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Substances
Substances vocab
Term | Definition |
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Drug | Any drug other than food that chabges the structure or function of the body. |
Medicine | A substance either prescription or OTC that changes the structure or function of the body, may prevent diseases cure diseases maintain health. |
dependence | The brain develops a chemical need for alcohol and cannot function normally without it. |
addiction | The drinker no longer has control over his/her drinking. |
physical dependence | The brain develops a chemical need for alcohol and cannot function normally without it. |
Psychological dependence | Not being able to control your-self while you are drinking. You just keep on going. |
Withdrawal. | A group of symptoms that occur when a dependent person stops taking a drug. |
Tolerance | Causes a drinker's body to need increasingly larger amounts of alcohol to achieve the original effect. |
Drug interactions | When a person takes more than one drug at a time, the drugs may interact. |
Drug use | A pill or something that is related and that is illegal. |
Drug misuse | The improper use of medicines either prescription or over the counter drugs. |
Drug abuse | When a drug is intentionally or improperly or unsafely. |
Prescription drugs | A drug that can only be obtained with a written order from a doctor and can be purchased only at a pharmacy |
Over the counter drugs | A medicine that is sold legally in pharmacies and in stores without a doctors prescription. |
Stimulants | A drug that increase the activity of nervous system. |
Depressants | A drug that slows brain and body reactions. |