drugs and alcohol

Question 1

drug

Answer 1

a chemical substance other than food that changes the body.

Question 2

medicine

Answer 2

a drug that improves health or cures or prevents illness

Question 3

over-the-counter

Answer 3

medicine that can be bought without prescription

Question 4

drug misuse

Answer 4

the improper use of legal drugs

Question 5

drug abuse

Answer 5

the use of illegal drugs or the purposeful misuse of legal drugs

Question 6

addiction

Answer 6

physical or emotional dependence on a drug

Question 7

tolerance

Answer 7

when the body becomes used to the effects of a drug

Question 8

withdrawal

Answer 8

when a body becomes used to the effects of a drug

Question 9

overdose

Answer 9

serious sometimes deadly physical condition resulting from taking to much of a drug

Question 10

nicotine

Answer 10

a drug present in tobacco

Question 11

carbon monoxide

Answer 11

a colorless and oderless poisonous gas produced by burning tobacco

Question 12

tar

Answer 12

a thick sticky brown substance produced by burning tobacco

Question 13

second hand smoke

Answer 13

smoke from other peoples cigarettes that nonsmokers are forced to breath in because it is in the air

Question 14

intoxication

Answer 14

a loss of control over behavior and perceptions caused by drinking to much alcohol

Question 15

blood alcohol concentration

Answer 15

a measure of the amount of alcohol in the blood

Question 16

alcoholism

Answer 16

a disease that causes a person to be dependent on alcohol

Question 17

alcoholic

Answer 17

a person suffering from alcoholism

Question 18

marijuana

Answer 18

a mood affecting drug made from dried leaves