Types of Medicines
Any drug that can be brought without a prescription?
Over-the-counter medicine
Taking a drug the way it’s intended to be used?
Drug use
Drugs that increase a person’s energy and alertness.
Stimulants
This organ is most directly damaged by excessive alcohol use.
Liver
The emergency medication used to reverse opioid overdoses.
NARCAN® / Naloxone
Pharmaceutical drug that legally requires a doctor's approval?
Prescription medicine
Taking of a drug for a purpose other than that for which it was medically intended?
Drug misuse
Drugs that cause relaxation and sleepiness.
Depressants
The organ nicotine reaches within seconds after vaping.
Brain
Mixing drugs with this depressant increases overdose risk.
Alcohol
Any effect that is caused by a drug and that is different from the drugs intended effect?
Side effect
The habitual taking of addictive or illegal drugs, for no medical purpose.
Drug abuse
Drugs that are used as pain relievers, anesthetics and sedatives.
Narcotics/Opiates
The body system that dangerously slows during an opioid overdose.
Respiratory system
These should always be followed when taking prescription medication.
Prescription directions
These instructions on a prescription label tell you how much medicine to take and when to take it.
Dosage directions
Using drugs repeatedly despite harmful consequences is a sign of this condition.
Addiction
Plant-derived drug that contains the active chemical THC.
Cannabis
A mental health condition involving intense fear or worry that can worsen with drug use.
Anxiety
The term for needing more of a drug to get the same effect.
Tolerance
Taking antibiotics when they are not needed can cause bacteria to become resistant to this type of medicine.
Antibiotics
Combining drugs, especially depressants, can increase the risk of this life-threatening
Overdose
Drugs that distort perceptions.
Hallucinogens
The organ responsible for thinking and memory that methamphetamine can severely damage.
Brain
The first emergency step after giving someone NARCAN®.
Calling 911