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substances
substances vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| drug | any drug other than food that changes the structure or the function of the body |
| medicine | prescription or over the counter that changes the structr or the function of the body also cure diseases or cause them |
| addiction | makes the body think that it need that substance in them order to function normally |
| dependence | makes the body think that it needs that substance |
| physical dependence | needs to function |
| psychologically dependence | regular essential in life |
| withdrawal | remove all acholic from your body the alcholic will suffer from withdrawal |
| tolerance | it causes the drinker to need to increasingly large amounts of alcohol to achieve the original effect |
| synergistic | happens when drugs are used to get a effect |
| antagonistic | it happens when each drug is canceled out or reduced by the other |
| OTC | more goverement control so kids can take the extra pills that there parents didnt use when they where sick to get and effect on them so they feel good |
| drug missuse,drug use,drug abuse | they all are with how you use drugs |
| stimulants | theses drugs are increase activity of the nervous system |
| depressants | it slows the brain down and body reactions |
| hallucinogens | is a drug that distorts perception thought and mood |
| club drugs | they started at the club and where drugs that you would take to have a good feeling |
| inhalants | most stuff you use to inhale is not for human use |
| steroids | to get bigger and there are different types of steroids |
| marijuana | affects the brain and also when your high sights,sounds,time,touch |
| gateway drug | a drug that someone is usually their first drug like weed is a common one |
| zero tolerance law | if you are under age you can be arrested for having postion of alcohol |
| reverse tolerance | less alcohol in which causes intoxication |
| BAC | is the amount of alcohol they have in their body |
| fetal alcohol syndrom | cause effects of alcohol on an unborn child |
| FDA | inspects,test,safety of food and drugs and variety of consumer goods |
| tar | its in cigars and a lot of of stuff you smoke out of |
| nicotine | a very addictive chemical in tobacco |
| carbon monoxide | gas like substance |
| second had smoke on a non-smoker | it is inhaled by the lungs |
| side stream smoke | goes in the air directly |
| mainstream smoke | exhaled from the smokers lungs |
| Emphysema | is a disorder which alveoli in the lungs can no longer function properly |
| bronchitis | is an affection that causes the mucous membranes lining to the bronchi |
| cirrhosis | may lead to liver damage or death ,the fat filled liver cells die, leaving behind useless scar tissue |
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