Tobacco and Stimulants
Stimulants affect the Central Nervous System, Heart Rate, and other organs in this way.
What is becoming hyperactive, or increasing their activity?
Depressants affect the human body, it's Central Nervous System, heart rate, and other organs in this way.
What is slowing down, or decreasing activity?
This medication or drug can be purchased without a doctor's prescription.
What are Over The Counter Drugs?
These are common products whose gases or fumes can be inhaled for a quick high.
What are inhalants?
This is the process of overcoming dependence on alcohol or other drugs. It is a difficult and long process.
What is recovery, or recovering?
This form of tobacco is often used by chewing on it between one's teeth, or by holding it in their lip.
What is chewing tobacco?
This term refers to the use of alcohol characterized by symptoms such as compulsive use, tolerance, and withdrawal symptoms.
What is alcohol dependence or alcoholism?
The following may be any type of Brand-Name Drug?
What are: Tylenol, Advil, Day/NightQuil, etc.
What are Date Rape Drugs or (Gamma Hydroxybutyrate [GHB], Ketamine, and Rohypnol)?
This is the intentional or accidental ingestion of a drug or drugs in an amount that is beyond the recommended dose.
What is an OD or Overdose?
This substance found in all smokable tobacco products causes a brownish-yellow building in the lungs.
What is 'tar'?
This organ is responsible for metabolizing alcohol into acetaldehyde (a carcinogen), and eventually into acetate, which is easier for the body to process.
What is the liver?
This would be something a doctor would advise a patient not to do when taking a prescription drug.
What could be: Combining medications without doctor/pharmacist approval.
Stopping taking a medication, or changing how much or how often is is taken without instruction to.
Using someone else's medication
Using a medication after it's expiration date
Crushing or chewing tablets or capsules that do not specify to do so.
This type of illegal drugs alters and distorts one's emotions, thoughts, and how they perceive their senses (vision, touch, hearing, and smelling)
What are hallucinogens?
A sedative or anesthetic drug often causes these effects.
What are drowsiness, exhaustion, fatigues, or unconsciousness.
These are identified as the "Three Stages of Tobacco Addiction"
What are Wanting, Craving, and Needing?
This is a term used to describe a broad range of damaging effects associated with alcohol use during pregnancy.
What is (FAS) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
These may be 3 signs of a prescription or Over-The-Counter Drug Overdose.
What are: Agitation, confusion, raised body temperature, excessive sweating, high blood pressure, increased heart rate, hallucinations, seizures, confusion, cold or clammy skin, shallow breathing, low blood pressure or heart rate, or passing out.
This drug is sometimes called a hallucinogen because of how extreme it's effects are on one's mind. It acts as a stimulant, depressant, hallucinogen, and anesthetic all at once.
What is PCP or Phencyclidine?
This is the mind-altering ingredient in marijuana.
What is Tetrahydrocannabinol or (THC)?
These are (a wide variety, over 50 known) carcinogens found in tobacco products and cigarette smoke?
(What is a carcinogen found in tobacco products)
What are:
Formaldehyde, Carbon Monoxide, Ammonia, Hydrogen Cyanide, DDT, Arsenic, Cadmium, Isoprene, Lead, Nickel, Nicotine, Toulene.
Withdrawal occurs when the effects one feels when alcohol drinking is stopped. The following are common withdrawal effects discussed in class:
What is/are: Trembling, nervousness, hallucinations, seizures, irritability, and increase in family or work problems?
These drugs are commonly abused prescription drugs which can have disastrously addictive effects.
What are OxyContin, Vicodin, Xanax, Valium, Ritalin, or adderall.
This syndrome is responsible for 55% of all Inhalant-Related deaths, causing a user's heart to stop abruptly after using an inhalant.
What is SSDS or Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome.
This term refers to taking several different OTC or prescription drugs simultaneously.
What is Polypharmacy?