
What is Blood Alcohol Level
100
Involuntary smoking; smoke in the environment
What is passive smoke
100
Drugs that relieve pain are classified as _____
What is Narcotics
100
What are two types of drug dependence?
What is Physical dependence when someone develops a tolerance for a drug or shows withdrawl symptoms without it 2. Psychological dependence a strong emotional desire to continue
100
The conversion of ethyl alcohol into carbon dioxide and water is called the metabolic process of
What is fermentation
200
Characterized by consumption above social and controllable limits
What is Alcoholism
200
The gummy substance formed by millions of tiny particles in cigarette smoke
What is Tar
200
Drugs that produce vapors causing psychoactive effects
What is Inhalants
200
The American Psychiatric Association now recognizes tobacco as a ________ disorder
What is Addictive disorder
200
Discontinuation of a drug causes __________
What is withdrawal illness
300
Known as hard liquior these are made by distilling brewed or fermented grains
What is distilled spirits
300
Substance capable of causing cancer in living tissue
What is carcinogen
300
Drugs that increase energy and physical activity
What is a Stimulant
300
What happens when the body becomes use to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects
What is Tolerance
300
Component of tobacco associate with lung cancer
What is Nitrosamine
400
Inability to remember recent events
What is Blackout
400
Smokeless tobacco can irritate the gums causing ______ and tooth loss
What is gingivitis
400
Drugs that affect the central nervous system
What is psychoactive drug
400
The four ways in which drugs enter the body
What is By mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption
400
Alcohol is a ______ drug that represses sexual drive
What is a depressant
500
Colorless liquid; central nervous system depressant
What is a Ethyl Alcohol
500
Substance that settles in the forks of the branch-like bronchial tubes in the lungs and damages cilia
What is tar
500
Drugs that slow down the nervous system
What is Sedatives
500
scarring of the liver and poor liver function. It is the final phase of chronic liver disease.