Stimulants
THE REPEATED USE OF A SUBSTANCE THAT LEADS TO DEPENDENCY.
WHAT IS ADDICTION?
WHEN YOU HAVE MORE THAN 5 DRINKS IN ONE SITTING.
WHAT IS BINGE DRINKING?
THE ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCE FOUND IN TOBACCO, VAPE AND POUCHES.
WHAT IS NICOTINE?
OPIOIDS ARE SIMILAR TO THIS CLASSIFICATION BECAUSE THEY SLOW DOWN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
WHAT ARE DEPRESSANTS?
A DRUG THAT CAN BE LEGALLY PURCHASED FROM A STORE, SUCH AS ASPRIN.
WHAT IS AN OTC (OVER THE COUNTER DRUG)?
THE STRONGEST OF STIMULANTS IN POWDER FORM TAKEN UP THE NOSE.
WHAT IS COCAINE?
A STATE IN WHICH A PERSON CONSUMES A SUBSTANCE THAT INHIBITS THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ABILITIES.
WHAT IS INTOXICATION?
THIS CAUSES ALLERGIES IN KIDS AND IS MORE HARMFUL THAN MAINSTREAM SMOKE.
WHAT IS SECOND HAND SMOKE?
OPIUM, MORPHINE, CODEINE, AND HYDROCODONE ARE OPIOIDS BECAUSE THEY COME FROM THIS PLANT.
WHAT IS THE POPPY PLANT?
A GROUP OF DRUGS THAT ALTER A PERSON’S PERCEPTION OF REALITY.
WHAT ARE HALLUCINOGENS?
A LEGAL SUBSTANCE DRANK BY MANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN SCHOOL.
WHAT IS CAFFEINE?
A MEASURE OF ALCOHOL CONTENT IN THE BLOOD EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE.
WHAT IS B. A. C. ?
(BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION)
THIS STICKY SUBSTANCE PRODUCED WHEN BURNING TOBACCO.
WHAT IS TAR?
THIS IS A POTENT SYNTHETIC OPIOID THAT HAS CAUSE NUMEROUS DEATHS IN THE U.S.
WHAT IS FENTANYL?
VOLATILE CHEMICALS THAT PRODUCE MIND-ALTERING EFFECTS, CAN CAUSE SUDDEN SNIFFING DEATH.
WHAT ARE INHALANTS?
PILLS FROM A DOCTOR LIKE CONCERTA, VYVANSE, ADDERALL THAT TREAT ADD/ADHD.
WHAT ARE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS?
MEETINGS CONSISTING OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO RECOVER FROM DRINKING.
WHAT IS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS?
A CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE CAUSED BY SMOKING WHICH DESTROYS THE ALVEOLI, MAKING BREATHING DIFFICULT.
WHAT IS EMPHYSEMA?
OCCURS WHEN EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF A DRUG ARE TAKEN, CAUSING SEVERE RISKS OR DEATH.
WHAT IS AN OVERDOSE?
A substance that increases the likelihood to try other substances, Marijuana is an example of this.
WHAT IS A GATEWAY DRUG?
A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO FOR REHABILITATION, SUCH AS THE BETTY FORD CLINIC.
WHAT IS REHAB or
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY?
THE IRREVERSIBLE SCARRING AND DAMAGE TO THE LIVER DUE TO BINGE DRINKING.
WHAT IS CIRRHOSIS?
NICOTINE MIMICS THIS NEUROTRANSMITTER.
WHAT IS DOPAMINE?
REPEATED USE OF A SUBSTANCE THAT REDUCES THE BODY’S RESPONSE, REQUIRING HIGHER DOSES TO ACHIEVE THE SAME EFFECT.
WHAT IS TOLERANCE?
A DRUG THAT ALTERS HOW YOUR MIND AND BODY FUNCTION.
WHAT ARE PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS?