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Health Vocab
Period 6 Vocab Flashcards
Term | Definition |
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Criteria | Standards on which to base decisions |
Ethical | Choosing to take the right action |
Values | Beliefs that guide the way a person lives |
Addiction | Mental or physical need for a drug or other substance |
Withdrawal | The unpleasant symptoms that someone experiences when he or she stops using an addictive substance |
Physological Dependence | A person's belief that he or she needs a drug to feel good or function normally |
Physical Dependence | An addiction in which the body develops a chemical need for a drug |
Cold Turkey | Stopping all use of tobacco products immediately |
Tolerance | The body's need for larger and larger amounts of a drug to produce the same effect |