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Substances
Substances Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Drug | Any drug, other than food, that changes the structure or function of the body |
| Medicine | A substance, either prescription or OTC, that changes the structure or function of the body; prevent diseases, cure diseases, maintain health |
| Addiction | No longer has control over substance, characterized by a craving, or strong emotional need, to use any substance |
| Physical Dependence | A substance body requires alcohol to function |
| Psychological Dependence | People who do any substance considers drinking a regular, essential part of coping with daily life |
| Withdrawal | A group of symptoms that occur when a dependent person stops taking a drug |
| Tolerance | Causes someones body to need increasingly larger amounts of substance to achieve the original effect |
| Synergistic | Occurs when drugs interact to produce effects greater than those that each drug would produce alone |
| Antagonistics | Occurs when each drug's effect is canceled out or reduced by the other |
| Drug use | Using an illegal drug |
| Drug misuse | Improper use of medicine |
| Drug abuse | When a drug is intentionally used improperly or unsafely |
| Dependence | The brain develops a chemical need for substance and cannot function properly without it |
| Prescription Drugs | A drug that can be obtained only with a written order from a doctor and can be purchased only at a pharmacy |
| Over-the-counter Drugs | A medicine that is sold legaly in pharmacies and other stores |
| Stimulants | Drugs that increase the activity of the nervous system |
| Depressants | Drug that slows brain and body reactions |
| Hallucinogens | Drug that distorts perception, thought, and mood |
| Club Drugs | Dangerous to people and given at clubs |
| Anabolic | Increase muscle size and strength |
| Marijuana | Leaves, stems, and flowering tops of the hemp plant. Illegal drug |
| Gateway Drug | Used to describe Marijuana. This drug is used more often for a gateway |
| Analgesic | A pain reliever |
| Zero tolerance law | For schools if with alcohol they will get a bad consequence |
| Reverse Tolerance | Late stage for alcoholics, 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 | Amount of alcohol in a person's blood, expressed as a percentage |
| 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 | Dark, sticky substance that forms when tobacco burns |
| Nicotine | A addictive chemical in tobacco products |
| Carbon Monoxide | Burned, an odorless, poisonous gas |
| Effects on non-smoker | Inhale smoke from others |
| Sidestream smoke | The air in mainstream smoke that goes into the air directly from the cigarette. Contains twice as much of nicotine |
| Mainstream smoke | Exhaled from a smoker's lungs, both the cigarette filter and the smoker's lungs trap a lot of substances before they can enter the air in mainstream smoke |
| Emphysema | 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 |
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