A | B |
A Side Effect | An unwanted result of taking a drug |
Withdrawal symptoms can occur after a person develops what? | Drug dependence |
In the USA it is illegal to sell or possess what? | Marijuana |
What is a bad long term physical affect of smoking marijuana? | lung cancer |
People feel nervous and excited when they use drugs called what? | Stimulants |
Drugs that cause a person to see, hear, or smell something that really isn't happening | Hallucinogens |
One of the most harmful affects of using an inhalant? | Death by suffocation |
Illegally produced substances mad in labs by people who don't know what they are doing | Designer Drugs |
Substances that give off harmful fumes that can be breathed in | Inhalants |
Tranquilizers are what type of drug? | Depressants |
Medicine that can only be bought with a doctor's permission | Prescriptions |
When people use medicines in unsafe way | Misuse |
A medicine that can be bought without a doctor's order | OTC Drugs |
What does OTC stand for? | Over the Counter |
When someone intentionally uses drugs for unhealthy reasons | Abuse |
Problem that occurs when a drug user has to go without a drug | Withdrawals |
Mind altering drug that comes from the Indian hemp plant | Marijuana |
A group of depressants that include morphine, opium, codeine, and heroin | Narcotics |
When friends or classmates try to get you to do something that you don't want to | peer pressure |
Ways to use medicines safely | *use adult supervision * Never mix ingredients * discard medications as directed * never us another person's prescription |