DRUGS AND THE BODY
When the body becomes used to a drug and needs larger and larger amounts to produce the same effects.
What is tolerance?
The main active ingredient in marijuana is this.
What is THC or tetrahydrocannabinol?
Represents the percentage of alcohol to the blood.
What is BAC (Blood Alcohol Content)?
Heroin is processed from this naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain poppy plants.
What is morphine?
Vaping products were first marketed for this.
What is to help people quit smoking?
An unwanted change in the body that is not related to the main purpose of the drug.
What is a side effect?
Marijuana affects your ability to learn by decreasing your ability to do this.
What is concentrate and remember?
Gap in a person’s memory for events that took place while he or she was drinking.
What is a blackout?
The most commonly abused type of prescription opiate.
What are pain killers?
A typical battery-operated e-cigarette contains a cartridge of e-cig liquid, or juice and this drug.
What is nicotine?
Two types of drug dependence.
What are physical (develops a tolerance or shows withdrawal symptoms without it)and psychological (a strong emotional desire to continue using)?
The length of time marijuana remains in the body.
What is one month (THC is absorbed by fatty tissues in various organs)?
In Ohio it is illegal to drive with a BAC of ______ or above if you are 21 years of age or older.
What is .08?
Three ways to safely dispose of unused prescription medication.
What are permanent drop off sites, community drug take back events, and safe disposal kits?
One Juul pod contains the same amount of nicotine found in this many cigarettes.
What are twenty cigarettes or 1 pack?
Four ways in which drugs enter the body.
What are by mouth, by injection, by inhalation, and by absorption?
Marijuana falls into these two categories of drug classifications.
What are depressants (cause bodily functions to slow down. Initial side effects include slurred speech, dizziness, and loss of coordination) and hallucinogens (changes perception, thought, and emotion)?
Binge drinking is defined as drinking ______ or more drinks for women and _____ or more drinks for men in about 2 hours.
What are 4 and 5?
This synthetic drug counteracts the life-threatening effects of opioid overdose.
What is Naloxone (Narcan)?
Name two health issues vaping has been linked to?
What are seizures, popcorn lung, and respiratory problems?
Three factors that determine the effects a drug might have on the mind and body.
What are the way the drug enters the body; the dose or amount taken at one time; the weight, age, and health of the person; the emotional state of the person, whether the person is taking more than 1 drug at the same time?
The hormone that smoking a lot of marijuana increases production of in men.
What is estrogen (causes slowing of facial hair growth, and increases breast production in men)?
Alcohol directly affects brain chemistry by altering levels of ________________.
What are neurotransmitters? (The chemical messengers that transmit the signals throughout the body that control thought processes, behavior and emotion).
This ingredient is mixed with heroin and is 25-50 times more potent than heroin.
What is fentanyl?
Name 3 reasons as evidence to support the vaping industry is targeting youth to use their products.
What are increasing the amount of advertisements on social media, developing new e-juice flavors, appealing products and packaging designs?