Tobacco
A chemical that causes an increase in heart rate and blood pressure in tobacco.
Amount of alcohol in a person’s blood.
What is BAC?
When the brain develops a chemical need for the drug.
What does dependence mean?
Caffeine is an example.
What is an example of a stimulant?
Disease of the lung: #1 killer for smokers.
What is lung cancer?
A dark, sticky substance formed in the burning of tobacco.
What is Tar?
Learning to cope in life without alcohol.
What is Rehabilitation?
When drugs interact to produce greater effects than a drug would alone.
What is drug synergism?
Any substance that give off vapors.
What is inhalants?
Inflammation of the bronchi.
What is chronic bronchitis?
Smoke exhaled from smokers lungs.
What is Mainstream Smoke?
Punished for being caught with any amount of alcohol.
What is the zero-tolerance policy on underage drinking mean?
Types of drugs that can be purchased at the store.
What is over the counter drugs?
Powerful painkillers, produce painful withdrawal symptoms.
White patches on the tongue/mouth.
What is Leukloplakia?
Snuff and Chewing tobacco.
What 2 examples are included in smokeless tobacco?
A condition in which less and less alcohol is needed to cause intoxication.
What is reverse tolerance?
An unwanted physical/mental effect caused by the use of a drug, such as dizziness, nausea, and drowsiness.
What is a side effect?
These drugs produce a powerful, short lived, high followed by a “crashing”.
What are Stimulants?
Air sacs cannot contract from the tar build-up in smokers.
What is Emphysema?
Combination of mainstream and side stream smoke.
What is included in secondhand smoke?
A disease in which people can no longer control the use of alcohol. Needed to function.
What is alcoholism?
When s drug is intentionally used unsafely and improperly.
What is Drug abuse?
These drugs distort sensory function and cause a delusional brain perception.
What are Hallucinogens?
A disease that is risked and results in loss of function which is caused if a person smoked over a long period of time.
What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?