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Question | Answer |
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Medicines | are drugs that are used to cure or prevent diseases or other conditions. |
Prescriptions | medicines can be sold only with a written order from a doctor. |
Over-the-counter | are medicines available with a written order from the doctor. |
Antibiotics | are medicines that kill or stop the growth of germs. |
Side effect | is any reaction to a medicine other than the one intended |
Tolerance | is a condition in which the body becomes used to the effects of a medicine and needs greater amounts to get the same effect |
Drug misuse | taking medicine in a way that is not intended. |
Drug abuse | means using drugs in ways that are unhealthy or illegal. |
Substance abuse | use of illegal or harmful drugs, including any use of alcohol while under the legal drinking age. |
Anabolic steroids | are synthetic drugs based on a male hormone. |
Inhalants | are substances whose fumes are inhaled to produce hallucinations. |
Marijuana | is an illegal drug that comes from the hemp plant. |
Narcotics | are certain drugs that relieve pain. |
Hallucinogens | are illegal drugs that cause the user’s brain to distort to images and to see and hear things that aren't real. |
Depressants | are drugs that slow down the body’s functions and reactions. |
Stimulants | are drugs that speed up the body’s functions. |