Tobacco
Chemical in tobacco causes the heart rate and blood pressure to increase
What is nicotine?
Alcohol is more damaging to teen brains than adult brains because teen brains are
What is still developing?
Drinker no longer has no longer had control of their drinking
What is Addiction?
Disease if the lung; #1 killer
What is Lung cancer?
Drugs that produce a powerful high (short lived) followed by “crashing” which leads to a powerful addiction
What is Stimulants?
Chemical in Tobacco that is an odorless, poisonous gas
What is carbon monoxide?
A driver over age 21 caught driving with a blood alcohol content that exceeds the legal limit is charged with
What is Driving under influence?
Body becomes used to the drug; the need for more increases
Tolerance
White patches on the tongue/mouth
What is Leukoplakia?
Drugs that are fat soluble and cause “flashbacks”
What is Hallucinogens?
Chemical that is a dark, sticky substance that forms when tobacco is burned
What is Tar?
Taking so much of a drug that it can lead to a coma or death is called
What is Overdose?
Removing alcohol from the person’s body
What is Detoxification?
Air sacs cannot contract from tar build up
What is Emphysema?
Drugs that are powerful and produce painful withdrawal symptoms
What is Narcotics?
Type of drug that increases the activity of the nervous system
What is Stimulant?
When a drinker drinks too much alcohol in one sitting
What is Binge drinking?
Learning to cope with life without alcohol
Inflammation of the bronchii
What is Chronic bronchitis?
Drugs that relax the user, impairing their judgement and slow down Central Nervous System functions
What is Depressants?
Examples of smokeless tobacco
What is Chewing tobacco and snuff?
A group of birth defects caused by the effects of alcohol on an unborn child
What is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
A group of symptoms that occurs after stopping the drug
What is Withdrawl?
A disease that results in a gradual loss of lung function (people who smoke over a long period of time are at risk)
What is Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
Drugs that are substances that will give off psychoactive vapors the user will sniff
What is Inhalants?