Medication Basics
This is the term for any substance that causes a physical or psychological change in the body.
What is a drug?
This is the term for when a person unintentionally fails to follow medication instructions, such as forgetting a dose.
What is medication misuse?
These are chemicals that people breathe in to experience a high, though the feeling does not last for several hours as some might think.
What are inhalants?
These are strong medications prescribed to relieve pain, but they can cause weakness, nausea, and confusion if abused.
What are opioids?
To make a healthy choice when a friend offers you marijuana, you should use this specific "process" to define the problem and evaluate your options.
What is the decision-making process?
This type of medication can be purchased by a minor without a doctor’s written prescription to treat minor health symptoms.
What is Over-the-Counter (OTC) medication?
This is the term for intentionally using a medication in an unapproved way.
What is a loss of interest in school (or trouble concentrating/personality changes)?
This category of drugs is known for causing a fast, intense high followed by nervousness and depression once it wears off.
What are stimulants?
This specific opioid is 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine.
What is fentanyl?
This term describes what happens when a person decides to take a drug again after they had already stopped.
What is a relapse?
This is the term for a medication that specifically requires a doctor’s order to be dispensed.
What is a prescription medication?
$200: This is the term for intentionally using a medication in an unapproved way.
What is medication abuse?
This category of drugs significantly alters a person’s senses, leading them to see or hear things that aren't real.
What are hallucinogens?
This is a long-term negative health effect specifically associated with heroin use.
What are kidney conditions?
This specific step of the decision-making process involves identifying the best- and worst-case scenarios for each of your choices.
What is identifying possible outcomes?
To ensure safety, medication labels include Two specific pieces of information.
What are: When to take it, symptoms it treats, and how to take it (with or without food)?
This is taking more of a medication or drug than the body can process at one time.
What is an overdose?
This is an alcohol and drug-free living environment that helps people reduce the temptation to use substances.
What is a sober living community?
This life-saving medication can temporarily reverse an opioid overdose, but it does NOT work for cocaine or methamphetamines.
What is Naloxone?
This is the act of coming up with a list of all your options without ruling any ideas out or judging them yet.
What is brainstorming?
This occurs when a person’s body responds to a medication as if it were a harmful invader.
What is a drug allergy?
Having a family member or role model who uses drugs is considered this type of "factor" for drug abuse.
What is a risk factor?
This drug is made up of dried parts of the cannabis plant.
What is marijuana?
This dangerous condition, often caused by fentanyl use, results in low oxygen levels in the bloodstream.
What is hypoxia?
This is the final stage where you evaluate how effective your decision was and whether you need to revise your plan.
What is reflecting on the decision?