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Tobacco
Alcohol
Drugs
Drugs pt2
Potpourri
100
The addictive drug found in tobacco leaves.
What is nicotine?
100
The excessive use of alcohol.
What is alcohol abuse?
100
Substances other then food that change the structure or function of the body or mind.
What are Drugs?
100
The common name for the Indian hemp plant Cannabis.
What is marijuana?
100
Cancer causing substances.
What are carcinogens?
200
A thick, sticky, dark fluid that is produced when tobacco burns.
What is Tar?
200
The state in which the body is poisoned by alcohol or another substance and a person's physical and mental control is greatly reduced.
What is Intoxication?
200
A drug that increases the action of the central nervous system, the heart, and other organs.
What are stimulants?
200
A strong, sometimes fatal reaction to taking a large amount of a drug.
What is a overdose?
200
A drug that slows the central nervous system.
What is a depressant?
300
Compound found in cigarette smoke, is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas.
What is Carbon monoxide?
300
Drinking four to five alcoholic drinks in one sitting.
What is binge drinking?
300
The smoke from the burning end of a cigarette, pipe, or cigar.
What is sidestream smoke?
300
Specific drugs derived from the opium plant that are obtainable only by prescription and are used to relieve pain.
What are narcotics
300
A disease in which a person has a physical or psychological dependence on drinks that contain alcohol.
What is alcoholism?
400
Dulled taste buds, bad breath, increased respiration, change in brain chemistry.
What are short-term effects of tobacco use?
400
The amount of alcohol in a person's blood expressed as a percentage.
What is blood alcohol concentration?
400
A physiological or psychological dependence on a drug.
What is addiction?
400
A condition in which the users body has a chemical need for the drug.
What is physiological dependence?
400
A disease that destroys the tiny air sacs in the lungs.
What is Emphysema?
500
The smoke that is exhaled from the lungs of the smoker.
What is mainstream smoke?
500
A group of alcohol-related birth defects that include physical and mental problems.
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
500
Drugs that alter moods, thoughts and sense perceptions including vision, hearing, smell, and touch.
What are hallucinogens?
500
Sedative-hypnotic drugs, or drugs that induce sleepiness.
What are barbiturates?
500
Experimentation, Social-Situation, Consequential Misuse, Daily Dependence, and Total Addiction.
What are the stages of addiction?