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Health 6
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alcohol poisoning | Damage to physical health caused by drinking too much alcohol |
| Alcoholism | A disease in which a person is physically and physiologically dependent on alcohol |
| Blood alcohol concentration | The amount of alcohol in the bloodstream |
| Cancer | A disease and which damage cells grow out of control and destroy healthy tissue |
| Carbon monoxide | Gas that makes it hard for blood to carry oxygen |
| Central nervous system | Consists of the brain and spinal cord |
| Cessation | The active stopping something entirely and personally |
| Chronic bronchitis | A disease and which the lining of the airways become swollen and irritated |
| Chronic effect | Consequence that remains with a person for a long time |
| Chirrhosis | Deadly disease that replaces healthy liver tissues with useless scar tissue |
| Depressant | Drug that slows body functioning |
| Designer Drug | Drug that is produced by making a small chemical change to a drug that already exist |
| Detoxification | Process by which the body Rids itself of harmful chemicals |
| Drug addiction | The inability to control ones use of drugs |
| Drug | Any chemical substance |
| Ecstasy | Common name given to the chemical MDMA |
| Emphysema | Disease in which the tiny air sacs in walls of the lungs are destroyed |
| Environmental tobacco smoke | The mix of inhale smoke and smoke from the end of a lit cigarette |
| Fetal alcohol syndrome | Group of birth defects that can affect an unborn baby that has been exposed to alcohol |
| GHB | A drug that is made from anesthetic What is a common ingredient in pesticides |
| Flashback | And event in which a hallucinogens Affect happens again long after the drug was originally taken |
| FDA | Government agency that controls the safety of food and drugs in the US |
| Hallucinogen | The drug that causes a person to hallucinate |
| Hangover | Uncomfortable physical effects caused by alcohol use, including headache, dizziness, stomach upset, nausea and vomiting |
| Inhalant | Drug that isn’t healed and absorbed into the bloodstream through the lungs |
| Inhibition | A mental or physical logical process the restrains your actions, emotions, and thoughts |
| Intervention | A gathering of the people who are close to a person who is abusing drugs |
| Intoxication | The physical and mental changes produced by drinking alcohol |
| Ketamine | Powerful drug that is closely related to the hallucinogens PCP |
| Marijuana | Dried flowers and leaves of the cannabis plant |
| Medicine | Any drug that is used to cure, prevent, or treat illness or discomfort |
| Nicotine replacement therapy | A form of medicine that contains a safe amount of nicotine |
| Nicotine | Addictive drug found in our tobacco products |
| Opiates | Any drug that is produced from the mouth of the opium poppy |
| Over the counter medicine | Any medicine that can be bought without a prescription |
| Physical dependence | The bodies chemical need for a drug |
| Prescription medicine | Medicine that can be bought only with a written order from the doctor |
| Stimulant | Drug that increases the bodies activity |
| Tar | Sticky substance that can coat the airways and cause cancer |
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