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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 | a legal drug that helps the body fight injury,illness, or disease |
| Addiction | the drinker has no control over his/her drinking |
| Physical dependence | when you think that you need a drug to function |
| Psychological dependence | mentally craving a drug |
| Withdrawal | group of symptoms that occur when a dependent person stops taking a drug |
| Tolerance | with repeated use of alcohol, its effects in the brain become reduced in which the body has developed tolerance |
| Synergistic | occurs when drugs interact to produce effects greater than those that each drug would produce alone |
| Anatagonist | occurs when each drugs effect is canceled out or reduced by the other |
| Drug use | the use of drugs |
| Drug misuse | using legal drugs in a harmful way |
| Drug abuse | over doing drugs |
| Prescription drugs | a drug that can be obtained only with a written order from a doctor |
| OTC drugs | drugs that are legally sold at pharmacies but they are no prescribed by the doctor |
| Stimulants | drugs that increase the activity of the nervous system |
| Depressants | drug that slows down brain and body reactions |
| Hallucinogens | drug that distorts perception, thoughts, and mood |
| Club drugs | got its name from the fact that they first gained popularity at dance clubs and raves |
| Inhalants | a breathable chemical vapor that produces mind-altering effects |
| Steroids | to increase muscle size and strenght |
| Marijuana | "gateway drug" |
| Gateway drug | a drug that leads to using more and more drugs ("gateway") |
| analegesic | pain releaver |
| Zero tolerance | for teens and others under 21, using alcohol is illegal |
| Intoxication | state in which a person mental and physical abilities are impaired by alcohol or another substance |
| BAC/BAL | amount of alcohol in a persons blood |
| Fetal alcohol syndrome | group of birth defects caused by the effects of alcohol on an unborn child |
| Reverse tolerance | a condition in which less and less alcohol causes intoxication |
| 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 is known as tar |
| Nicotine | a very addictive chemical in tobacco products |
| Carbon monoxide | when substances including tobacco are burned, an odorless, posionous gas |
| Second hand smoke | when you are around people who are smoking |
| Sidestream smoke | the air in mainstream smoke |
| Mainstream Stroke | exhaled from a smokers lungs |
| Emphysema | a disorder in which alveoli in the lungs can no longer function properly |
| Bronchitis | infection that causes the mucous membranes lining the bronchi to become inflames |
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