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Legal and Illegal Drugs
Factors Affecting Drug Abuse
Commonly Abused Drugs
Choosing to be Drug Free
Misc.
100
legal drugs that help the body fight injury, illness, or disease
What is medicine
100
three general types of factors that can either increase one's risk of drug abuse or protect against drug abuse
What are family, social, and personal factors?
100
the leaves, stems, and flowering tops of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa
What is Marijuana?
100
2Treatment options for drug abusers include
What are detoxication, therapeutic communities, and supervised medication?
100
the improper use of medicines
What is drug misuse?
200
a medicine that is sold illegally in pharmacies and other stores without a doctor's prescription
What is over-the-counter drug?
200
a factor that reduces a person's potential for harmful behavior
What is a protective factor?
200
a breathable chemical vapor that produces mind-altering effects
What is an inhalant?
200
a residential treatment center where former drug abusers live together and learn to adjust to drug-free lives
What is a therapeutic community?
200
when a drug is intentionally used improperly or unsafely
What is drug abuse?
300
a mood-altering drug
What is a psychoactive drug?
300
Protective family factors include
What are strong and positive family bonds; parental awareness; clear rules are consistently enforced?
300
a drug that distorts perception, thought, and mood
What is a hallucinogen?
300
Alternatives to drugs include
What are engaging in physical activity, volunteer, and joining a youth group?
300
a chemical substance that people of any age may not lawfully manufacture, posses, buy, or sell
What is an illegal drug?
400
occurs when each drug's effect is canceled out or reduced by the other
What is drug antagonism?
400
examples of protective social factors
What are strong bonds to school; associating with peers who are drug free; and having friends that are supportive and accepting?
400
a powerful but short-acting stimulant, which is sniffed into the nose, smoked, or injected directly into the bloodstream
What is cocaine?
400
2 steps you can take to stay away from drugs
What are refuse drugs, seek help for stress and other problems, and practice healthy alternatives?
400
a stimulant that is related to amphetamines but is even more powerful
What is a methamphetamine?
500
occurs when drugs interact to produce effects greater than those that each drug would produce alone
What is drug synergism?
500
Protective personal factors include
What are commitment to success in academics and extracurricular activities and a personal belief that drug abuse is unacceptable?
500
any drug made from psychoactive compounds contained in the seed pods of poppy plants
What is an opiate?
500
Before drug abusers can be helped they must first do this
What is acknowledging their problem?
500
a class of depressant drugs, also called sedative-hypnotics
What are barbiturates?