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substances
substance vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| drug | chemical taken to change body\behavior |
| medicine | helps body fight injury, illness,diseases |
| addiction | addiction-no control over drinking |
| physical dependence | tolerance where negative physical symptom withdrawal |
| psychological dependence | emotional-motivational withdrawal of symptions |
| withdrawl | group of symptoms occur when someone stops taking a drug |
| tolerance | repeated use of alcohol affects brain becomes reduced body then has tolerance (gets used to) |
| drug interaction | when a person takes more than one drug at same time |
| synergistic | drugs interact to produce effects greater than those that each drug would do alone |
| antagonistic | each drug is canceled out by the other |
| drug use | using drugs with proper instructions ex- cough syrup |
| drug abuse | intentionally used improperly ex-more med= high |
| drug misuse | more than required amount and not using for whole time frame ex-more than recommended amount |
| prescription drugs | purchased at pharmacy used to feel better |
| over the counter drugs | pain killers |
| stimulants | increase activity in nervous system |
| depressants | slows down brain and body reactions |
| hallucinogens | distorts with perception thought and mood |
| club drugs | highly unpredictable\ different on everyone |
| inhalants | breathable vapor mind altering affects |
| anabolic/steroids | increase muscle size |
| marijuana | anxiety\distorted perceptions |
| gateway drug | marijuana |
| analgesic | pain relever |
| zero tolerance | suspension if caught doing drugs |
| reverse tolerance | alcholol less =intoxication |
| intoxication | mental abilities\ impaired by a substance |
| BAC/BAL | blood alcohol concentration illinois- 0.08% |
| fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) | group of birth defects caused by affects of alcohol of an unborn child |
| FDA | food and alcohol administration inspects tests safety of foods drugs and other consumer goods |
| tar | mixture of chemicals dark sticky substance causes brown stains on teeth and fingers |
| nicotine | addictive chemical in tabacco |
| carbon monoxide | when substances burn its orderless and poisenous |
| second hand smoke | enviremental tabaco smoke breathe in others smoke |
| sidestream smoke | smoke goes into air dirrectly from ciggeret |
| mainstream smoke | exhaled from someones lungs |
| emphysema | disorder in aveoli in lungs so lungs cant function properly |
| bronchitis | infection causes mucous membrane lining of bronchi become inflamed |
| cirrohosis | chronic diese if liver by degeneration of cells inflammation and thickening of tissue caused by alcohol or hepatitis |
| dependence | chemical addiction- cant function without drug |
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madhorn
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