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health substances
substance vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| drug | a chemical substance that is taken to cause changes in a person's body or behavior |
| medicine | a legal drug that helps the body fight injury, illness, or disease |
| addiction | the state of losing control over the use of a drug |
| dependence | the condition that results when the brain develops a chemical need for a drug and can't function normally without it |
| physical dependence | body needs it |
| psychological dependence | mind needs it |
| withdrawal | a group of symptoms that occur when a dependent person stops taking a drug |
| tolerance | the condition that results when repeated use of a drug causes it to have less of a effect on the brain |
| drug interactions | two drugs interact to produce effects that are greater than either drug would by itself |
| drug use | using a drug |
| drug misuse | the improper use of medications |
| drug abuse | the intentional improper or unsafe use of a drug |
| prescription drugs | a drug that can only be obtained only with a written note from a doctor and can only be purchased at a pharmacy |
| over the counter drug | a medicine that is sold legally in pharmacies and other stores without a doctor's prescription |
| stimulants | a type of drug that increases the activity of the nervous system |
| depressants | a drug that slows brain and body reactions |
| hallucinogens | a drug that distorts perception though and mood |
| club drugs | drugs that first gained popularity at dance clubs and raves |
| inhalants | a breathable chemical vapor that produces mind altering effects |
| anabolic steroids | an artificial form of the male hormone testosterone that is used to increase muscle size |
| marijuana | a drug made from the stem, leaves and flowering tops from the hemp plant |
| gateway drug | a drug that is linked to using other harder drugs |
| analgesic | pain reliever |
| zero tolerance law | a policy that enforces strict consequences for under age drinking |
| reverse tolerance | a condition in which less and less alcohol causes intoxication |
| intoxication | the state in which a person's mental and physical abilities are impaired by alcohol or another substance |
| Bac | the amount of alcohol in a persons blood |
| fetal alcohol syndrome | a group of birth defects cause by alcohol on a unborn child |
| FDA | inspects tests and assesses the safety of food and drugs |
| tar | a dark sticky substance that forms when tobacco burns |
| nicotine | a chemical naturally produced by tobacco plants that acts like a insecticide to protect the plant's leaves from insects |
| carbon monoxide | odorless poisonous gas formed by tobacco burning |
| second hand smoke effects | cardiovascular disease, respiratory problems, and cancer |
| side stream smoke | smoke that goes into the air from the cigarette |
| mainstream smoke | exhaled from a smokers lung |
| emphysema | a disorder in which damaged alveoli in the lungs can no longer take in adequate oxygen and eliminate carbon dioxide |
| bronchitis | infection that causes the mucous membranes lining the bronchi to become inflamed |
| cirrhosis | liver filled with fat which block blood flow leaving behind useless scar tissue |
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