Chapter 12

Question 1

The intensional improper or unsafe use of a drug.

Answer 1

Drug Abuse

Question 2

T or F: All illegal drugs affect the brain, are dangerous to your health and can result in drug abuse or addiction.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Taking too much of a drug

Answer 3

Overdose

Question 4

3 affects of marijuana/hashish

Answer 4

Slowed thinking, difficulty paying attention, distorted sense of time and distance

Question 5

The affects of smoking marijuana are felt within minutes and may last…

Answer 5

2 to 3 hours

Question 6

A drug that is in inhaled as a vapor

Answer 6

Inhalants

Question 7

Inhalants can damage many_____; can kill _____cells and can cause sudden_____!

Answer 7

Organs
Brain
Death

Question 8

A club drug that is used in many sexual assaults.

Answer 8

GHB

Question 9

The most commonly abused club drug has both stimulant and hallucinogenic properties

Answer 9

Ecstasy

Question 10

Man made derivatives of testosterone taken to build muscle

Answer 10

Anabolic steroids

Question 11

A type of club drug that causes numbness

Answer 11

Ketamine

Question 12

T or F: steroids can cause a males breasts to grow.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

A drug that causes alertness and speeds up the activity of the body.

Answer 13

Stimulants

Question 14

A highly addictive drug derived from the poppy plant that is used in an anesthetic and a sedative

Answer 14

Opiates

Question 15

A drug that distorts perceptions

Answer 15

Hallucinogens

Question 16

A drug that comes from the cocoa plant, is addictive, can cause violent behavior and can be fatal.

Answer 16

cocaine

Question 17

A drug produced in illegal laboratories, tolerance develops very rapidly; is come when called Crystal or ice.

Answer 17

Meth

Question 18

A drug used as a date rape drug – is dangerous because the person who takes it as an inability to remember what happened while on the drug

Answer 18

Rohypno

Question 19

Three tips for protecting yourself from date rape drugs

Answer 19

1. Never leave your drink unattended
2. Never except an open drink
3. Never drink something with a funny taste or appearance

Question 20

Most commonly abused opiate; tolerance develops rapidly

Answer 20

Heroin

Question 21

Five risks of drug use

Answer 21

Car accidents, accidental injury, criminal activity, unplanned pregnancy, STDs

Question 22

Three warning signs to look for if you suspect someone is using drugs

Answer 22

Unusual emotional reactions, withdraws from family, repeatedly breaks rules

Question 23

When a drug user must use larger doses of a drug in order to experience the same high she/he experienced with the first use of the drug she/he has developed a _____ for the drug

Answer 23

Tolerance

Question 24

When a person shoplifts from the stores and steals from people’s houses, she/he is hurting himself/herself, his/her family and _____

Answer 24

Society

Question 25

The process of learning to live without drugs

Answer 25

Recovering

Question 26

Confronting a drug user about his/her problem to stop him/her from using drugs

Answer 26

Intervention

Question 27

A return to using drugs while trying to recover from drug addiction

Answer 27

Relapse

Question 28

A person needs good ______ _______in order to resist peer pressure to try drugs

Answer 28

Refusal skills