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Substances
Substances Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| drug | a substance, other than food, that changes the structure or function of the body |
| medicine | legal drugs that help the body fight injury, illness, or disease |
| addiction | the drinker no longer has control over his or her drinking |
| dependence | the brain develops a chemical need for alcohol and cannot function normally without |
| physical dependence | physically needing a drug to function normally |
| psychological dependence | mentally craving a drug |
| withdrawal | a group of symptoms that occur when a dependent person stops taking a drug |
| tolerance | with repeated use of a substance, its effects in the brain become reduced |
| synergistic | occurs when drugs interact to produce effects greater than those that each drug would produce alone |
| anatagonistic | occurs when each drug's effect is canceled out or reduced by the other |
| drug use | using drugs correctly for medical purposes |
| drug misuse | using drugs incorrectly |
| drug abuse | using drugs for no medical reason, using drugs when they are illegal |
| prescription drugs | a drug that can be obtained only with a written order from a doctor and can be purchased only at a pharmacy |
| OTC drugs | a medicine that is sold legally in pharmacies and other stores without a doctor's prescription |
| stimulants | drugs that increase the activity of the nervous system |
| depressants | drugs that slows brain and body reactions |
| hallucinogens | drugs that distort perception, thought, and mood |
| club drugs | strength and quality of them are highly unpredictable, different from person to person |
| inhalents | a breathable chemical vapor that produces mind-altering effects |
| Anabolic steroids | artificial forms of the male hormone testosterone, increase muscle size and strength |
| marijuana | one of the most frequently abused psychoactive drugs, changes the way information reaches and is acted upon by the brain |
| gateway drug | a drug that leads to using other harder drugs |
| analgesic | pain-reliever |
| zero tolerance law | students face stiff consequences, including suspension, starting with the first time they are caught with alcohol or other drugs |
| 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/BAL | the amount of alcohol in a person's blood, expressed as a percentage |
| % in IL | .08 |
| fetal alcohol syndrome | a group of birth defects caused by the effects of alcohol on an unborn child |
| FDA | inspects, tests, and assesses the safety of food, drugs, and a variety of consumer goods |
| tar | the dark, sticky substance that forms when tobacco burns |
| nicotine | a very addictive chemical in tobacco products |
| carbon monoxide | an odorless, poisonous gas produced when substances--including tobacco--are burned |
| second hand smoke | the combination of mainstream and sidestream smoke |
| sidestream smoke | smoke that goes into the air directly from the cigarette |
| mainstream smoke | exhaled from a smoker's lungs |
| emphysema | a disorder in which alveoli in the lungs can no longer function properly |
| bronchitis | an infection that causes the mucous membranes lining the bronchi to become inflamed |
| cirrhosis | a disease of the liver in which it becomes filled with useless scar tissue, may lead to liver failure |
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