7th Grade Health Dangers of Alcohol/Drugs

When one needs to use a drug no matter the cost to one's health, family, or social standing?

A group of symptoms that occur when a dependent person stops taking a drug.

A condition in which liver tissue is destroyed and replaced with useless scar tissues.

Taking an excessive amount of a drug that leads to coma or death.

The amount of alcohol in a person's blood express as a percentage.

If one mistakenly takes more than is recommended to treat a cough, it's and example of what?

If one deliberately takes medicine for purposes other than treating an illnes.

What do you call it when one needs more of a drug to achieve the original effect?

What part of the body is responsible for breaking down alcohol?

These types of drugs increase heart rate, blood pressure, breathing rate, and alertness.

This drug is also know as the "gateway" drug.

This type of drugs causes a distorted sense of reality.

A person takes multiple drugs at a time, they may act in different ways than when taken alone.

What are three factors that influence your attitudes about using drugs?

Drugs that slow body functions by decreasing heart & breathing rates and lowers blood pressure.

What do you call periodic excessive drinking?

Taking an excessive amount of alcohol that leads to coma or death.

What do you call cancer causing substances?

What do you call a medicine that is sold legally in stores without a doctor's prescription?

The state in which a person is physically or mentally impaired.

A breathable chemical vapor that produces mind-altering effects are what type of drugs?

Any chemical substance that is taken to cause change in a person's body or behavior.

What is the legal intoxication level in Missouri for someone over the age of 21.

A chemical substance that people of any age may not lawfully make, posses, buy, or sell.

Legal drugs that help the body fight injury, illness, or disease.