Terminology
Substance other than food that affects the structure or function of the body through its chemical action.
Drug
Within 2 hours, 5 or more drinks for men, 4 or more for women, at least once in a 2-week period.
Binge drinking, or heavy episodic drinking
The primary addictive ingredient; it is both a poison and a powerful psychoactive drug.
Nicotine
Drugs that speed up activity in the brain and sympathetic nervous system.
Examples:
Stimulants
An opiate antagonist, available in case of opioid overdoes.
naloxone (Narcan)
Use of prescription drugs for purposes other than those for which they were prescribed or in greater amounts than prescribed, or the use of nonprescription drugs or chemicals for purposes other than those intended by the manufacturer
Drug Misuse
Set of birth defects associated with use of alcohol during pregnancy
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
This type of tobacco also called snuff, chewing or spit tobacco, and snus, and is believed to cause about 10 to 15% of oral cancers.
Smokeless Tobacco
Slow down activity in the brain and sympathetic nervous system.
Examples:
Barbiturates and hypnotics.
Anti-anxiety drugs (benzodiazepines).
Rohypnol and GHB (gamma hydroxybutyrate)
Depressants
Relapsing brain disease characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences
Addiction
Use of a substance in amounts, situations, or a manner such that it causes problems, or greatly increases the risk of problems, for the user or for others.
Drub Abuse
A person with a BAC of _____ is considered legally drunk in all states, but people experience impairment at different BAC levels.
0.08%
A type of COPD that is characterized as an abnormal condition of the lungs that enlarges the alveoli (air sacs) and decreases elasticity.
Emphysema
Natural and synthetic derivatives of opium.
Examples:
Opioids
Reduced sensitivity to the effects of the drug
Tolerance
Are generally viewed as harmful and are unlawful to possess, manufacture, sell, or use
Illicit drugs
Life-threatening blood alcohol concentration that can produce a collapse of vital body functions.
Acute alcohol intoxication
Smoke from other people’s tobacco products, also known as secondhand smoke or passive smoke.
Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)
Alter perceptions and thinking, intensifying and distorting visual and auditory perceptions and producing hallucinations; also known as psychedelics.
Examples:
Hallucinogens
When drug use stops, an individual can experience symptoms of discomfort and flu-like symptoms, this is referred to as what?
When a person stops using a drug and experiences symptoms worse than those before taking the drug
Rebound Effect
A liver disease that is defined as scarring of the liver tissue.
Cirrhosis
An odorless gas that interferes with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to vital body organs, which is one of the most hazardous gaseous compounds in burning tobacco.
carbon monoxide
Breathable chemical vapors that alter consciousness, producing a state that resembles drunkenness.
The active ingredients are all dangerously powerful toxins and carcinogens.
The most significant negative effect for chronic users is widespread and long-lasting brain damage.
Examples:
Inhalants
This method of drug administration can be done Intravenously, intramuscular, or subcutaneously. Possible adverse reactions can include the following danger of overdose; collapsed veins; infection at injection site; blood infection; transmission of HIV, hepatitis C, and other pathogens
Injection