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Chapter 6, Lesson 3
Chapter 6 Health, Lesson 3 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| stimulant | a drug that speeds up the way the brain works and increases heart rate and blood pressure |
| amphetamines | powerful stimulants that greatly increase the brain's activity |
| cocaine | a powerful stimulant made from the leaves of a coca plant, usually snorted as a powder |
| crack | a rock-like form of cocaine that is smoked |
| depressant | substance that slows the body down by decreasing the speed at which messages travel along nerve cells to and from the brain, decreasing the activity of the central nervous system |