drug unit

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What puts a teen at a higher risk for abusing drugs

Having a sad event happened

What would be an action that would not be helpful to a friend who abuses drugs

Judging your friend

What is a possible sign of a drug abuse

Major changes in behavior and personality

what are cold remedies and antacids

Over the counter drugs

What is a chemical that affects brain activity called

Psychoactive drug

What is a synthetic drug that resembles the male hormone testosterone

anabolic steroid

what type of drug is prescribed for patients with the skeletal and growth orders

anabolic steroids

what is it called when drugs cancel out each other's effects

antagonistic effect

What drug is a short acting and highly addictive stimulant

cocaine

Decreases alertness slurred speech drowsiness and depressed respiration are common side effects of what type of drug

depressant

What type of drugs are tranquilizers and barbiturates

depressants

what type of drug slow down the heart rate and breathing rate

depressants

Brain cells along an activated reward pathway release a chemical called what

dopamine

What is it called when the effects of two or more drugs are canceled out or reduced by each other

drug antagonism

What is the improper use of medicine called

drug misuse

what are drugs called that are illegal and have no medical use

hallucinogens

What helps a team become at lower risk for abusing drugs

having a good relationship with parents

What is a chemical substance that people of any age may not lawfully manufacture possess buy or sell known as

illegal drug

The extra dopamine release during drug use can do what

lead to intense cravings for the drug when it is not available

what is a drug used to treat heroin addicts

methadone

What type of drug stole the senses relieve pain and induce sleep

narcotics

Are restlessness loss of appetite increased respiration and increase blood pressure common side effects of barbiturates

no

Does marijuana only act as a depressant

no

Is a breathable chemical vapor that produces mind altering effects called an opiate

no

Is a depressant a drug that distorted perception thought a mood

no

Is a risk factor a factor that reduces a persons potential for harm

no

Is an impurity an unwanted physical or mental effect caused by a drug

no

Is detoxification program a residential treatment center where former drug users live together and learn to adjust to a drug-free life

no

Is forgetting to take cough medicine with the proper foods considered drug abuse

no

Is it true that marijuana has no lasting side effects

no

Is mistakenly taking more cough syrup than recommended to treat a cough considered drug abuse

no

Is poor family relationships are protective factor for teen drug abuse

no

Is using cough syrup per label instructions to treat a cough considered drug abuse

no

does the placenta of the developing baby protect the baby from drugs abused by the mother

no

is a drug that can be obtained only with a written order from a doctor can be purchased only at a pharmacy known as an over-the-counter drug

no

is cocaine the leaves stems in flowering tops of the hemp plant cannabis sativa

no

is taking cough medicine with the right time of day at the right day considered drug miss use

no

is the safest way to use illegal drugs through injection

no

Is smoking marijuana considered drug miss use

no abuse

Is taking a prescription painkiller to cause a high considered drug miss use

no abuse

What are drugs called that are illegal if used without a physicians order

prescription drugs

What is the best thing to do if a person offers you drugs to continue pressuring you

remove yourself from the situation

What drug is a barbiturate that is used in high doses to induce sleep

sedative

what drugs a as pain killers

sedative

What is a drug called that speeds up the CNS

stimulant

What is it called Unis affects of drug combine and produce a stronger effect

synergistic effect

Are LSD and PCP examples of hallucinogens

yes

Are psychoactive drugs also called mood altering drugs

yes

Are psychoactive drugs the most abused

yes

Can marijuana kill you

yes

Could repeated drug use lead to a drug tolerance or the need of increasingly larger amounts to achieve the original effect

yes

Do you drug synergism occur when drugs interact to produce a fax greater than those that each drug would produce alone

yes

Does using marijuana make driving a car extremely dangerous

yes

During supervised medication is the abuse drug or place with a drug that produces some of the same effects without the high

yes

Is a stimulant drug that speeds up activities of the central nervous system

yes

Is deliberately taking cough syrup for purposes other than treating a cough considered drug abuse

yes

Is drug misuse on a person intentionally used improperly are unsafely

yes

Is not taking over-the-counter drug for the correct period of time considered miss use

yes

is it possible for people dependent on psychoactive drugs to experience life-threatening symptoms when they quit drugs

yes


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